GoFibre Grows UK FTTP Broadband Coverage to 115,000 Premises
Edinburgh-based UK alternative network ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 115,000 rural premises (RFS) across the North of England and Scotland, which is up from 105,600 premises on 17th June 2024. One of the latest locations to benefit from this is the Angus town of Forfar.
The news was revealed as GoFibre welcomed the MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens, Dave Doogan, to witness the “near completion” of its full fibre broadband network in Forfar. With build in the area set to wrap up by September 2024, over 6,000 homes and businesses will soon have access to their new gigabit speed broadband network.
Customers of the GoFibre’s network can expect to pay from £36 per month (currently discounted to £29) for a 135Mbps (25Mbps upload) package on a 24-month term with an included wireless router, which rises to £69 per month (currently discounted to £49) for their top 900Mbps (100Mbps upload) plan. The latter also comes with a bonus Wi-Fi extender (this can optionally be taken on other plans at extra cost).
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Dave Doogan, MP for Angus and Perthshire Glens, said:
“It was great to see the progress that GoFibre have made with their full fibre broadband network in Forfar. Many communities here in Angus and Perthshire Glens have been overlooked by traditional broadband companies leaving them with poor connections that are a pain for households and a real problem for local businesses trying to compete.
The work that GoFibre are doing will provide thousands of homes and businesses with hugely improved broadband and will make a meaningful difference to so many people’s lives here locally.”
GoFibre said their expansion in Forfar, alongside its expansion in Montrose and Kirriemuir, will mark a significant stride in improving coverage for the Angus community.
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Openreach have also covered 6,000+ Premises in Forfar – I assume this is effectively advertising?
Don’t really understand the point in go fibre, its too expensive. Where I live in galashiels we have virgin, openreach and go fibre on the same pole.
How much of this 115k has been overbuilt?
GoFibre called me up in Nov and signed me up, said they’d be with me in 8 weeks, nearly a year later and nothing, they build up to the end of my street and stopped, all those houses already served by openreach full fibre and Virgin media, what is point? Stuck on 40mb down 5mb up here ffs.