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UK ISP TalkTalk Confirm Loss of 101,000 Subscribers After Cyber-Attack

2nd February, 2016 (11 Comments)

As feared last year’s cyber-attack (here) had a significant impact upon TalkTalk, albeit not nearly as big as some had predicted (here), with today’s vague trading update reporting that the ISP’s on-net subscriber base declined by -101,000 during the final quarter of 2015 (calendar).

Cityfibre Complete Extension of FTTP Broadband Network in Kirklees

20th January, 2016 (0 Comments)

At the end of 2014 Cityfibre announced their plan to extend an 80km pure metro fibre optic Public Service Network (PSN) in Huddersfield, Kirklees (West Yorkshire, England) to cater for local businesses and happily, after 10 months of construction, the operator has now completed it.

CityFibre UK to Commercialise Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Bristol

14th January, 2016 (1 Comment)

Cityfibre, which runs a growing number of ultrafast Gigabit capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband networks across UK cities, has today announced that they’re starting work to commercialise 82km of pure fibre network assets in Bristol (England). But they’ll have some local competition.

No Flood Delays as Cityfibre Resumes York UK FTTH Broadband Rollout

4th January, 2016 (0 Comments)

Construction of Cityfibre’s joint roll-out of a new ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in the UK city of York (England) has officially resumed today after work was paused due to the Christmas break. Happily the recent flood had no impact.

UPDATE CityFibre Raise £180m Financing and Gobble KCOM’s UK Fibre Network

14th December, 2015 (5 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve found financing of £180m to help expand and commercialise their national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband / Ethernet network and one of their first moves is to gobble KCOM Group’s UK network assets for £90m.

CityFibre Commits to Build Glasgow an Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network

26th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

Network developer Cityfibre, which is currently rolling out ultrafast Gigabit-capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband networks across a growing number of UK cities, has announced that Glasgow in Scotland will become the next to benefit from early in 2016.

ISP TalkTalk Falls to 4.1M On-net Broadband Users and Offers Incentives

11th November, 2015 (5 Comments)

After the recent cyber-attack TalkTalk, which dubiously skipped their previous Q2 2015 report (here), has today published a financial update for Q3 2015 (calendar) and revealed that they’ve lost -80K broadband subscribers in the past 6 months to make for a total of 4.1 million (on-net).

NextGen Digital Challenge Awards 2015 Names Best Altnet Broadband ISPs

9th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The NextGen Conference in London has unveiled the winners of their 5th annual Digital Challenge Awards, which are designed to celebrate projects from across the United Kingdom that offer great examples of digital progress. This year saw a number of altnet ISPs win awards for their efforts to improve broadband connectivity.

Cityfibre Waives up to GBP2500 in Fibre Optic Connection Fees

20th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

Cityfibre, which is deploying ultrafast Gigabit-capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband networks across a growing number of UK cities, has moved to soften the loss of the Government’s Connection Voucher scheme by waiving their connections fees for three weeks.

Vodafone Signs Deal to Access Cityfibre’s UK Fibre Optic Network

6th October, 2015 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today signed the first deal under a new Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Vodafone, which will give the mobile giant access to their various networks across the United Kingdom.

Sky Confirm First Customers Live on 940Mbps Broadband in York UK

28th September, 2015 (9 Comments)

As expected Sky Broadband has today echoed last week’s news from TalkTalk (here) and Cityfibre, which confirmed that the first trial customers are now live on their joint “ultrafast” 940Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network in the city of York (North Yorkshire).

First Trial Users Live on Sky and TalkTalk’s 940Mbps Broadband in York

23rd September, 2015 (17 Comments)

As expected TalkTalk has confirmed that the first trial customers are now live on their joint 940Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network in the city of York, which is being built alongside Sky Broadband and Cityfibre. An early 2016 commercial launch has also been set.

UPDATE Footpath Fix for Sky Broadband and TalkTalk’s York FTTH Rollout

14th September, 2015 (8 Comments)

Deploying a new ultrafast (940Mbps capable) fibre optic broadband network in urban areas is never easy, as demonstrated by Cityfibre’s joint roll-out of a new Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) service with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in York where some areas could need corrective work.

Virgin Media, Cityfibre and Zayo Oppose Ofcom’s Regulated BT Dark Fibre

14th September, 2015 (4 Comments)

Several major telecoms operators (Cityfibre, Virgin Media, euNetworks and Zayo) have joined forces to create the Infrastructure Investors Group (IIG) and they oppose the UK regulators move to open up access to BT’s Dark Fibre lines for rival providers. BT will be pleased.

CityFibre Sign GBP5.6m Deal to Extend Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

8th September, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has signed a new 7-year and £5.6 million deal (including an option to extend to 19 years and grow in value to £16m) with Edinburgh City Council that will see the operator construct a new 100km long Gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network extension in the city.

UPDATE Price Details for Sky Broadband’s 940Mbps FTTH Service in York

2nd September, 2015 (19 Comments)

Sky Broadband appears to have quietly unveiled the pricing for their forthcoming “Sky Ultra Fibre Optic” service in the city of York (England), where they’re working alongside Cityfibre and TalkTalk to roll-out a new 940Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network. Oddly, line rental still exists.

Map of Cityfibre’s Gigabit FTTP Fibre Optic Network in Hull UK

26th August, 2015 (1 Comment)

A new map has been revealed that for the first time depicts exactly where Cityfibre’s new ultrafast 62km long fibre optic (FTTP) network is being deployed in the East Yorkshire (England) city of Hull.