Last Updated on August 27, 2024 by Tim FitzGerald
The internet network provider Openreach announced in May 2024 that the area served by the Camberley telephone exchange will be upgraded to support fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) by the end of 2026.
FTTP will provide Gigabit internet service to both domestic and business users and provide users an alternative to toob and VirginMedia. Until now, Openreach has only offered VDSL broadband to homes in the Camberley area. VDSL is capable of delivering speeds of up to 80 Mbps, though many homes get rather less.
Openreach’s announcement comes late in the roll-out of Gigabit, whose goal is to provide Gigabit internet services to 85% of homes and businesses in the UK. FTTP offers higher reliability and much faster access to new digital services such as cloud file storage, TV streaming to multiple 4K screens and online gaming.
There are 3 network providers in the Camberley area.
- Openreach (or BT) with services to every household and business in the area.
- VirginMedia has offered cable or fibre internet services for many years. It has a fairly good coverage of the area.
- Toob is a relative newcomer. Again it has fairly good coverage of the area but is still growing its network.
Neither of the newer providers offer services to every address in the area and many households need to rely on Openreach for internet connection.
Openreach sells its internet services via ISPs such as BT, EE, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone, Zen, etc. In the future, you’ll be able to order gigabit-capable internet services from your choice of ISP and pricing is likely to be more competitive. The change to FTTP is not an automatic upgrade, although some ISPs are doing free automatic upgrades as older copper-based services and lines are slowly withdrawn.
Typical prices are £35 pm for 500 Mbps.