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<p>Almost every premise in the UK is able to get broadband through a fixed, wireless
or satellite connection. However, a small minority of premises are unable to get a
decent service, providing 10 Mbps download speeds and 1 Mbps upload speeds. In their
latest Connected Nations report, Ofcom estimated that these premises numbered only
around 155,000 and was likely to reduce further by March 2020, when the Government’s
Broadband Universal Obligation (USO) will come into force. The USO gives households
without a decent service a legal right to request one up to a Reasonable Cost Threshold
of £3,400 per premise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Alongside the USO, investment
by Government and the commercial sector has ensured that superfast broadband, providing
download speeds of at least 24 Mbps, is now available to 96% of UK premises, and that
access to full fibre broadband has increased by 1.5 million premises over the past
year and is now available to 10% of the UK. The Government is ambitious to go further
and, as part of this, has committed £5 billion to subsidise the deployment of full
fibre and gigabit broadband in less commercially viable areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further
information on broadband availability in each local authority area can be found on
the Connected Nations section of Ofcom’s website.</p><p> </p>
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