What is the difference between fibre and full fibre?

Fibre broadband is better than traditional broadband. But there are different types of fibre broadband – and they are not all created equal.

Some of the “fibre” services broadband providers offer only go as far as the street cabinet, which means your quality of service could differ massively, depending on how far away your property is from the cabinet. This is called fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) but can also be referred to generically as “fibre”, so watch out!

Hyperoptic doesn’t do FTTC. Instead, we provide “full fibre” (also known as fibre-to-the-building/fibre-to-the-premise/FTTB/FTTP), which means our fibre goes all the way to your building and bypasses the street cabinets completely. This means a faster, more reliable connection than FTTC fibre.

So, fibre is good. But full fibre is even better.