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Swish Fibre Give Progress Update on Home Counties FTTP Build

24th February, 2022 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Swish Fibre, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises across the Home Counties of England, has today given a brief progress update on their build and appointed Nigel Sudell to their Senior Leadership Team, as Chief Integration Officer (CIO).

BDUK Publish New Phase 2 Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

5th February, 2022 (11 Comments)

The Broadband Delivery UK team have just published a new batch of Public Reviews (PR) and Open Market Reviews (OMR) for additional parts of England – mostly covered by Phase 2 of the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout. Both aim to identify which areas need state aid support for future builds.

Full Fibre ISP Trooli Adds New Locations to UK FTTP Rollout Plan

13th January, 2022 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli, which aims to reach 1 million premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2024 (mostly across Kent, East Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Suffolk), appears to have recently added a number of new locations to the “coming soon” section of their rollout plan.

ISP Purefibre Join CityFibre’s FTTP Broadband Network in Slough

6th December, 2021 (0 Comments)

Homes in the Berkshire (England) town of Slough, specifically those covered by CityFibre’s local £24m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH) broadband network in the area, now have an additional choice of UK ISP after Purefibre joined their wholesale platform.

Reading UK Councillor Threatens to Remove CityFibre Contractor

22nd October, 2021 (15 Comments)

The Reading Borough Councillor for Transport, Tony Page, has warned CityFibre that the local traffic disruption being caused by their rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the town is so bad that, if it doesn’t improve, they may “seek to remove” the company’s contractor Instalcom.

Virgin Media Business UK Secure Berkshire Full Fibre Contract

19th October, 2021 (3 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has secured a major new state aid supported contract from the West Berkshire Council (WBC) in England, which will see them deploy a new “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet network to connect more than 80 public sites (schools, GPs and public libraries etc.) by March 2022.

Trooli to Run Gigabit Fibre Over Low Voltage Electricity Poles

6th September, 2021 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South and South East England, has signed one of the first long-term Joint User Pole (JUP) agreements with UK Power Networks. The move will enable them to run their fibre optic cables across certain low voltage electricity poles.

Trooli Get GBP67.5m Funding Boost for UK Full Fibre Rollout

20th August, 2021 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli, which is currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Kent, Hampshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Sussex, has secured a £67.5m senior debt facility via a consortium of commercial lenders to help them reach 1 million UK premises by 2024.

ISP Zzoomm Extend FTTP Broadband into More Berkshire Towns

19th July, 2021 (9 Comments)

UK ISP Zzoomm has today confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network will next be expanded into the Berkshire (England) towns of Sandhurst and Crowthorne. The rollout is expected to cover 10,500 homes and businesses in the two locations.

ISP Trooli Builds Full Fibre Coverage to 100,000 UK Premises

12th July, 2021 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli has today announced the completion of a significant milestone after their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network grew to cover a total of 100,000 premises – available across parts of Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and East Sussex in England. Plus, they’re expanding into Suffolk.

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Gigaclear Spotted Building FTTP Broadband in Bagshot, Surrey UK

11th June, 2021 (5 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has been spotted deploying their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network infrastructure into the large Surrey village of Bagshot (population 5,600), which appears to be somewhat of a first for the provider as they haven’t previously announced much for the county.

Gigaclear’s Broadband to Battle Zzoomm in Ascot and Sunninghill

25th May, 2021 (10 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has today announced that they intend to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 4,300 premises in Ascot, and a further 4,400 properties in the village of Sunninghill (Berkshire). But they’ll need to fend off altnet rivals Zzoomm, and possibly also Trooli.

Zzoomm Builds FTTP Broadband Network into Staffordshire UK

18th May, 2021 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Zzoomm has today revealed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network will shortly be expanding into Staffordshire (England), specifically thousands of homes and businesses within the town of Cannock, which is home to a local population of c.30,000.

FTTP Broadband ISP Zzoomm Extends Network to Cheshire UK

17th May, 2021 (6 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP Zzoomm has announced that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network will next be expanded into Cheshire (England), specifically tens of thousands of homes and businesses within the large railway town and civil parish of Crewe.

Gigaclear UK Complete West Berkshire FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th May, 2021 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has revealed that they’ve now fully completed their last £1.8m (BDUK) West Berkshire deployment contract with the government funded Superfast Berkshire project, which since 2015 has helped to make their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to 14,000 extra premises.

Swish Fibre Begins Full Fibre Build in More of the Home Counties

5th May, 2021 (3 Comments)

UK ISP Swish Fibre, which is building their 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises in the Home Counties of England, has just begun to deploy their service across the next batch of towns including Ascot, Chinnor, Sunningdale, Godalming and Thame.

New Build Homes on Reading Site Finally Get Full Fibre After Long Fight

15th April, 2021 (5 Comments)

Residents of the Parklands Development in Reading (Berkshire), which was built a few years ago by CALA and had a battle just to get FTTC from Openreach (BT) installed, are celebrating after managing to convince Hyperoptic to deploy their “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband network to all 300+ homes on the site.