Grain Start Building UK Full Fibre Broadband Network in Gainsborough
Carlisle-based alternative broadband network and UK ISP Grain, which recently secured a £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has revealed that they’ve now begun to expand their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines across the Lincolnshire (England) market town of Gainsborough; home to over 20,000 people.
The town represents a reasonable choice for Grain since, at present, their main gigabit-capable broadband competitors at infrastructure level in the area would be the incumbents of Openreach and Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre); both of which have strong coverage. In addition, OFNL (inc. Fibrenest) has a small deployment via some new build homes and Giggle Fibre (Harmony Networks) also seem to be present, but you still can’t order the latter.
As for Grain, the announcement doesn’t reveal anything much about their deployment plan for the area, although we can clearly see plenty of related roadworks around the left side of the town, which will probably be converted into a live service within the next few months. The rollout is part of their wider expansion across the East Midlands, with towns like Leicester, Loughborough and Nottingham already partly covered.
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The operator’s FTTP broadband network across the UK is currently home to over 43,000 customers and covers 270,000 UK premises (aiming to reach 600,000 in the future).
Richard Cameron, CEO at Grain Broadband, said:
“We’re excited to offer Gainsborough residents an internet service that can keep up with their digital lives. We’re not just delivering faster internet – we’re also helping customers save money every single month. Whether you’re working from home, streaming your favourite shows, or gaming online, Grain is here to keep you connected.”
Customers can expect to pay from £17.99 per month on a 24-month term for symmetric speeds of 150Mbps (including a router and free installation), which rises to £27.99 for their 1000Mbps tier. Some of these packages are also currently running a half-price promotion that lasts for between 3 and 12 months – varying by package.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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