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Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today started to unveil their usual round of annual price increases (and some decreases) for 2025 across their wholesale broadband and Ethernet products for UK ISPs, which touches on everything from full fibre (FTTP) to hybrid fibre (SOGEA), SOTAP and unbundled lines (LLU), among other products.
Ofcom currently allows (example) Openreach to increase prices across their various products, usually by the CPI level of inflation (currently 3.6%), although this may differ between products due to various factors (discounts etc.) and there could also be some decreases. But increases mean that ISPs on the same network will need to pay more for the services they sell, which often ends up being passed on to consumers at the retail level.
The price changes are far too numerous to easily summarise as they occur across masses of different products and services, but you can find more details by following the links on their Pricing Page and Briefings Page. At the time of writing, Openreach haven’t yet confirmed all of their changes for 2025 (Cablelinks and Ethernet to follow) – it sometimes takes them a few days to release all the changes (today’s mostly relate to older copper line services and construction charges).
However, some prices are going down. For example, the cost of fitting an ISP supplied UPS will see a price reduction from £13.50 to £6 +vat for both FTTP and SOGEA broadband products. On the flip side, various Excess Construction Charges (ECC) are going up in price for those who need extra engineering work.
This round of annual price changes will be the last to take place under Ofcom’s current regulator regime for Openreach. Future changes will depend upon the outcome of their 5-yearly Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR) during early 2026.