Connect Fibre Bring FTTP Broadband to Thorne and Killamarsh

ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets), which aims to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has continued their steady rollout and now looks set to go live in the large village of Killamarsh (Derbyshire) and the town of Thorne (South Yorkshire).

The operator, which is being backed by an unspecified amount of funding from the Foresight Group (here), is currently rolling out a new open access (wholesale) full fibre network – using XGS-PON technology from ADTRAN – across a number of locations in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.

The latest addition to their deployment includes the large village of Killamarsh in North East Derbyshire, which is home to a population of around 10,000 and – according to their website – is due to go live this month. At the same time, they’re also extending into the small South Yorkshire town of Thorne, which is home to a population of over 17,000 and is due to go live in August 2023.

The only real gigabit-capable competitor in both locations seems to be Openreach’s rival FTTP network, which has good coverage in Killamarsh, but their coverage of Thorne is currently fairly small. Naturally, this means that Connect Fibre need to stay competitive on price.

Residential packages tend to start from £25 per month for a symmetric speed 50Mbps plan (inc. free setup and a WiFi 6 router), which rises to £40 for their top 900Mbps tier and a promise of “no mid-contract price increases“. Customers who pre-order also benefit from a 10% discount, and there’s a 50Mbps social tariff for those on state benefits at £20 per month.

Connect Fibre’s Current Build Locations

Cambridgeshire
Bluntisham
Colne
Earith
Needingworth
Sutton

Derbyshire
Bolsover
Crewswell
Killamarsh

Essex
Hockley

Nottinghamshire
Edwinstowe

Yorkshire
Sheffield (SW)
Thorne