Lit Fibre Adds 6 New UK Towns to Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

Alternative network ISP Lit Fibre, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 homes by 2026, has today added six new UK towns to their rollout plan. The move brings the total number of homes in towns under deployment to over 200,000 – just 9 months after their first build.

The operator is currently building across various towns in other parts of England – including Corsham and Chippenham (Wiltshire), as well as Cirencester (Gloucestershire), Bishop’s Stortford (Hertfordshire) and Evesham (Worcestershire). Not to mention Clacton-on-Sea (Essex) and Sudbury (Suffolk).

The new additions to this list today include Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Redditch, Melksham, Harpenden, and Sutton Coldfield. The first of these towns to see new customers being connected will be Midsomer Norton and Redditch, where services will go live in late June 2022. Some of these areas may already have or have planned FTTP builds from rival operators (e.g. Openreach in Sutton Coldfield), but that’s fairly common today.

Tom Williams, CEO of Lit Fibre, said:

“Residents of these six towns can now rest assured that they’ll soon be able to benefit from symmetrical gigabit speeds & reliable connections at low prices. These communities have had a lack of choice for too long and will be able to break away from the incumbent providers with their price rises and long contracts, and move to a more consumer-focused, community-based service.”

Homes on their full fibre network currently pay from £24 per month for the first 9 months on a 12-month term (£30 thereafter) for their unlimited 100Mbps package (includes a free install, symmetric speeds and a Wi-Fi 6 router), which rises to £46 (£65 thereafter) for 900Mbps (average).