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First Homes Live on CityFibre’s Project Gigabit Broadband Network in Hampshire UPDATE

28th April, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that the first customers have gone live on their new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Hampshire (England), which is being built as part of their £104m state aid supported Project Gigabit contract (Lot 27) – this aims to reach more than 75,000 extra premises across hard-to-reach rural areas.

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Support Staff Hint Sky Broadband UK to Replace WiFi Max Kit Next Month

25th April, 2025 (15 Comments)

Several customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband have now informed ISPreview that the provider’s support staff have recently notified them about the launch, next month, of new WiFi Max hardware. This appears to reflect both the Sky Max Hub router and the Sky Max Pod WiFi extenders.

BT Fail to Get CityFibre Ad Banned Over Full Fibre Availability Complaint UPDATE

23rd April, 2025 (29 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has declined to uphold a complaint against one of CityFibre’s direct mailing adverts for their new UK FTTP broadband network. The complaint was lodged by the BT Group after they suggested it “misleadingly implied there was no existing full fibre broadband at the address.”

ISP Lit Fibre Refreshes CityFibre Powered UK Broadband Packages

14th April, 2025 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which now harnesses CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (they originally ran their own UK fibre network – here), has refreshed their existing range of packages and also introduced new a range of “specialised” product packages called ‘Lit Ultimate’, ‘Lit Homeworker’, ‘Lit Family’ and ‘Lit Gamer’.

Toob Extend Cheap Gigabit Broadband to 23 New UK Locations

9th April, 2025 (11 Comments)

Hampshire-based ISP toob, which has deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Southern England, have today announced that they’ve expanded the availability of their services – under their complementary partnership with CityFibre – to another 23 cities and towns across the UK.

CityFibre UK Complete Primary FTTP Broadband Rollout in Dundee

8th April, 2025 (8 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 2.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises (4.2m Ready for Service), have today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £40 million build in the city of Dundee (Scotland).

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Sky Broadband to Have Tens of Thousands of CityFibre Users by May 2025

7th April, 2025 (18 Comments)

A newspaper report has claimed that UK ISP Sky Broadband (Comcast) could have “tens of thousands” of customers on CityFibre’s alternative Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network as soon as May 2025. But the “full scale” roll-out is allegedly not expected to be completed until just a little later (H2 2025). Packages have yet to go live.

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CityFibre to Acquire Connexin’s UK FTTP Broadband Network UPDATE

24th March, 2025 (14 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has this morning announced their second recent acquisition of an alternative UK broadband provider, which will see them gobble Connexin’s growing 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in parts of East Yorkshire (Hull etc.), Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire (England). The financial details of the deal are not yet known.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Moves to Become UK Altnet Aggregator

20th March, 2025 (12 Comments)

In recent months’ we’ve been reporting on how Rochdale-base ISP Zen Internet has expanded the reach of their “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband network by signing wholesale access agreements with a number of alternative network providers, such as Trooli and Freedom Fibre. But their ambitions aren’t limited to retail packages.

Project Gigabit Broadband Contract Tweaks for Wildanet, CityFibre, Fibrus and Quickline UPDATE

19th March, 2025 (1 Comment)

For the second time this week (here), the Government (DSIT) has published another round of contract modification notices for several of Wildanet, Fibrus, CityFibre and Quickline’s state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-outs across several regions – North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Suffolk, Hampshire and Norfolk. The tweaks change both the level of public funding and premises target.

UK Gov Tweak Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts for Quickline and CityFibre

18th March, 2025 (3 Comments)

The Government (DSIT) has published contract modification notices for several of Quickline and CityFibre’s state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-outs across several regions – Lincolnshire and East Riding (Lot 23), South Yorkshire (Lot 20), West and parts of North Yorkshire (Lot 31) and Cambridgeshire (Lot 5). The tweaks change both the level of committed public funding and premises target.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Joins Lincolnshire’s New Street Works Charter

17th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (O2) has become the latest broadband operator to join Lincolnshire County Council’s (LCC) interesting new Street Works Charter, which aims to help cut down on road traffic disruption by encouraging a more co-operative approach to street works between different companies (reducing unnecessary works).

CityFibre’s UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Suffering Disruption UPDATE2

12th March, 2025 (19 Comments)

Customers from a number of broadband ISPs on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network – covering 4.3 million UK premises (4.1m RFS) – appear to be experiencing sporadic service issues this morning, which range from disconnection events to problems with high network packet loss and latency.

CityFibre Target 850k UK Homes Covered by Full Fibre Altnets for Consolidation

11th March, 2025 (39 Comments)

A new research note from James Ratzer at New Street Research has claimed that CityFibre, which have already deployed their full fibre broadband (FTTP) ISP network to cover 4.3 million UK premises (4.1m RFS), is making progress on their plans for future consolidation and already has “up to” 850,000 homes served by other alternative networks “under M&A exclusivity“.

Customers of Broadband ISP Lit Fibre Gain Access to CityFibre’s UK Network

6th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

As expected following last year’s merger agreement, broadband ISP Lit Fibre has today announced that customers of their service now have access to take packages over CityFibre’s national full fibre (FTTP) network too, which is currently available to over 4.3 million UK premises (4.1m RFS).

CityFibre Closing in on £500m UK FTTP Broadband Funding Deal

1st March, 2025 (25 Comments)

Alternative network operator CityFibre, which has so far deployed their 2.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover 4.3 million UK premises (4.1m RFS), is reportedly close to reaching agreement on a much needed £500m equity financing deal to support its existing roll-out and fuel consolidation.

Broadband and Mobile Providers Pledge to Help UK Gov Improve Digital Skills

26th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK government has today set out its plan for increasing digital skills to help “deliver growth and opportunity for all“, which among other things includes various pledges from key ISPs and mobile operators (e.g. BT, CityFibre, Vodafone etc.) to help support the initiative and break down the digital divide that still exists for many people.