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Openreach hit by three copper broadband cable thefts in Bedfordshire UK

13th November, 2026 (0 Comments)

Last week we reported on how the Bedfordshire (England) towns and villages of Harlington, Toddington, Chalton and Tebworth had suffered a major broadband and phone outage after a gang of criminals stole some of Openreach’s (BT) core copper telecoms cables from Luton Road. Sadly a second theft occurred on the same road this week, as well as a third one near Wilstead.

Theft of Openreach’s UK broadband cables in Bedfordshire disrupts M1 traffic signs

7th November, 2026 (5 Comments)

Broadband and phone connectivity across a sizeable part of Bedfordshire in England, including the overhead gantry signs between junctions 12 and 13 on the M1, have suffered “extensive” disruption after criminals ripped up and stole some of Openreach’s core copper telecoms cables on part of Luton Road, near the town of Toddington.

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The Hidden Impact of CityFibre’s UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts Retreat

22nd June, 2026 (22 Comments)

At the end of last month CityFibre announced that they’d reached an agreement with the Government to significantly cut the roll-out scope of their Project Gigabit broadband contracts. At the time this was expressed as being because commercial builds by rivals would reach further than originally expected. But this overlooked the hidden gap of premises that have been left with no alternative plans.

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CityFibre Reduce UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Due to Expanded Commercial Cover

26th May, 2026 (27 Comments)

One of the country’s largest alternative networks, CityFibre, has announced that they’ve reached an agreement with the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency to “re-scope” the contracts they hold under the Project Gigabit broadband roll-out programme due to the “accelerated rollout of commercially funded full fibre” across their contracted areas.

CityFibre Respond to Question of Slow UK Project Gigabit Broadband Progress

30th March, 2026 (10 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has told ISPreview that they are making “good progress” on a number of their contracted Project Gigabit deployments, including those where recent data appears to show that the roll-out of their full fibre (FTTP) network has slowed to a crawl. But despite this the operator says they’re still meeting (and exceeding) their contractual obligations.

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Digi Comms Acquires 51 Percent Stake in UK Broadband Altnet Whyfibre UPDATE

23rd March, 2026 (7 Comments)

Romanian multinational telecommunications and mobile operator company Digi Communications N.V. has entered the United Kingdom’s fibre optic broadband market by acquiring 51% of the share capital of alternative network provider WhyFibre, which was conducted via Digi’s subsidiary Fiber One Limited. A pilot of their new FTTP network is now in the works.

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Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Village Networks Looks to Expand Network

23rd February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Buckingham-based alternative network provider Village Networks, which operates a number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Full Fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband networks across rural parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire in England, has requested new powers from the regulator to support its future expansion.

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Signs of Life as UK Broadband Altnet WhyFibre Spotted Building FTTP

24th February, 2025 (1 Comment)

Four years have passed since we first reported on the emergence of a new alternative network (altnet) called WhyFibre (here). The operator had expressed a plan to build a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across “underserved” parts of South England, but until recently they had appeared to be dormant.

CityFibre Begin Project Gigabit Broadband Build in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes

17th December, 2024 (5 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that they’ve begun the roll-out phase of their £51m state-aid supported Project Gigabit contract for the Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes (Lot 12) area. This will extend their 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband network to an additional 25,000 hard-to-reach rural premises in those regions.

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

15th October, 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).

Skyline Networks to Boost UK Fibre and Wireless Broadband Deployments

15th July, 2024 (1 Comment)

Business focused broadband ISP Skyline Networks appears to be gearing up for an expansion of their fibre optic and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network, which is already delivering gigabit-capable broadband and Ethernet (leased line) style services to parts of Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Norfolk.

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CityFibre’s Luton FTTP Broadband Build Covers 35,000 Premises

29th May, 2024 (13 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder CityFibre has issued a brief progress update on their efforts to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Bedfordshire (England) town of Luton, which began two years ago (here) and has now covered a total of 35,000 premises.

CityFibre Win Five Big UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

6th February, 2024 (55 Comments)

CityFibre has today secured another five of the UK government’s Project Gigabit broadband rollout contracts, totalling over £394m. The deals will spread their full fibre (FTTP) ISP network to over 202,000 hard to reach premises across parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Sussex, Kent, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes.

Gigaclear Bring Full Fibre to Rural Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire Border

6th December, 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is being extended to cover 3,500 homes and businesses in two neighbouring communities – the village of Aspley Guise and town of Woburn Sands – on the border between Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

Netomnia Add 4 UK Towns and Villages to Full Fibre Rollout

27th July, 2022 (12 Comments)

Network builder Netomnia – supported by UK broadband ISP partner YouFibre – has today added four new towns in England and Scotland to their national rollout of a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network, which includes Mansfield, Purfleet, Bedford and Coatbridge.

BDUK Publish Next Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

29th March, 2022 (6 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team has today published another batch of Public Reviews (PR) for Surrey, Lancashire, Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire (inc. Swindon), Derbyshire, East Sussex and Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout.

CityFibre Confirm GBP45m FTTP Build in Luton and Dunstable UPDATE

3rd March, 2022 (15 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they will invest £45 million to deploy their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to be put “within reach of every home and business” in the two Bedfordshire (England) towns of Luton and Dunstable.