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Street Works Firm OCU Sets Up Own UK Full Fibre Biz – Artemis Fibre UPDATE

13th February, 2024 (6 Comments)

Civil engineering (utilities contractor) firm OCU Group appears to have established a new Stockport-based company called Artemis Fibre (15129999), which sounds as if it might be looking to deploy and operate its own UK full fibre (FTTP broadband, Dark Fibre and Ethernet) network to help serve the needs of their clients.

Openreach Confirm UK Launch of 1.8Gbps and 1.2Gbps FTTP Tiers UPDATE

13th February, 2024 (197 Comments)

After a lengthy pilot programme, Openreach (BT) has finally revealed the commercial launch date and final pricing for their faster Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tiers, which from 1st April 2024 will make it possible for UK ISPs to push their top download speeds to 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps (both 120Mbps upstream) to consumers.

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Lothian Broadband Expand FTTP Network Rollout to the Black Isle

12th February, 2024 (2 Comments)

Scottish ISP Lothian Broadband (LBN), which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across rural parts of East Lothian, the Highlands and Fife, has announced that their network rollout is now being expanded across rural parts of the Black Isle area.

Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Zzoomm Launch Voice Service by KIT

12th February, 2024 (10 Comments)

Alternative network provider Zzoomm, which is rolling out their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, appears to have finally launched their new IP-based digital “Voice” (phone) service for customers on their full fibre lines. But it doesn’t seem to be a fully integrated product.

UK ISP G.Network Resumes London Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th February, 2024 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP G.Network has this morning announced that they are to recommence the building of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes and businesses in four London boroughs, which follows last year’s build pause (here) and redundancies.

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ISP WeFibre Pulls Out of Some Rural FTTP Broadband Builds

10th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

Several years have now passed since UK ISP WeFibre (Telcom Group) announced its plan to “aggressively” deploy a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network across rural parts of Northumberland, Cumbria, North West England, and Central and North Wales (here). But some projects in Wales have now been told that the work will not proceed.

Broadband ISP BT UK Discounts 500Mbps Full Fibre to £34.99

9th February, 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of BT’s ultrafast broadband packages may like to know that the ISP has just discounted their 150Mbps and 500Mbps full fibre (FTTP) plans to £29.99 and £34.99 per month respectively, at least when taken without a phone service and on a 24-month contract (rising to £34.99 and £39.99 post-contract).

Quickline UK Bring FTTP Broadband to 4 New North Yorkshire Villages

8th February, 2024 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, has today announced that they’ve just gone live across four more villages in Rural North Yorkshire – Babthorpe and Hemingbrough, near Selby, and Killinghall and Ripley, near Harrogate (total of almost 2,000 premises).

AltNet UK Broadband ISP Connect Fibre Keeps Prices Frozen

8th February, 2024 (3 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP Connect Fibre, which aims to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has announced that they’re responding to recent price hikes from rival providers by opting to keep their prices frozen for a second year.

NOW Broadband Finally Launch UK Full Fibre Plan, With a Catch UPDATE

8th February, 2024 (21 Comments)

Customers of Sky UK’s sibling NOW Broadband ISP sub-brand, which is perhaps better known for its associated NOW TV streaming service, may be pleased to know that the provider has finally launched a full fibre (FTTP) package on Openreach’s network. But there’s only one option and to get it you’ll be re-directed to Sky Broadband.

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Full Fibre UK ISP Fibrus Launch Cheap Social Broadband Tariff UPDATE2

7th February, 2024 (8 Comments)

Infracapital-backed internet provider Fibrus, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland and parts of North England (Cumbria), has today become the latest UK ISP to introduce a cheaper social tariff for those on state benefits (“Full Fibre Essential“).

Virgin Media UK Launch 2Gbps Broadband and Symmetric Speeds UPDATE2

7th February, 2024 (109 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has this morning announced that they’ve become the first “major” UK internet provider to publicly launch a residential 2Gbps broadband package (Gig2 Full Fibre). On top of that, they’re also introducing symmetrical download and upload speeds as an optional add-on. But initially only for nexfibre areas.

Rural ISP Truespeed Partners with Sky to Offer Sky Stream TV Plan

7th February, 2024 (2 Comments)

Alternative network builder and broadband ISP Truespeed, which has spent the past few years deploying their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England, has today announced an exclusive partnership with Sky to offer a Sky Stream TV package (inc. Netflix and Discovery+) to their customers.

TalkTalk Confirm Acquisition of Shell Energy’s UK Broadband Customers

7th February, 2024 (11 Comments)

Low-cost focused ISP TalkTalk has this week confirmed recent news reports by officially announcing that they’ve acquired Shell Energy’s UK broadband customer base from Octopus Energy, albeit for an as yet undisclosed sum. At the last count, Shell was believed to be hosting a total base of 480,000 internet and phone users.

Full Fibre Expansion for London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Merton and Richmond

6th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

A new project has claimed that “residents and businesses” across the London UK boroughs of Wandsworth, Richmond upon Thames and Merton will benefit from the rollout of a new full fibre broadband and Ethernet network, which is being supported by Boldyn Networks, the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Transport for London (TfL).

Connexin Win Gigabit Broadband Rollout for Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire

6th February, 2024 (2 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP Connexin has today announced that they’ve secured a contract under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout programme, which will see them extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 34,320 hard to reach premises in parts of Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire (Lot 10).

CityFibre Win Five Big UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

6th February, 2024 (55 Comments)

CityFibre has today secured another five of the UK government’s Project Gigabit broadband rollout contracts, totalling over £394m. The deals will spread their full fibre (FTTP) ISP network to over 202,000 hard to reach premises across parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Sussex, Kent, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes.