Netomnia UK Add Trowbridge and Frome to Gigabit Fibre Rollout

Full fibre builder Netomnia has today announced that the Wiltshire town of Trowbridge and the Somerset town of Frome will be next in line to benefit from their rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. This aims to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023.

The operator, which recently secured £123 million of funding to support its rollout strategy (here), has so far covered 90,000 premises (just shy of their 100k target for 2021). The first deployments are currently taking place across a number of towns in England and Wales, including Ashford, Barrow-in-Furness, Boston, Bridgend (Wales), Canterbury, Cheltenham, Durham, Houghton le Spring, Kings Lynn, Peterlee, Spalding, Spennymoor, Stockton, Stroud, and Wisbech.

By comparison, the new additions will see a more than 28,000 premises being added to their network coverage in Trowbridge and 34,000 premises in Frome, with street works firm KN Circet conducting the build itself. Nearly £20m is being committed to conduct both builds, which will run fibre via Openreach’s existing ducts and poles wherever possible.

The service itself will then be supplied to consumers via ISP partner YouFibre, which offers unlimited usage, symmetrical speeds, a Wi-Fi router and 24/7 UK based support. And there is no install fee, ‘activation’ fee or additional line rental to pay. Customers typically pay from £22 per month on an 18-month term for their unlimited 50Mbps package, which rises to £50 if you want their top 920Mbps plan.

Alan O’Prey, MD of Netomnia, said:

“We are thrilled to continue our expansion into the Southwest, delivering ultrafast broadband to areas previously forgotten by other broadband providers. It’s getting more and more necessary for reliable, fast broadband, and location should not be a prerequisite to obtaining that. With our experienced and credible management team, development into Trowbridge and Frome will provide households and communities with the latest technology to ensure consistently high speeds and bring significant benefits to the local economy.”

As usual Netomnia won’t be the only gigabit-capable broadband network in town, with Virgin Media having already heavily covered premises in both locations. In addition, Openreach’s FTTP network already covers a few small parts of both locations, although only Trowbridge appears on their current rollout plan for the next few years.

Netomnia estimates that the first properties will go live on its infrastructure in the two towns during Q1 2022.