ISP Quickline Build FTTP Broadband to Skelton in North Yorkshire

Alternative network ISP Quickline has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has been extended to reach almost 300 homes in the rural North Yorkshire village and civil parish of Skelton, which was connected as part of the state aid supported Superfast West Yorkshire and York contract.

Just to recap. Back in 2020 the ISP scooped a £14.5 million Phase 4 rollout contract for North Yorkshire (here), which will see them extend their “fibre-backed fixed wireless” network to bring “superfast, ultrafast and in some cases gigabit speed broadband” to a further 15,830 premises in the region.

In addition to that, Quickline also secured a £9.1m contract in September 2020 to help extend superfast (30Mbps+) and ultrafast (100Mbps+) broadband coverage to a further 6,700 premises – 1,700 businesses and 5,000 homes – across rural West Yorkshire and York (here) by the end of 2022.

The operator is currently being supported by a £500m investment from Northleaf Capital Partners, which acquired the company last year and is helping to fuel their future ambition to cover 500,000 UK premises in rural and semi-rural areas with “ultrafast broadband” via a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and 5G based FWA (wireless) infrastructure (here).

Julian Chalk, Quickline’s Head of Enablement and Engagement, said:

“We’re incredibly excited to roll out our game-changing full fibre broadband in Skelton, enabling residents and businesses to enjoy all the benefits the internet offers with significantly improved download speeds.

Our full fibre broadband offers Skelton villagers a truly transformational experience, opening up so many opportunities in terms of work, entertainment, education and much more.

We believe passionately that no community should be left behind in terms of broadband provision and we’re delighted to see our services are already making a difference to villagers in Skelton.”

One catch above is that Skelton also appears on Openreach’s FTTP rollout plan, which means that Quickline may not have the area all to itself for very long. In addition, we do wish that they would release a more comprehensive rollout plan, as a lot of their build announcements have tended to be quite piecemeal and that doesn’t reflect their grander ambitions.

Customers looking to hop on to this new network can expect to pay from £35 inc. VAT per month (£25 under the current discount) for an unlimited 100Mbps (50Mbps upload) service on a 24-month contract with free setup, which rises to £65 per month (£55 on discount) for their top 900Mbps (450Mbps upload) package. You also get an included router.