Business broadband vs leased line: 2026 buyer's guide

FTTP has closed the speed gap with leased lines on paper. On resilience, symmetry and SLAs the gap is as wide as ever - and getting the choice wrong is expensive either way.

Where FTTP wins

Fast to install and low monthly cost
Gigabit downstream in most UK postcodes
Ideal for small offices, home workers and secondary sites

Where a leased line pays back

Symmetric bandwidth reserved 24/7 for your business
4-6 hour fix SLAs with financial credits
Predictable jitter and latency for voice and video
Underpins hosted phone systems, contact centres and cloud ERP

How to size bandwidth

A useful rule of thumb: 2-3 Mbps symmetric per concurrent knowledge worker for voice, video and SaaS, plus headroom for backup and updates. Anything under 100 Mbps symmetric is now under-provisioned for a growing hybrid workforce.

Next steps

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