Brsk UK to Deploy FTTP Broadband to 30,000 Homes in Runcorn
Network operator and ISP Brsk, which now covers 573,050 UK premises (RFS) with their full fibre network and is in the process of being merged into Netomnia (here), has today announced that they’ve added the industrial port town of Runcorn in Cheshire (England) to their roll-out plan. A total of around 30,000 homes and businesses are expected to benefit.
The addition of the town to their roll-out will see brsk pass almost 45,000 homes across the whole of Cheshire (i.e. they can also be found in parts of Wilmslow, Handforth and Poynton). But the announcement doesn’t say how long the local roll-out will take or how much investment is involved, although we can see that engineering work has already begun.
Naturally, brsk won’t have a busy area like Runcorn all to itself, with both Virgin Media and Openreach having already deployed wide coverage via their own gigabit-capable broadband networks. In addition, Hyperoptic covers a few local MDUs, while ITS Technology have deployed fibre to the Astmoor Industrial Estate and Manor Park areas.
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Brsk’s network can also be found in parts of West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, The Black Country and South Birmingham.
Regional Head, Gareth Cornelius, said:
“Having expanded our network across Greater Manchester, Cheshire and recently St Helens, we are delighted to now be expanding further across the North West and bring our award-winning broadband services to Runcorn. For too long the town has been overlooked by the major incumbents, and we feel it’s borderline criminal that the people of Runcorn have so little choice when it comes to good quality and affordable broadband options. By bringing our full fibre services to the town, we look forward to establishing ourselves as the broadband provider of choice for the people of Runcorn.”
Residential customers typically pay from £23 per month for a 100Mbps (symmetric) package and this rises up to £32 for their top 900Mbps tier on a 24-month term, which includes a router and free installation.
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Will this be yet another delivery of FFTP by telegraph poles ?
IF SO When will any of these code operators actually adhere to their code of practise to share infrastructure? It seems that very few actually consider sharing infrastructure , leaving residents with a multitude of unnecessary infrastructure predominately by telegraph poles as it’s cheaper or suffering the inconvenience of their footpaths unnecessarily dug up when existing infrastructure should be shared . Government needs to act on these BAD code operators who show no concern for home environments blighted by these infrastructures.
How long will it take to get the broadband in the Wa7 4bd area