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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 (15 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.

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CityFibre Hints at Future Plans for 100Gbps UK Broadband Network in 2030s

4th August, 2025 (42 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has already deployed their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across around 4.5 million UK premises, recently indicated to Mobile Europe’s Digital Telco event that they would be looking to upgrade to 50G-PON or 100G-PON during the early to mid 2030s.

KCOM to Launch Broadband Infrastructure Sharing in Hull UK on 1st August 2025

31st July, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hull-based network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across a big chunk of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has today confirmed that their new infrastructure sharing solution (i.e. giving rivals access to their cable ducts and poles) will officially go live on 1st August 2025. But is it too little, too late.

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CityFibre UK Finish Primary £50m Wolverhampton FTTP Broadband Rollout

30th July, 2025 (10 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.5 million UK premises, has today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £50 million build across the West Midland’s city of Wolverhampton.

Broadband ISP File Sanctuary Launch UK 2.3Gbps CityFibre FTTP Plan

28th July, 2025 (19 Comments)

Consumers looking to join UK internet provider File Sanctuary, which sells broadband packages via Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks, may like to know that they’ve today launch a 2300Mbps (symmetric) speed package via the latter’s platform. The price starts at just £55 per month.

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Sky Broadband and the Question of Preferential UK CityFibre FTTP Install Dates

26th July, 2025 (34 Comments)

A couple of weeks have passed since Sky Broadband became the largest retail ISP to go live on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here). But some rival providers have privately begun to note that customers who sign-up to Sky’s service seem to be getting earlier installation dates than they can. We take a closer look.