Openreach to Trial 8.5 Gbps UK broadband speeds in Q1 2026

[WYP]

Openreach plans to start trialling broadband speeds up to 8.5 Gbps in Guildford.​

Read more about Openreach's plan to trial 8.5 Gbps broadband in the UK.

 

[NeverBackDown]

That's a lot of pron very quickly!

 

[Dicehunter]

Now if only this would make the price of lower speeds go down but this is the UK so it won't.

 

[WYP]

Now if only this would make the price of lower speeds go down but this is the UK so it won't.

Wouldn't that be nice. It would be nice to see higher speeds trickle down to more affordable pricing tiers.

Sadly, it's more of a build-up model. They can deliver better speeds, and that pushes up the pricing.