London full fibre ISP G.Network launch 8.5Gbps home broadband
London-focused UK broadband operator G.Network, which claims to have built their FTTP (XGS-PON) network footprint to cover 420,000 premises across the city (395k RFS), has today followed our earlier report by launched two new multi-gigabit residential broadband products – HomePro3 and HomePro10 – offering symmetrical speeds of up to 2.5Gbps and 8.5Gbps respectively.
Just to recap. G.Network, which originally aspired to expand their full fibre lines to cover 1.3 million premises in London, came out of a brief period of administration in March 2026 on a “debt-free, well-capitalised, growth-oriented footing“ (here); this occurred after they were acquired by distressed debt specialist FitzWalter Capital (here and here).
Since then the company has been focused on improving the business and greater commercialisation, which includes the need to stay competitive with rival networks in the same space (e.g. CommunityFibre recently launched an 8.5Gbps tier in London too, albeit only over the phone). On this front G.Network claims to have offered 8.5Gbps connections to “high-end residential property” in the capital for years and has today made these fully available to order on their website.
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Each package includes a Wi-Fi 7 router (Nokia Beacon 9 on 2.5Gbps and Beacon 19.1 on 8.5Gbps), a choice of 12 or 24-month terms (they also do 30-day terms but not for these speeds), free connection, free parental controls, a pledge of “no in contract price rises” and priority call support (it’s not explained precisely how this works).
HomePro3 (2.5Gbps advertised rate)
Price: £29.50 per month for 6 months, then £59 thereafter (24-month term)HomePro10 (8.5Gbps advertised rate)
Price: £149 per month (24-month term)
David Sangster, CEO of G.Network, said:
“G.Network has constantly offered some of the fastest residential broadband speeds in London, and many of our customers are already benefitting from them. Today we’re formalising that offer by unveiling these products.
Our wholly-owned XGS-PON network gives us complete control over the customer experience, from the underlying infrastructure through to installation and support. By combining multi-gigabit symmetrical speeds, premium Wi-Fi 7 technology and expert installation from our dedicated London-based engineering team, we’re setting a new standard for residential broadband in the capital.”
The market currently seems to be awash with news of broadband ISPs launching c.8Gbps speed packages, which is fast becoming the new premium tier (not so long ago 1Gbps was the best). But it’s worth remembering that most of these packages still have limited UK availability and even Openreach’s similar products are only just starting to roll-out more gradually.
At present G.Network’s pricing on their 8.5Gbps plan puts their package more into the same territory as business packages, although their 2.5Gbps tier is much more affordable. On the other hand, £149pm is a lot cheaper than the £300pm CommunityFibre are asking for the same speed. Other ISPs, such as YouFibre, can do similar packages for less, but they aren’t available in London.
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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here for the “but no one needs that” comments- got popcorn 🙂
Why not install full fibre everywhere in the main cities? Some of us are still using copper.
G.Network seem to be making some decent decisions since going through administration and new ownership.
The naming is a bit dodgy: HomePro “3” = 2.5Gps, “10” = 8.5Gbs.
And many of the homes passed by G.network would not need such a large bandwidth. But broadband sales are not required to undertake a “suitability” check (in the way that a financial product is); some will be mis-sold and some will pay the cost as a demonstration of ability to afford a luxury.
This likely reflects the difference between peak theoretical capability of the product and the requirement for ISPs to only advertise average peak time speeds. So the 8.5Gbps package will use a 10Gbps line, but in the real-world you’re just more likely to see speeds in the c.8Gbps range.