Why is full fibre broadband the best?
No copper. No fibbing. We use the UK’s fastest and most reliable broadband technology – full fibre all the way to your home. So we can handle the most demanding households.
Our network is 100% full fibre
Full fibre broadband
We build a full fibre network using Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology, delivering gigabit speeds. 100% of the homes we connect enjoy the huge benefits of full fibre.
Other broadband
Most providers still use the older Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology and label it as 'fibre broadband.' It relies on slower copper wires or cables from the street cabinet to your home, causing slower speeds and peak-time slowdowns.
| Feature | Full fibre broadband | Other broadband (part fibre or cable) |
|---|---|---|
| Connection type | Fibre-optic cable runs directly to your home | Fibre-optic cable runs directly to your home |
| Download/upload speeds | Only with full fibre can you get the same download and upload speeds | Upload speeds drastically slower than download speeds |
| Speed | Low latency and typical ping of less than 5ms (ideal for gamers) | Speed slow down due to the copper connection over distance |
| Reliability | No slowdowns, even during peak hours or over long distances | Slower speeds during peak times, frequent disruptions |
| Latency and ping | Low latency (ideal for gaming, streaming, video conferencing) | Higher latency due to copper bottleneck. Prone to lag. Inferior ping rates |
| Future-proofing | Capable of handling future technology demands easily | Limited capacity and bandwidth. Needs switching off in coming years |
| Resilience | Rainproof and resistant to interference | Sensitive to weather and interference from external factors |
| Sustainability | Environmentally friendly, fibre uses less energy | Copper networks are energy-intensive and outdated |
Switch to full fibre today
No line rental
Unlimited data
100% full fibre network
Only a £4 out-of-contract increase
12 month contracts - Your monthly price is fixed for 12 months. At the end of your contract your price will increase by £4 versus your last month.
FAQs
Most providers offer fibre broadband through Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC). It means they run your connection from a data centre to a cabinet in the street via fibre optic technology. But to carry the connection from the cabinet to your home, they switch back to using slow and outdated copper phone cables. At Community Fibre we deliver Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connections to 100% of our customers, meaning you'll benefit from high-speed, reliable fibre optic cables from the data centre all the way to your door.
Community Fibre’s full fibre broadband is available across many areas of central and greater London. To see if we can connect you to our network, enter your postcode today.
Fibre internet involves the use of advanced fibre optic cables to carry a broadband connection from a data centre into your home. That’s in contrast to the older and generally slower copper phone cables that broadband has relied on in the past.
Full fibre broadband means fibre optic cables are being used from the data centre all the way into your home. Not all fibre broadband goes the full distance, but ours does – that’s why we call it 100% full fibre. The result? Unbeatable download and upload speeds that your whole household can make the most of.
Our installation process usually takes up to two hours. We’ll start by identifying the best route to run our cabling, making use of existing pipes and ducts wherever we can. Then our engineer will prep things in the street before drilling a tiny hole in your wall to run the fibre optics into your home. Once in, we’ll wall mount the fibre socket and get your routers set up. If you have any more questions about the fibre broadband installation process, check our installation FAQs.
More speed means you can connect more devices at the same time without compromising quality.
1 Gbps is equal to 1,000 Mbps. That’s 20x faster than 50 Mbps, and therefore has much more speed to share across multiple users.
A higher speed connection will naturally give you a faster WiFi connection. However, top WiFi speeds are dependent on and can be affected by many things. The age of your device and the technology it utilises, where your router is positioned, interference from thick walls or other technology in your home etc.
Never. Unlike many other broadband providers, our custom-built network has so much capacity that we never need to restrict our customers’ speeds, even at peak times.
150 Mbps Fibre Broadband:
2x faster than the UK average download speed and 8x faster than the UK average upload speed on a wired Ethernet connection.
1 Gbps Fibre Broadband:
13x faster than the UK average download speed & 50x faster than the UK average upload speed on a wired Ethernet connection.
3 Gbps Fibre Broadband:
43x faster than the UK average download speed & 163x faster than the UK average upload speed on a wired Ethernet connection (when using a WiFi 6 router). It has more available bandwidth than any of our other speeds.
(UK average download and upload speeds are 69.4 Mbps and 18.4 Mbps, respectively.
Source: Ofcom - UK Home Broadband Performance, download average based on median. Published September 2023)