Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural areas in South Gloucestershire, has this month added the villages of Charfield, Little Badminton and Sopworth to their rollout plan.
The move should complement their existing builds in the communities of Hawkesbury Upton, Inglestone Common, Easter Compton, Over, Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, Patchway and surrounding areas. At present, RunFibre still aims to have a total of 3,500 premises covered across all of their areas by March 2023 (they’re already well over the 2,000 mark), including 1,000 customers connected (i.e. take-up of 28.57%).
The new build in Charfield is being supported by DCMS’ Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme, which will start with 250 of the most rural properties on the West side of the village, or Churchend, Under Phase 1 of the rollout. Phase 2 will then extend this to around 730 premises by February 2023.
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On top of that, the provider has just announced a further extension of their network in the Hawkesbury area, which will see their fibre cross the A46 road and enter into the villages of Little Badminton and Sopworth.
A Spokesperson for RunFibre said:
“We’re extremely proud of the progress we’ve made in the region, especially on Ingleston Common where locals have had an extremely long wait, first from another provider and then from us, as we navigated the various hurdles. Despite this, we are even more thrilled that customers continue to spread the word about our service.
By avoiding hard sales tactics like cold calling and knocking on doors, we’ve been able to focus on more organic approaches like helping at local events and kickback schemes. This is really starting to shine through as the demand from villages close by increases daily, mainly through word of mouth.”
Customers usually pay from £25 per month on a 24-month term for their 100Mbps (symmetric speed) package, which rises to £60 for their top 1Gbps tier. Alternatively, you can take a shorter 12-month term for £5 more per month. The provider also sells different services over the CityFibre network in Wolverhampton and Gloucester.
I would be more interested in who fitted that BT socket, off level a fair bit ha ha
I was drawn to the picture (as well), it must be a demonstration on how not to install.
If I had done that install, I’d be ashamed of myself.
Looks like the picture angle and the wonky BT master socket makes the runfibre install not straight. I would be happy with no holes showing and everything nicely fixed to the wall.
Blimey, I am not OCD but that picture is making me feel unwell
Picture is making me feel sea sick
Thinking about it isnt that @angry man’s imaginary install.
Skirting board needs a coat of paint.