Altnet ISP Lightning Fibre Launch Wi-Fi 7 Routers for UK Broadband Customers
Eastbourne-based ISP Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England (they also hold a partnership to harness CityFibre’s wider UK network – here), have partnered with Genexis to launch a new range of Wi-Fi 7 capable routers and mesh extenders for customers.
The first Wi-Fi 7 devices to be introduced are the Aura E750 gateway (router) and Home CX750 wireless mesh extender, although the brief announcement doesn’t mention any details of package availability. But we do note that, at present, the only packages on Lighting Fibre’s website to mention Wi-Fi 7 support are their top 1Gbps (£32 per month) and 2.5Gbps (£49 per month) tiers.
A number of other broadband providers, such as LilaConnect and nufibre to name a few, have also adopted consumer broadband kit from European network kit manufacturer Genexis.
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Paul Thornton, CTO at Lightning Fibre, said:
“Our customers rely on us not only for an outstanding full fibre connection to the home, but also for the best possible experience inside the home. By launching Wi-Fi 7 products with Genexis, we’re taking a major step forward in performance and reliability, ensuring households and businesses can make the most of gigabit services today and be ready for what comes next.”
Simon Higgins, Country Manager UK and Ireland at Genexis, said:
“Lightning Fibre has a clear focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience, and we’re proud to support their Wi-Fi 7 launch. Together, we’re enabling a new generation of in-home connectivity, built for high performance, operational simplicity, and long-term scalability as service demands continue to grow.”
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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Hopefully Lightning Fibre will be available over F&W Networks soon, given the common ownership. Hey!Broadband feels very unloved by comparison — no IPv6, CGNAT IPv4, traffic randomly routed via Spain or Portugal on occasion, etc.
had to look twice at the photo thought it was a ps5
Sony called! They want their PS4 back!
PS5!!!! *&ӣing typos!!!
Finally realising that 1 ethernet port is not what people want, even with a very basic setup. Looked at LF 4 years ago but the then and still current (until this is released) 1 port router, was a very big negative. I get people like the wifi side of things, but why not provide at least 4 ports for use, not 2 ports total,1 for router to ONT, 1 for rest of the house, obviously adding a switch/s. Yes, some people will if allowed, use their own equipment, but most i suspect just want something usable to sit in a corner. Not everyone has the ability to just use WiFi only.
That’s a horrible headline: I had to read it three times before I could make sense of it. The smallest of of changes to improve it would be to change the verb ‘lauch’ to ‘lauches’ since a company is a singular entity.
I don’t know, I think “Launch” works better than “lauch”, partly because routers aren’t leeks :).