Wednesday, Jul 29th, 2026 (1:47 pm) - Score 1,920Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has published research that helps to explain why Ofcom has proposed to block one of Openreach’s new discounts on their full fibre (FTTP) broadband products (here). In order to examine this Point Topic used its own database of UK coverage and networks to try and fill in the redacted blanks of information. The study shows that it might be quite difficult for Openreach to get Ofcom to overturn their provisional position. If anything, there might be more scope to expand the block to at least one of Openreach’s other offers (e.g. the Virgin Media targeted £50 connection discount), but that will depend upon how receptive the regulator is to the arguments of rival networks.