Business broadband: FTTC, FTTP and leased lines

Business broadband comes in a few flavours, and the right one depends on how much your business relies on being online.

• FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) — fibre to the street cabinet, copper for the last stretch. Cheap, widely available, up to ~80 Mbps.
• FTTP (full fibre) — fibre all the way to your premises. Fast (100 Mbps–1 Gbps+), increasingly available, the sweet spot for most businesses.
• Leased line — a dedicated, uncontended connection with guaranteed symmetric speeds and strong SLAs. The gold standard for businesses that can't afford downtime — but far pricier, with install costs and longer contracts.

What matters for business: upload speed (for cloud and video calls), a static IP if you host anything, and the SLA — how fast the provider promises to fix a fault. AllSwitched compares business broadband on monthly cost, setup, speed and lines over your contract term.