The UK is making steady, if not world-beating, progress in the rollout of full fibre, but residents’ ability to connect is still highly dependent on where they live.

New figures from Ofcom show that 14% of UK homes had access to full fibre broadband, as of May this year. That’s an increase of two percentage points since January, which is hardly astronomical growth, but is certainly a step in the right direction.

Or it is for some people, at least.

It amounts to an additional 670,000 homes. “This is a result of increased rollout both from the expansion of existing broadband networks as well as the inclusion in our analysis of companies building entirely new fibre networks,” the regulator said.

The ultrafast broadband market as a whole, which refers to speeds of 300 Mbps and above, also experienced two percentage point growth between January and May, which equates to an additional half a million homes. As a result 16.6 million homes, or 57% of the total, have the option of ultrafast broadband.