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Cambridgeshire UK Updates on Progress of Dig Once Fibre Build

16th Oct, 2024 (4 Comments)

The Connecting Cambridgeshire project, which is led by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, has today issued a progress update on their “Dig Once” policy and efforts to accelerate the roll-out of gigabit broadband across the county, with 21.6km of new fibre ducting already installed or soon to be deployed. Both Cityfibre and Gigaclear have now harnessed this.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Set to Open New North West HQ in Manchester

16th Oct, 2024 (5 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today announced that around 1,500 employees (i.e. customer service, commercial and legal teams) are set to move to their new North West HQ in late 2025, which is to be based out of the Island (pictured) building – a net zero carbon workspace in central Manchester.

CityFibre’s Broadband Services in Glasgow Downed by Potential Exchange Fire UPDATE4

16th Oct, 2024 (69 Comments)

Broadband ISP connections on CityFibre’s UK full fibre (FTTP) network in Glasgow have been knocked offline after a potential fire caused damage to the operator’s local Fibre Exchange (FEX) last night, which took down their core link (gla1215). But unusually they’re having to pull in a specialist electrician from Portsmouth as they don’t have any in Scotland.

GoFibre’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout for Teesdale and Northumberland Tweaked

16th Oct, 2024 (3 Comments)

The government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has revealed that they’ve made some tweaks to the state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for Teesdale (Lot 4.01) and North Northumberland (Lot 34.01), which were both awarded to alternative network ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) during 2022 (here and here).

Openreach engineer of the year 2024 Mari Owen

Openreach Name its UK Telecoms Engineer of the Year 2024 Winner

15th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has named Exeter engineer Mari Owen (40), who installs full fibre (FTTP) broadband around Devon and Cornwall in South West England, as their ‘Engineer of the Year 2024‘ for her “outside the box” approach to problem-solving and ability to tackle “some of the most complex and diverse jobs“.

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Toob Extend FTTP Broadband to Cambridge, Luton, and Leicester UK

15th Oct, 2024 (5 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and ISP toob, which is rolling out a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of South England, has expanded their availability to include the Bedfordshire town of Luton, as well as the cities of Cambridge (Cambridgeshire) and Leicester (Leicestershire). But this will be via their partnership with Cityfibre (not own build).

GoFibre Completes FTTP Broadband Rollout to 25,000 Borders Premises

15th Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK alternative network ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has today announced that they’ve “completed” their planned roll-out of a new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to the Borders area, which has covered 25,000 rural premises. This is a big chunk of the 118,000 they already cover across the North of England and Scotland (up from 115k on 28th Aug 2024).

Business ISP FluidOne Join G.Network’s London FTTP Broadband Network

15th Oct, 2024 (2 Comments)

Business focused UK broadband ISP, IT and Cloud solutions provider FluidOne has today become the latest operator to harness G.Network’s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Central London via a new wholesale agreement, which follows similar deals with other ISPs like Spitfire and Cerberus Networks.

UK B2B ISPs Redcentric and Talk Straight Join Fibre Cafe Platform

15th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

Business ISPs Redcentric and Talk Straight (aka – Schools Broadband) have today announced that they’ve joined the Fibre Cafe‘s (Strategic Imperatives) connectivity aggregation platform, which with both combined should bring an additional 24,500 business connections to the platform.

Broadband ISP Connect Fibre UK Prep TP-Link WiFi 7 Router and 2Gbps Plan UPDATE

15th Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Connect Fibre, which aims to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, has this morning announced that they will be the first UK internet provider to deploy TP-Link’s co-branded Wi-Fi 7 routers to customers. A new 2Gbps package is also being launched.

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Openreach Names First UK Exchange Area to go 100 Percent Full Fibre

14th Oct, 2024 (23 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced that the rural village of Llanbrynmair in Powys (Wales) can lay claim to being the “first telephone exchange area in the UK” on their network to have 100% Full Fibre broadband coverage, meaning every single home and property in the village can now access their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines.

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Big Nottinghamshire Broadband Outage After Openreach Network Damaged UPDATE

14th Oct, 2024 (10 Comments)

Some 10,000 premises in Nottinghamshire (England) have suffered a disruption to their broadband and phone services after Openreach’s (BT) network was “maliciously damaged” by criminals. The details are currently unclear, although the fact that the operator has to replace around 700 metres of cable suggests copper theft may be the cause.

Pulse Fibre Adopt 10Gbps Adtran Tech for UK Full Fibre Broadband Build

14th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

London-based alternative broadband ISP Pulse Fibre, which over the next few years aspires to complete over 250,000 unique “full fibre” (FTTP) connections into new build homes and MDUs (here), has announced that they’ve chosen Adtran’s 10Gbps speed capable XGS-PON equipment and services to support their deployment.

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MS3 Begin Trial to Run FTTP Broadband via KCOM’s Poles in Hull UK

14th Oct, 2024 (19 Comments)

The CEO of alternative broadband operator MS3, Guy Miller, has confirmed to Richard Tang (CEO of ISP Zen Internet), in a new interview, that they’ve just begun a trial with KCOM in Hull that will allow them to deploy their full fibre (FTTP) lines by harnessing some of the incumbent’s existing poles and ducts – potentially reducing community complaints.

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EXA Infrastructure Launch Managed Fibre Network Covering 31 Countries

14th Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure has today launched its new Managed Fibre Network (MFN) service to “address market demands for increased connectivity and shorter service delivery times“, which is also said to provide the “benefits of dark fibre and equipment ownership“, albeit without the usual costs of in-house delivery.

UK ISP TalkTalk’s Chances of a Takeover Reduce After Auditor Quits UPDATE

14th Oct, 2024 (2 Comments)

Debt-troubled broadband ISP TalkTalk, which was recently saved from the immediate risk of a default by a refinancing package worth roughly £400m (here and here), may now find it even harder to find a buyer after their auditor of 22 years – Deloitte – resigned and was replaced by RSM.

Gov Publishes Evaluation of the UK Fibre in Water Broadband Project

14th Oct, 2024 (13 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT) has published an evaluation report into the c.£6.2 million “Fibre in Water” trial (Project TAWCO), which tested the deployment of fibre optic (FTTP) cables through a live water mains (used for drinking water) but, as we previously reported (here), ended up being stalled due to several issues.