Broadband ISP Rebel Internet Join CityFibre’s UK Full Fibre Network
Retail broadband ISP Rebel Internet, which was set up a couple of years ago by two former BT executives (here), has this morning announced that they’ve signed a new partnership to harness CityFibre’s growing 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network – covering around 4.6 million UK premises (4.3m Ready for Service).
The move complements their existing relationship with Openreach’s much larger FTTP network (20m premises), which Rebel says will give them a combined reach of around 23m premises nationwide (full fibre). Rebel plans to offer two products on the CityFibre network: Rebel 1Gb for £45 a month and Rebel 550Mbps for £40 a month.
Both packages offer symmetrical upload and download speeds and will be available on 24-, 12-, and 1-month rolling contracts. As with Rebel’s wider product suite, they come with a Fixed Price Guarantee that promises no mid-contract price rises and all customers receive a Wi-Fi 6 Router, as well as access to Rebel’s Home Wi-Fi app.
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Tucker George, CEO and Co-Founder of Rebel Internet, said:
“We’re thrilled to announce this new partnership, which allows us to provide full-fibre broadband to even more people nationwide. An important pillar of Rebel’s strategy has always been to bring customers the latest in broadband and Wi-Fi technology, and CityFibre’s growing full-fibre network allows us to do exactly that with faster, more reliable broadband. We’re excited to accelerate our rapid growth with this partnership and look forward to announcing more like it in the near future.”
Customers can optionally also add SuperPods for £5/month to create a mesh Wi-Fi network (coverage boost), Home Phone for £10/month with unlimited UK calls to landlines and mobiles, and or a Static IP address for £2.50/month.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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David Groth (the other co-founder of Rebel and supposed former BT executive) wasn’t an executive at BT, he was a middle manager! I will never understand why people are dishonest about their prior jobs.
Quite expensive for what it is when Vodafone 500 is £28
Toob leading the pack with the most competitive pricing using CityFibre network.
‘550Mbps for £40 a month’…
That’s so steep it’s almost vertical, but I guess if you’re daft enough to think that you *need* symmetrical then you’re daft enough to pay for it as well.
I had rebel on openreachs network. Was in a situation where I didn’t know how long I was going to be in the uk for, so a 1 month £50 p/m made sense.
Their router on openreach is awful. You’re forced to use a smart phone, via an app to do the initial setup, and heaven forbid you try it on a PC. Connect with a PC first, and you’re stuck with an internet connection, and zero configuration. Can’t change the access point name or password, and it then blocks the smart phone setup. What’s even better is, it makes the WiFi password a default REBEL123