ISP GoFibre Add Newport-on-Tay and Tayport to UK Full Fibre Rollout

Rural fibre builder and UK ISP GoFibre (Borderlink Broadband), which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Northern England and the Scottish Borders, has today issued a short progress update to highlight some locations that have just gone live and others that have entered build.

The operator, which is currently being supported by funding of £164m from Gresham House (BSIF), currently plans to extend their full fibre network across 500,000 premises in the North of England and Scottish Borders by around the end of 2025 (here).

According to the latest update, approximately 12,600 local premises across the Fife towns of Cupar, Cardenden and Burntisland can apparently now benefit from the new network going live in their area (that makes for a total of 16,000 across the whole of Fife, they claim). At the same time, the provider has just started construction of their network in Newport-on-Tay and Tayport, which may eventually open up full fibre broadband to around 3,400 more premises.

We should point out that some of these locations already have gigabit-capable networks from rivals, or they soon will (e.g. Axione UK and Grain have plans for Newport).

Neil Conaghan, CEO of GoFibre, said:

“It is with great pleasure that we announce that our full fibre broadband network is now live in Fife and available to the residents of Cupar, Cardenden and Burntisland while construction begins across Newport and Tayport.

The expansion across Fife is a significant step forward in our aim to close the digital divide across rural areas with our network already bringing transformational speeds to residents and businesses.

To any locals or businesses interested in learning more about how our network can benefit them, please do get in touch or register. We would like to thank everyone for their continued patience and support while we connect them to the benefits of full fibre.”

Customers of the new service can expect to pay from £36 per month for a 100Mbps package on a 24-month term with an included wireless router, which rises to £69 per month for their top 1000Mbps plan. The latter also comes with a bonus Wi-Fi extender (this can optionally be taken on other plans for just £5 per month extra).