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Connect Fibre Get Funding for Full Fibre Rollout in East England

14th February, 2022 (8 Comments)

Cambridgeshire-based UK ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd.) has today secured a “significant” new investment from Foresight Group LLP, which will enable them to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England.

WightFibre Connects 10,000th Broadband ISP Customer

14th February, 2022 (2 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is busy investing £85m to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), are celebrating today after they achieved an important milestone by connecting their 10,000th customer to the service.

INCA Seek Feedback from AltNets to Assess UK Broadband Plans

14th February, 2022 (6 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has called on AltNets to help it by participating in a new survey assessing the development of the country’s independent networks.

Netomnia UK Confirm GBP21m Full Fibre Rollout for Hamilton

14th February, 2022 (7 Comments)

At the start of this year we noted that Netomnia were set to extend their UK rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to more of Scotland, with Hamilton being one of their targets (here). Today the operator has confirmed that they will invest £21m on the town’s build for “almost” 70,000 premises.

CTG Invests GBP125m to Upgrade 700K UK Homes to Full Fibre

14th February, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Complete Technology Group (CTG), which manages and audits broadband installations on behalf of landlords, has secured an investment of £125 million from InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed) to help them improve fibre optic connectivity in over 700,000 homes across the United Kingdom.

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ISP Hyperoptic Start Flash Sale of Full Fibre Broadband Plans

14th February, 2022 (0 Comments)

City focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 57 UK cities and towns (mostly large residential buildings / MDUs and office blocks), has today launched a new sale that significantly discounts some of their packages (e.g. 1Gbps for £35 per month).

Openreach Trials New FTTP Broadband Speed Test for UK ISPs UPDATE

14th February, 2022 (17 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has launched a new “speed test trial” for UK ISPs on their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which aims to make it easier for providers to identify the cause of speed issues by ruling out as many other potential variables as possible.

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ISP Virgin Media Business UK Prep New Hitron Chita Router

12th February, 2022 (20 Comments)

After many years of waiting, it looks as if broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) will finally introduce a new DOCSIS 3.1 powered router for customers, which looks as if it will be based off the Hitron Chita cable gateway and could herald the long-overdue arrival of a new 1Gbps package.

Wildanet Appoint New Leaders for Cornwall’s Gigabit Broadband Rollout

11th February, 2022 (5 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year started the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has appointed Helen Wylde to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Virgin Media’s former COO, Paul Buttery, to join as Chair of the Board.

MP Casts Doubt on UK Broadband Benefits of HS2 Rail Project

11th February, 2022 (22 Comments)

The MP for Chesham and Amersham, Sarah Green, has challenged the UK Government to make progress on commitments made to local authorities along the Phase One rail route for High Speed 2 (HS2), which among other things included the promise to construct a new “broadband superhighway” to help expand faster internet access.

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Quickline Build 900Mb Broadband to Lissington in Lincolnshire UK

10th February, 2022 (3 Comments)

East Yorkshire-based UK ISP Quickline has just connected homes and businesses in the Lincolnshire village of Lissington to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which forms part of their £6.1m state aid supported Building Digital UK (BDUK) contract with the Lincolnshire County Council (LCC).

Openreach Create 4000 New UK Jobs to Fuel FTTP Broadband Build

10th February, 2022 (26 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they will create 4,000 new jobs during 2022 – including around 3,000 apprenticeships – to help support their ongoing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which aims to reach 25 million premises by December 2026.

Full Fibre UK ISP YouFibre Sees Growth Surge to 5000 Customers

10th February, 2022 (5 Comments)

ISP YouFibre has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia across various UK towns, has now surged again to attract a total of 5,000 customers (up from 2,500 in October 2021 and just 1,000 in June 2021).

Project Gigabit Updates on Start of First Live UK Procurements

9th February, 2022 (17 Comments)

The UK Government’s Building Digital UK team has published an update on the start of their first procurements under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout, which is now inviting bids for contracts worth up to £292m to upgrade rural premises across Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Cambridgeshire, Dorset and Teesdale.

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Gov Ponders Approach to Gigabit Broadband in Remote UK Areas

8th February, 2022 (12 Comments)

The UK Government has just published a response to its consultation on the question of how significantly faster broadband ISP networks can be extended to reach the final 0.3% of the country (i.e. under 100,000 premises), which are too expensive for their new £5bn Project Gigabit programme to reach in its current form.

Zzoomm’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Crewe and Nantwich UK

8th February, 2022 (9 Comments)

UK ISP Zzoomm has announced that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has begun to go live in parts of the large railway town and civil parish of Crewe and Nantwich (Cheshire, England), with premises in the village of Shavington being the first to benefit. But competition is fierce.

ISP Pure Broadband Sees 5,000 New UK Customers in Past Year

8th February, 2022 (3 Comments)

Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband, which serves consumers covered by new full fibre (FTTP) networks from KCOM, CityFibre and also OFNL, is today celebrating their continued growth, with 5,000 new customers having signed-up in the last 12 months alone.