Taken from ‘Ofcom Nations report 2025’ posted 19/11/2025.
“Full-fibre networks is available to 79% of residential premises in England. This is an increase of 10 percentage points from July 2024. Gigabit-capable coverage now extends to 88% or 21.1 million premises in England.”
“Satellite broadband connections in England have increased. The number of customer connections in England has increased from around 70,000 to 90,000 from last year.”
“England maintain the highest levels of geographic 4G coverage, with all four MNOs providing 4G coverage to 90% of England’s landmass.”
This is just the broadband story here in England, but perhaps similar improvements/increases are happening in your local area too? Nevertheless, most would agree the important role that broadband connectivity plays as an essential utility to any connected home.
Why is broadband/fixed data/fixed internet testing so important for an Internet Service Provider? Well, ISPs have the challenge of delivering reliable, high-speed broadband connectivity to vast numbers of consumers across wide geographical areas. This commonly includes copper, part fibre, or full fibre cable to a property. Many mobile providers even offer cellular broadband now to their customers as another alternative.
One of the complications facing these ISPs is proving to regulators that internet services are delivered to consumers in accordance with contractual agreements. It is increasingly required that ISPs provide consumers information on their estimated speeds range in writing at the start of a contract and that this is a guaranteed deliverable. Not only that but usage has to be correctly metered and billed too.
We do regularly get asked about broadband testing and our capabilities, so we thought it a good idea to write a post on it and say – yes we can.
Testing can focus on Quality of Service, or on Revenue Assurance. Here is a list of broadband/fixed data/fixed internet technologies we cover:
- ADSL2
- FTTC (Fibre-To-The-Cabinet)
- FTTP (Fibre-To-The-Premises)
- Over-the-air broadband
- IPVN Testing
In addition to the above, we are aware that VoIP services can be delivered to end consumers using three main mechanisms; Direct SIP provision, a PSTN terminated SIP connection via operator provided CPE or finally a Turnkey Wi-Fi Handset solution provided by the broadband provider. Each of these contain different components which also need to be validated to ensure the correct functioning of the VoIP/SIP calling services.
To learn more about any of the broadband TCG testing that we offer, along with our KPIs, please feel free to drop us a message below, or visit our broadband page.