Hyperoptic has successfully delivered 10Gbps of bandwidth down a residential fibre broadband connection in East Village. That's enough bandwidth to support multiple 4k Netflix streams simultaneously while being able to download big game files in seconds; that Kingdom Come: Deliverance day one patch would be done in less than 20 seconds compared to roughly half an hour on a 100Mbps connection. The bad news is that while Hyperoptic's existing infrastructure can clearly handle bandwidth of such magnitude, there are no plans to launch a commercial service just yet. The trial, which is running for the next four weeks, will see Hyperoptic and its business partners examine use cases and 'shape future connectivity strategies'. In terms of how much such a service might cost, Hyperoptic’s 1Gbps service will set you back £49/month for the first year, and £63/month after that. A service offering download and upload speeds ten times as fast may cost a bit more. For now, the test proves that as Hyperoptic’s reach grows, it’s more than ready to meet the bandwidth needs of tomorrow’s customers, sounding a warning shot for the competition. Read next: BT's network arm demos 100Gbps via consumer-grade fibre broadband Hyperoptic’s CEO Dana Tobak wants to shake up an industry that's become stagnant and too slow to upgrade from legacy ADSL to Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). "While the market incumbents focus on sweating their copper assets and lobbying the likes of the ASA to convince them that it’s acceptable to market their Fibre to the Cabinet services as 'fibre,' we are proudly setting a new standard," Tobak said. "With full fibre our customers across 30 UK towns and cities can enjoy symmetrical gigabit services today. This 10Gb test proves that our network can scale in the future." Hyperoptic has criticised the likes of BT and Virgin Media, whose superfast and ultrafast services, while advertised as fibre optic broadband, are delivered over a mixture of optical fibre and copper. Hyperoptic exclusively sells FTTP-based services and its network currently passes over 100,000 premises, typically in new build apartment complexes in big cities and towns. Read next: Best Broadband Deals for February 2018 More recently, fellow fibre ISP Gigaclear, which mainly targets rural communities, announced that it had passed a milestone of its own. While the bigger providers have been slow to upgrade legacy connections, they’ve not been idle; Virgin Media's Project Lightning aims to pass 2 million new addresses with FTTP by 2020. Openreach, the network arm of BT, recently unveiled a new 'Fibre First' strategy, which includes a plan to pass 3 million properties with FTTP by the same time. Vodafone, one of the UK's smaller ISPs, has decided that it's not going to wait around for that, and has instead joined forces with CityFibre to build an FTTP network of its own, one which would span 5 million addresses by 2025. Tucked away in TalkTalk’s latest financial figures was a similar plan to build an FTTP network independently of BT. In the meantime, if you need gigabit broadband and you're willing to pay, check to see if Hyperoptic’s available in your postcode.
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Hyperoptic has successfully delivered 10Gbps of bandwidth down a residential fibre broadband connection in East Village. That's enough bandwidth to support multiple 4k Netflix streams simultaneously while being able to download big game files in seconds; that Kingdom Come: Deliverance day one patch would be done in less than 20 seconds compared to roughly half an hour on a 100Mbps connection. The bad news is that while Hyperoptic's existing infrastructure can clearly handle bandwidth of such magnitude, there are no plans to launch a commercial service just yet. The trial, which is running for the next four weeks, will see Hyperoptic and its business partners examine use cases and 'shape future connectivity strategies'. In terms of how much such a service might cost, Hyperoptic’s 1Gbps service will set you back £49/month for the first year, and £63/month after that. A service offering download and upload speeds ten times as fast may cost a bit more. For now, the test proves that as Hyperoptic’s reach grows, it’s more than ready to meet the bandwidth needs of tomorrow’s customers, sounding a warning shot for the competition. Read next: BT's network arm demos 100Gbps via consumer-grade fibre broadband Hyperoptic’s CEO Dana Tobak wants to shake up an industry that's become stagnant and too slow to upgrade from legacy ADSL to Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). "While the market incumbents focus on sweating their copper assets and lobbying the likes of the ASA to convince them that it’s acceptable to market their Fibre to the Cabinet services as 'fibre,' we are proudly setting a new standard," Tobak said. "With full fibre our customers across 30 UK towns and cities can enjoy symmetrical gigabit services today. This 10Gb test proves that our network can scale in the future." Hyperoptic has criticised the likes of BT and Virgin Media, whose superfast and ultrafast services, while advertised as fibre optic broadband, are delivered over a mixture of optical fibre and copper. Hyperoptic exclusively sells FTTP-based services and its network currently passes over 100,000 premises, typically in new build apartment complexes in big cities and towns. Read next: Best Broadband Deals for February 2018 More recently, fellow fibre ISP Gigaclear, which mainly targets rural communities, announced that it had passed a milestone of its own. While the bigger providers have been slow to upgrade legacy connections, they’ve not been idle; Virgin Media's Project Lightning aims to pass 2 million new addresses with FTTP by 2020. Openreach, the network arm of BT, recently unveiled a new 'Fibre First' strategy, which includes a plan to pass 3 million properties with FTTP by the same time. Vodafone, one of the UK's smaller ISPs, has decided that it's not going to wait around for that, and has instead joined forces with CityFibre to build an FTTP network of its own, one which would span 5 million addresses by 2025. Tucked away in TalkTalk’s latest financial figures was a similar plan to build an FTTP network independently of BT. In the meantime, if you need gigabit broadband and you're willing to pay, check to see if Hyperoptic’s available in your postcode.