Grain’s 2Gbps Speed UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Goes Live in Scunthorpe
Carlisle-based alternative broadband provider Grain, which has so far built their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 300,000 UK premises and connect 56,000 customers, have confirmed that their new network in the Lincolnshire (England) town of Scunthorpe has started to go live for customers.
Regular readers might recall that we first spotted Grain’s civil engineering work occurring in part of Scunthorpe, which is home to a population of around 81,000 people, back in early May 2026 (here). At the time the provider had not yet officially announced the build, but street works were clearly set for the north of the town, initially around the Crosby area.
The good news today is that locals can now finally order the service as Grain have confirmed that their network is live, although it doesn’t look as if they’ve expanded much beyond the area we spotted a few months ago (requires further checking to confirm).
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The challenge in Scunthorpe is that the town is already home to three gigabit-capable broadband networks via Openreach, Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre) and MS3. In addition, there’s also a small bit of more business-focused full fibre coverage from ITS Technology, which doesn’t leave a lot of space for Grain.
Customers subscribing to Grain’s entry-level 250Mbps Full Fibre package (currently £19.99 per month on a 24-month term) will receive a bill credit of £25, which rises up to the maximum value of £100 if they instead take out the top 2Gbps tier for £29.99 per month. Suffice to say that their pricing seems intended to undercut some of their biggest rivals in the town.
Grain currently aspires to cover 600,000 premises with their full fibre network and they also hold a “longer-term strategy” to exceed 1 million premises passed.
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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Impressive considering they dont use PIA due to the terrible product that it is
I don’t understand how you can call the product terrible. I’ve set up Grain for family members and not only has it been entirely reliable, it is priced extremely competitively. It’s far cheaper than any other provider and provides an product. There has been zero downtime in the few years we’ve used them.
@Tom I think he was saying PIA is a terrible product, not Grain. And Grain don’t use PIA.
Work starting in Weston-super-Mare. Lots of Openreach, Virgin Media and Cityfibre.