# Connected — and left behind

> A network can pass the front door without being bought, affordable or fast enough inside it.

- Category: Technology
- Canonical: [https://londongraph.com/story/connected-and-left-behind](https://londongraph.com/story/connected-and-left-behind)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/story/connected-and-left-behind](https://londongraph.com/data/story/connected-and-left-behind)
- Latest contributing release: 2026-08-02T00:27:23.366Z

Coverage, take-up and business concentration answer separate questions about digital London. The evidence distinguishes infrastructure availability from subscription and from the registered location of technology firms.

## Evidence

### Full-fibre availability

The published borough percentage of premises passed by full fibre.

- The dataset is not available on this deployment; no value is substituted.
- Dataset: `broadband-fibre`
- Explore: [where-the-fibre-reaches](https://londongraph.com/g/where-the-fibre-reaches)

### Fibre take-up

Published take-up where fibre services are available.

- Current computed headline: Kensington and Chelsea — 19% (Kensington and Chelsea)
- Comparison: unavailable
- Release: not labelled
- Dataset: `broadband-take-up`
- Explore: [built-but-not-bought](https://londongraph.com/g/built-but-not-bought)

### Below 30 Mbit/s

Premises unable to order a superfast fixed connection under the published threshold.

- Current computed headline: Greenwich — 0.3% (Greenwich)
- Comparison: unavailable
- Release: Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026 data)
- Dataset: `broadband-below-30`
- Explore: [below-superfast-broadband](https://londongraph.com/g/below-superfast-broadband)

### Core technology businesses

Core-technology local units as a share of the borough business stock.

- The dataset is not available on this deployment; no value is substituted.
- Dataset: `core-tech-business-share`
- Explore: [londons-core-tech-businesses](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-core-tech-businesses)

## Interpretation

Availability is not adoption or affordability. Registered and local-unit business geography is not a measure of remote work, household skill or individual access.

Every numerical claim is computed from the current versioned datasets at render time. Missing data is reported as missing rather than replaced.

## Sources

- [Ofcom Connected Nations](https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/coverage-and-speeds/connected-nations-update-spring-2026)
- [Nomis / ONS UK Business Counts](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/idbrlu)