Rural Broadband ISP Wildanet Launch 2Gbps FTTP for South West England
Alternative network provider Wildanet, which has spent the past few years building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has today announced the launch of its first 2Gbps speed package for consumers.
The new service is said to have been made possible by the completion of key elements of Wildanet’s full fibre rollout, together with a “major upgrade to its core network infrastructure“, which has increased capacity from a 10-Gigabit backbone to a 100-Gigabit ring system – providing multiple backup routes that allow data traffic to be automatically rerouted in the event of a fault.
The new 2Gbps package costs £85 per month on a 24-month minimum term, although it’s worth noting that this is not a symmetric service and thus upload speeds are limited to 400Mbps (hardly a major issue). The service also includes unlimited data usage and free installation.
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Simon Hughes, Wildanet Chief Commercial Officer, said:
“The launch of this service isn’t just about faster speeds – it is about setting a new benchmark for broadband quality in Cornwall and showing what is possible when you invest in future-ready infrastructure.
Digital connectivity in Cornwall has often lagged behind other areas in the UK, which is precisely why Wildanet was formed. With two gigabit Full Fibre now available, it is a clear statement that we’re putting the county on a par with, and in many cases considerably ahead of, the rest of the country.”
In order to further strengthen reliability, Wildanet said they maintain dual connectivity to London’s Telehouse main internet exchange, via two separate wholesale providers – National Grid Telecom and PXC – ensuring higher levels of service continuity and resilience. The announcement notes that Wildanet’s network uptime reached 99.98% in 2024 and has already achieved 99.99% so far in 2025, which they claim to be “performance levels that surpass many of the UK’s major national broadband providers” (although uptime isn’t always the most useful of metrics for individual users).
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No. This can’t be. I was reliably informed that only “dinosaur” companies like Openreach offer asymmetric fibre service and it’s the altnets that are dynamic, innovative and leading the way.
More seriously though, the claim about Cornwall’s “digital connectivity” is incorrect. Before the recent fibre boom, Openreach and Superfast Cornwall did a lot of FTTP – reportedly 1/3rd of premises – to the point where it made up a large chunk of the overall Openreach FTTP footprint.
This also means that there will be a lot of overlap. Wildanet have the Project Gigabit contract for a large chunk of Cornwall and while that is ostensibly to cover premises that had OR FTTC or nothing at all, they’ll presumably be free to serve any OR FTTP premises that they pass on the way.
I am genuinely glad you reported the upload speed. This is the altnet I have been talking about on the other article and their utterly useless content-free website doesn’t have this kind of important information. I believe their 1 gigabit service is a mere 200Mbit up which is not that much better than Openreach (for those that care about such things). Will they up their game when Openreach go symmetric?
Asymmetric? How utterly pathetic.
I agree with Cornwall coverage, Cornwall had more FTTP coverage than any other county in England back in 2017. Even now after extensive Openreach rollout elsewhere, that early work still stands out e.g. see https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/index.php?tab=2&election=1#6/51.041/-3.494/geafttp/
@FFF Exactly, that comment about Cornwall being behind is complete rubbish!
Forgot to add that OR are now rapidly starting to extend their FTTP network that they built in Cornwall over 10 years ago, especially in the likes of the St. Ives area.
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ok. I will stop wondering if £55 a month for symetrical 2Gbps is worth it – £85 for 2000/400 is not.
Agreed, crazy prices!
“Digital connectivity in Cornwall has often lagged behind other areas in the UK, which is precisely why Wildanet was formed.” Sorry, what? That is a load of rubbish! Cornwall was miles ahead than most of the UK about 10 years ago!
Wildanet would be welcome in Kent where OR tell lies about FTTP coverage and actually have no interest…