ISP RunFibre Joins CityFibre’s Network in Wolverhampton and Gloucester

UK ISP RunFibre, which is busy building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural South Gloucestershire in England, has announced that they’ve also made their services available over CityFibre’s full fibre network in Wolverhampton and Gloucester.

At present CityFibre is investing £50m to cover the vast majority of local homes and businesses in Wolverhampton, and they’re investing £31m to do the same in Gloucester. The work forms part of their wider £4bn project, which has already covered 1 million UK premises with FTTP and aims to have 8 million “substantially completed” – across 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) – by the end of 2025 (here).

RunFibre are also working across the same region, and so it makes sense to take advantage of CityFibre’s rapidly expanding network, which will complement their own build in more rural communities. We should add that they’ve also previously reached a similar agreement to harness Openreach’s FTTP network (here).

Dave Swanston, CEO of RunFibre, said:

“We are on a mission to bridge the digital divide in the west side of the UK and joining forces with CityFibre obviously allows us to accelerate our plans tenfold.

We are really excited about getting customers live and enjoying faster and more reliable internet services. We are also looking forward to launching our new Wolverhampton office and creating new jobs in the community.”

Prices for RunFibre’s CF service start at £28 per month for a symmetric 250Mbps package on a 12-month term, which goes up to £45 for their top 950Mbps tier.