{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-broadband-order-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-broadband-order-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications (Universal Service) (Broadband) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-broadband-order-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Broadband universal service: specification",
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 2, affordable broadband connections and services must be provided throughout the United Kingdom with all the following characteristics—\n(a) a download sync speed of at least 10 megabits per second;\n(b) an upload sync speed of at least 1 megabit per second;\n(c) a contention ratio of no higher than 50:1;\n(d) latency which is capable of allowing the end-user to make and receive voice calls over the connection effectively;\n(e) the capability to allow data usage of at least 100 gigabytes per month.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/445/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:20.402339+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}