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Broadband ISP Rebel Internet Join CityFibre’s UK Full Fibre Network

10th October, 2025 (5 Comments)

Retail broadband ISP Rebel Internet, which was set up a couple of years ago by two former BT executives (here), has this morning announced that they’ve signed a new partnership to harness CityFibre’s growing 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network – covering around 4.6 million UK premises (4.3m Ready for Service).

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Ofcom UK Reject Competition Concerns over Openreach’s FTTP Upgrades Offer

9th October, 2025 (51 Comments)

At the start of this week ISPreview revealed that a number of rival broadband networks had raised competition concerns with the UK telecoms regulator after Openreach introduced a new discount on upgrades to full fibre lines (here). Ofcom has now responded to these concerns via a new open letter, which largely rejects them but remains “alive” to the concerns.

Competition Concerns Raised Over New Openreach FTTP Broadband Discount

6th October, 2025 (24 Comments)

A number of Openreach’s rivals are understood to have raised fresh competition concerns with Ofcom after the operator introduced a new discount on upgrades (here). The offer was designed to help encourage ISPs to shift customers off older copper-based broadband services and on to newer full fibre (FTTP) lines, but not everyone is happy.

CityFibre Report 730K UK Broadband Customers as FTTP Covers 4.6M Premises

1st October, 2025 (20 Comments)

The UK’s largest alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network, CityFibre, has today published their latest results and revealed that they now cover 4.6 million premises (4.3m RFS) and have seen record growth in customer connections, with 108,000 customers connected in Q3 2025 (up from 58k in Q2) to total 730,000.

Toob Expand FTTP Broadband Reach via CityFibre to 33 UK Towns and Cities

30th September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network operator and UK ISP toob, which has built a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has this morning announced that they’ve just added 33 new towns and cities (1.1 million additional premises) to their coverage via CityFibre.

Zen Internet UK Gives Free Speed Boost to Some CityFibre Customers

27th September, 2025 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet appears to have quietly begun a new programme of package upgrades (regrades) for some of their customers on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. The move essentially upgrades those on their 100Mbps (symmetric speed) plan to the faster rate of 160Mbps “at no extra cost“.

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Broadband ISP Olilo Connects First UK Customers via AllPoints Fibre Networks

23rd September, 2025 (8 Comments)

New techy-focused broadband ISP Olilo, which only launched a few short weeks ago (here), has this week announced that they’ve just placed their first consumer Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) orders via the aquila platform from AllPoints Fibre Networks’ (APFN). The latter is a wholesale platform that aggregates connectivity from several different full fibre networks.

ISP Toob Connect 100,000 Customers to its UK Fibre Broadband Network

23rd September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network builder and UK ISP toob, which has deployed a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has today announced that they’ve connected their 100,000th customer (up from 90k on 12th June 2025).

Broadband ISP LitFibre Launch New UK Business Packages up to 2.4Gbps UPDATE

15th September, 2025 (1 Comment)

Internet provider Lit Fibre, which harnesses CityFibre’s national UK full fibre (FTTP) network (covering c.4.5 million premises), has this afternoon announced the launch of three new line-only broadband packages for business customers – offering symmetric speeds from 500Mbps and up to 2.4Gbps, with contract options of 36, 24 and 12 months available.

ISP Zen Internet Acquire Fibrehop’s UK Consumer Broadband Base

11th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has today revealed that they’ve acquired the consumer customer base of Fibrehop. The development came to light as part of Richard Tang’s (Zen’s CEO) latest interview with the boss of business connectivity provider Triangle Networks, Paul Anslow – the now former owner of Fibrehop.

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Altnet Broadband ISP Lightning Fibre Expand FTTP Cover on CityFibre’s Network

10th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

Eastbourne-based alternative broadband network and UK ISP Lightning Fibre, which is building a new gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) service across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today announced that they’ve also expanded their existing wholesale partnership with CityFibre to help them reach “thousands of new premises” in towns across the South Coast of England.

New Techy Focused Broadband ISP Olilo Goes Live for UK Consumers

4th September, 2025 (29 Comments)

The United Kingdom may not exactly be short on broadband ISPs at the moment, but today we welcome another one into the fold – Olilo. The new internet provider claims not to be targeting the mass market and has positioned itself more as a product for the “niche market … of geeks/nerds/homelabbers, sysadmins” etc.

Founder and Boss of Major UK Broadband Altnet CityFibre to Step Down UPDATE

2nd September, 2025 (18 Comments)

Greg Mesch, the original founder and current CEO of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network for ISPs, CityFibre, is reportedly to step down after setting the Openreach competitor up some 14 years ago in January 2011. The move comes shortly after the operator secured a crucial UK funding agreement worth £2.3bn (here).

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Concerns Raised Over Progress of Kent UK’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout UPDATE

30th August, 2025 (22 Comments)

The Kent County Council (KCC) in England has complained to the UK government about a “lack of progress” being made on the region’s Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for rural communities. The £112m (state aid) contract for this was awarded to CityFibre in early 2024 (here), which committed to extend full fibre to 50,000+ hard-to-reach premises.

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Broadband ISP Vodafone UK Now LIVE via CommunityFibre’s FTTP in London

28th August, 2025 (12 Comments)

Mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone UK (VodafoneThree) has today confirmed that they’ve now gone live on CommunityFibre’s alternative Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based fixed line network in London. The provider says this means that 550,000 “additional” homes across all 32 boroughs can now access their broadband plans at speeds of “up to” 2.2Gbps.

Connexin’s LoRaWAN Wireless Network Connects 250,000 UK Water Meters

27th August, 2025 (12 Comments)

Fixed wireless and broadband provider Connexin, which is in the process of being acquired by CityFibre (here), has today revealed that their existing Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) network has already connected 250,000 smart water meters across parts of the UK.

Freeola Launch New UK Broadband Services via Freedom Fibre and CityFibre

15th August, 2025 (5 Comments)

Internet and web hosting provider Freeola has complemented their existing range of Openreach-based broadband (FTTC/P) packages by quietly launching a new range of complementary packages via two alternative networks, Freedom Fibre and CityFibre.