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Will the confusion over ‘fibre’ broadband finally end?

When is fibre broadband not fibre broadband? That isn’t a Christmas-cracker joke, but a conundrum Ofcom hopes it has now successfully solved.

It claims for years broadband providers have used the term ‘fibre’ misleadingly and inconsistently. Some use it to describe a fibre connection all the way to the home – ie, fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP). But others use it to promote services that offer fibre

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