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Vodafone UK Not Retiring Fibre 1 Broadband Plans? UPDATED

24th January, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile network operator and ISP Vodafone UK has now, after previously announcing that they were retiring both their old c.35-38Mbps Fibre 1 (FTTC / VDSL2) and related Full Fibre 1 (FTTP) home broadband packages for new customers (not existing subscribers), said this was done in error. But the related Social Tariff is still missing.

CityFibre Based UK ISP Yayzi Broadband Launch 2.5Gbps Plan

18th January, 2024 (29 Comments)

Following last year’s trial, Yayzi Broadband, which mainly sells packages via Cityfibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today officially launched their new “highly affordable” 2.5Gbps symmetrical speed broadband service to consumers across the country. A new 1.2Gbps tier has also launched.

Zen Internet CEO Richard Tang and CityFibre CMO Dan Ramsay

CityFibre UK Reject VMO2 Merger Claims and Predict 100 AltNets to Become 1

17th January, 2024 (38 Comments)

The CMO of full fibre operator CityFibre, Dan Ramsay, has today told the CEO of ISP Zen Internet, as part of a new interview, that they expect that the c.100 alternative broadband networks in the UK market today to eventually become one single operator. Ramsay separately denied that there had ever been talks of a merger with Virgin Media (VMO2).

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CityFibre UK’s Newcastle Full Fibre Build Tops 50,000 Premises

16th January, 2024 (9 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has announced that their £50m project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the northern city of Newcastle (Tyne and Wear), which first began at the end of 2019 (here), has now covered 50,000 premises in the city and rising.

Toob Expands FTTP Broadband into Three New UK Locations

15th January, 2024 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP, toob, which is both rolling out its own full fibre (FTTP) network and also sharing some of CityFibre’s similar infrastructure in parts of South England, has today announced a number of related expansions into Waterlooville (own build) and Chichester & Bognor Regis (City Fibre).

Cityfibre UK Completes Full Fibre Broadband Rollout in Slough

11th January, 2024 (14 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed their project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the Berkshire (England) town of Slough. The new network is now ‘Ready for Service’ across almost 42,000 homes, or about 80% of local premises.

Openreach to Hit Quarterly UK FTTP Broadband Build Rate of 1m Premises

11th January, 2024 (36 Comments)

Openreach (BT) are expecting to reach a record peak quarterly build rate on their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network of 1 million premises passed in Q4 FY24 (i.e. end of March 2024), which is up from the 860K seen in Q2 (Sept 2023). Commercial build costs are also said to still be below £300 per premises.

Cityfibre FTTP Splicing Close Up Picture 2022

Cityfibre Completes Full Fibre Broadband Rollout in Lowestoft

20th December, 2023 (14 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed their £15 million project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the seaside town of Lowestof in Suffolk (England), which originally began during the spring of 2020 and has now covered nearly 30,000 premises (RFS).

Wessex Internet Engineers in front of Tractor with Fibre Drum Dec 2023 PR

Wessex Internet Start Project Gigabit Broadband Build in New Forest

19th December, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that they’ve entered the roll-out phase of their £14m state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband contract for the New Forest area (Lot 27.01) of Hampshire (England), which will see them extend a full fibre (FTTP) network to “around” 10,500 hard-to-reach premises.

Cityfibre Purle Optical Fibre Cable and Engineer

CityFibre’s FTTP Broadband Network Covers 3.37 Million UK Premises

16th December, 2023 (28 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has informed ISPreview that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has just passed 3.37 million UK premises (3m of which are ‘Ready for Service’ by an ISP), which is up from 3 million (2.6m RFS) at the end of August 2023.

CityFibre Engineer Tarmac Reinstatement 2023

Cityfibre Complete Rollout of FTTP Broadband in Southend-on-Sea

15th December, 2023 (22 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed their £51m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the city of Southend-on-Sea (Essex), which originally began in 2019 and has now covered over 70,000 premises (RFS).

New Ofcom UK Rules to STOP Misleading Use of “Fibre” Broadband UPDATE

13th December, 2023 (57 Comments)

The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today introduced new guidelines that will effectively only allow broadband ISPs to use terms like “fibre” and “full-fibre” on their websites, and in contracts, if their network brings fibre optic cables all the way to your home (i.e. FTTP / FTTH).

Broadband ISP Vodafone UK Confirms Start of IPv6 Rollout

8th December, 2023 (30 Comments)

Customers of Vodafone’s home broadband service, which is sold via FTTC and FTTP packages on Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks, may be pleased to learn that the ISP has finally confirmed to ISPreview – after some prodding – that they are starting to run a “limited trial” of IPv6 internet addressing.

CityFibre Deal Expands FTTP to 500 Homes in Newark and Sherwood

7th December, 2023 (12 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has announced that they’ve managed to reach a new landlord agreement (wayleave) with the Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The deal will enable them to roll-out their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover an additional 500 homes in the area.

Cityfibre Ultrafast Broadband Street Barriers 2023

CityFibre UK Puts Swindon FTTP Broadband Rollout on Pause

4th December, 2023 (50 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has revealed that, following an “ongoing review of prioritisation of our deployment locations“, they have taken the decision to pause their £40m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Wiltshire town of Swindon.

Toob Expands UK FTTP Broadband into Berkshire via CityFibre

29th November, 2023 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is currently rolling out its own full fibre (FTTP) network across the South of England (e.g. Southampton, Camberley, Aldershot, Farnborough, Fareham and Gosport), has today separately expanded their coverage into parts of Berkshire via CityFibre’s network.

Business ISP Spitfire Extend UK Wholesale Partnership with CityFibre

16th November, 2023 (8 Comments)

Business communications and broadband ISP Spitfire has today announced an extension of their existing partnership with UK network operator CityFibre, which will enable them to sell the operator’s layer 2 business Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband product to customers.