The annual number of residential and small business broadband connections in the United Kingdom (UK) increased between 2011 and 2023. However, in 2024 the number of LLU ADSL and cable connections decreased for the first time within the documented years. However the total number of connections increased from 28,460 thousand in 2023 to 29,151 thousand in 2024.
* Other includes FTTx.
** Figures exclude corporate broadband connections. Connection numbers have been adjusted to exclude corporate broadband based on Ofcom estimates.
Non-LLU ADSL has been exluded from the reporting since Q2 2014
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