BeFibre’s Gigabit Broadband Goes Live in Skelmersdale, Lancashire

Broadband ISP BeFibre has today announced that their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is being built by sister company Digital Infrastructure (DI), has finally gone live for 12,000 “residents” (coverage) in the Lancashire (England) town of Skelmersdale.

At present Skelmersdale only has patchy FTTP coverage by Openreach and very little in the way of any other gigabit-capable competitors, which makes it a good pick for DI and BeFibre. The local deployment to the town, which is home to a total population of around 40,000, was first announced in April 2022 and has now begun to go live. But it’s worth noting that CityFibre also have tentative plans to reach the town.

Customers of the new service will pay from £25 per month on a 24-month term for an unlimited 150Mbps (symmetric) package with free installation (£29 thereafter), which rises to just £30 for their top 900Mbps tier (£49 after the first 24-months).

The operator, which began its wider rollout in 2021 and aims to cover 1 million premises across 80 UK towns and cities by the end of 2027 (here), has so far created an initial rollout plan to reach 400,000 premises. In terms of actual build, in June 2023 they claimed to have already covered 100,000 premises (Ready for Service) and were selling across more than 30 of the country’s towns and cities (e.g. Crewe, Brentwood, Worcester, Clacton on Sea etc.).