CityFibre to Finish FTTP Broadband Build in York During 2024

CityFibre have today confirmed that they aim to complete the expansion of their existing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network in the North Yorkshire (England) city of York, which is currently moving into the Clifton Moor, Fulford, parts of Huntington and City Centre areas, during 2024.

In case anybody has forgotten, most of CityFibre’s network was originally part of the FibreNation (TalkTalk) build project, which covered around 50,000 premises before the operator acquired that network a few years ago (the city spans upwards of 80,000 homes and businesses).

Since then, the operator has replaced the old network’s Huawei kit, started a coverage expansion project in the city during 2021 (here) – supported by civil engineering firm MakeHappen Group – and upgraded their local network to support the latest 10Gbps capable XGS-PON full fibre standard.

However, we now understand that they will aim to complete this expansion in 2024, when it aims to reach “almost every home and business.” But sadly it’s unclear how many extra premises they’ve been able to reach since the expansion work began in 2021.

Kim Johnston, Regional Partnership Director for CityFibre, said:

“We are pleased to be back building in York, boosting the area’s digital capabilities even further and making it one of the best-connected cities in Britain. Once connections go live, residents and businesses can reap the benefits of reliable, lightning-fast broadband from multiple internet service providers.

York is part of a growing number of locations in the UK to benefit from CityFibre’s full fibre rollout, which will bring new and better broadband infrastructure within reach of up to eight million homes and businesses nationwide.”

The work forms part of CityFibre’s wider effort to cover up to 8 million UK premises (funded by c.£2.4bn in equity and c.£4.9bn debt) – across over 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) – by the end of 2025 (here). The operator has so far covered a total of 2.5 million premises (passing 22,000 premises per week), but only 2.2 million of those are currently considered to be ‘Ready for Service‘ by an ISP.