WightFibre Connects 10,000th Broadband ISP Customer

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is busy investing £85m to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), are celebrating today after they achieved an important milestone by connecting their 10,000th customer to the service.

So far WightFibre’s FTTP rollout has already covered over 35,000 premises (up from 30,000 in Nov 2021) and their goal is to reach around 70,000 by the end of 2025, which is close to universal coverage of the island. We should point out that they previously ran a DOCSIS based Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network, but this has been replaced by the grander ambitions of their full fibre build.

Work is now underway in the harder to reach parts of the Island including Ventnor, Freshwater, Totland, St Helens, Seaview, Bembridge and Brading. Service is expected to launch in Ventnor during March 2022.

John Irvine, CEO of WightFibre, said:

“I am humbled that over 10,000 homes and businesses on the Island are placing their trust in WightFibre to deliver what is now an essential service for most households. Our new full-fibre, future-proof network is second to none on the planet and this, coupled with our very high levels of customer care is giving customers what they want – fast reliable broadband that just works.”

The provider’s 10,000th customer, Mr Charlton, from Ryde is said to be delighted after he received a brand-new Samsung TV as a surprise gift from WightFibre after his recent switch. The faster broadband is probably quite a nice thing to have too.