G.Network Bring Full Fibre to One of UK’s Largest Housing Associations

London-focused gigabit-broadband builder and ISP G.Network has signed a master wayleave agreement (legal land / property access) with one of the UK’s largest housing associations, London and Quadrant (L&Q), which will enable their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach tens of thousands more premises.

L&Q is best known for housing around 250,000 people in more than 110,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East. The new deal will naturally focus on their estate in London, where over 1,000 properties can already access G.Network’s service and, as a result of the new agreement, this is now expected to reach over 30,000 premises.

The ISP itself currently claims to cover around 400,000 premises in the capital city (up from 300k in Jan 2022) and their longer-term aim is to reach c. 1.3 million premises by around the end of 2026. Most of their build is currently taking place across the Boroughs of Westminster, Camden, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Hackney and other Inner London boroughs.

Customers of the network tend to pay from £24 per month for an unlimited 150Mbps (50Mbps upload) package, which includes a free connection and wireless router. Prices then go up to £50 per month for their top symmetric speed 900Mbps (gigabit) package. Anybody taking a 24-month term will also currently benefit from a 6-month free service discount.

G.Network COO, David Sangster, said:

“Our agreement with L&Q means that thousands more Londoners will be upgraded to state-of-the-art full fibre broadband. We are thrilled to be working with L&Q, and look forward to years of strong partnership working.”

The provider added that they were also in discussion with a “number of further Housing Associations” about signing similar agreements. As a side note, back in 2020 Hyperoptic also signed a similar wayleave deal with L&Q for a “large proportion” of their homes, but it’s unclear whether the G.Network deal will overbuild any of these or avoid them (unlike G.Network, Hyperoptic’s focus extends well beyond London).