Altnet ISP Pulse Fibre Goes Wholesale on UK FTTP Broadband Network
Alternative network provider Pulse Fibre, which recently revealed that they’re aiming to complete over 250,000 unique “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband connections into new build dwellings (here), has today announced the launch of their own wholesale platform for retail ISPs to harness.
At present we still don’t know much about Pulse Fibre’s plan to implement their own 10Gbps capable “end-to-end dedicated fibre optic network” to residential properties. But direct customers of the service can expect to pay from £30 per month for a 100Mbps (symmetric) broadband package (plus £29.99 one-off for setup), which rises to £60 for their top 1Gbps tier with free setup. All packages attract a 12-month minimum contract term.
The big news this morning is that the altnet has announced the launch of their own “cutting-edge wholesale platform” for the network, which is available to all Internet Service Providers (ISP). “By leveraging Pulse Fibre’s infrastructure, ISPs can now tap into new markets and provide high-speed internet services to previously underserved areas,” said the announcement.
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Sean Pearman, Technical Director at Pulse Fibre, said:
“We are excited to introduce this platform after years of development and consultation, to bridge the gap between service providers and network operators. We look forward to bringing the Pulse Fibre benefits to a wider audience. All of our ISPs will be able to provide day one connectivity to new homeowners and symmetrical speeds up to 10Gb.”
The challenge being that quite a few ISPs prefer the networks they’re harnessing to have a modest degree of coverage first, as well as attractive commercials, which is always a tougher sell for networks that are fairly new and more vertically integrated. But the network may benefit from its recent decision to join Fibre Cafe‘s connectivity aggregation platform (here).
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£50 a month for symmetrical gigabit is…. Expensive, but I guess it’s inline with Virgin Media
On their website it actually says that they will be charging £60 for 1000/1000 in 12 months long contract. My ISP is charging £59.95 for 900/900 with dynamic IPv4 in 1 month rolling contract.
I can’t find if they will be offering dynamic IPv4 address in this option by default or it will be yet another CGNAT only wannabe ISP. They are also aiming for 250k customers in new build areas which are being also aimed by OFNL and MS3. I bet they are not going to survive next two years.
It begs the question of how viable it is for your average ISP to sign up to many networks as a wholesale customer? Surely It could make more sense to get a wholesale sharing agreement as Toob did with CityFibre.