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Customers of broadband ISP CommunityFibre appear to be coming back online after the operator suffered a sizeable network outage in London today, which has been disrupting internet connectivity for thousands of users over the past few hours (since just after 11:30am this morning).
Broadband ISP WightFibre, which is deploying a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire (England), recently published their latest annual results to 30th September 2024 and revealed that their full fibre network now covered 88% of island premises (up from 80% in June 2024).
Rochdale-base broadband ISP Zen Internet has revealed that Trooli’s alternative full fibre network, which at the last update (July 2024) covered 370,000 homes and businesses across parts of England and Scotland, is “now available to buy” via their service after being almost fully integrated as part of last year’s wholesale agreement.
Customers of rural broadband ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, are reporting that the provider appears to be suffering from a service outage that seems to be primarily impacting premises in the Bristol and North Somerset areas.
High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) and oversees the HS2 rail project, has signed a £99.6m deal (£80.5m in public funding) with Hitachi and Telent to design and deploy telecommunications services across the new rail network, including passenger voice and broadband connectivity.
Alternative fibre optic ISP Brsk, which is currently in the final stages of being merged into Netomnia’s network (here), has reportedly confirmed that approximately 50,000 homes and businesses across the South Yorkshire (England) market town of Barnsley will be the next to benefit from their roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband.