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Community Fibre Builds FTTP to 4,000 Homes in Tower Hamlets

5th May, 2021 (9 Comments)

London focused UK ISP CommunityFibre, which is currently deploying their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the capital city, has signed a wayleave agreement with social landlord EastendHomes in the Borough of Tower Hamlets. The deal will see their full fibre network cover 4,000 more homes.

White Space Broadband Tech Helping to Connect the Ken Dee Valley

5th May, 2021 (0 Comments)

A little-known ISP called Fibairo has become one of the precious few UK providers to launch a rural wireless broadband network using White Space (TVWS) technology, which is being used to help connect remote rural homes and businesses in Castle Douglas and other parts of the Ken Dee Valley in Scotland. They also plan some FTTP.

BT UK Broadband ISP Ad Banned for Misleading Full Fibre Claim

5th May, 2021 (14 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a poster advert for BT’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband service after it was found to have “misleadingly” claimed to offer “more reliable speeds” than a similar package on Virgin Media’s network in the Bristol area.

KCOM Pilots New Wholesale Full Fibre Products for UK ISPs UPDATE

4th May, 2021 (7 Comments)

Hull-based UK ISP KCOM, which is currently busy expanding the reach of their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to thousands more premises across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, has begun to pilot a new wholesale solution for ISPs in their new build areas.

Looking at the Laterals in CityFibre’s UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

4th May, 2021 (22 Comments)

Sometimes it’s interesting to probe a little deeper into the build strategies of different “full fibre” networks, and we recently did just that with CityFibre after seeing a number of instances where the operator’s civil engineering contractors seemed to be skipping lateral cuts in some of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) deployments.

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ISP Hey!Broadband Brings 1Gbps FTTP Build to Godalming

3rd May, 2021 (9 Comments)

UK ISP Hey! Broadband (F&W Networks) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’re now deploying their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover the historic market town and civil parish of Godalming in Surrey, which is home to around 22,000 people.

ISP BT to Launch Cheap New UK Fibre Broadband Social Tariff

3rd May, 2021 (64 Comments)

BT has today announced their intention to launch a new social tariff called “Home Essentials” for UK people on Universal Credit (and other means-tested benefits), which will give eligible customers a 36Mbps “fibre broadband” (FTTC / FTTP) service and 700 minutes of included phone calls for just £15 per month.

Freedom Fibre Plan FTTP Broadband for 100,000 UK Premises UPDATE

2nd May, 2021 (18 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Freedom Fibre, which suddenly emerged earlier this year after we spotted TalkTalk harnessing their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network (here), appears to have set itself the aim of reaching 100,000 subscribers in the North West (e.g. Cheshire, Manchester).

Altnet Fibre Broadband ISP Glide Hails Net Promoter Score

30th April, 2021 (4 Comments)

Business and residential UK ISP Glide Group, which claims to have a national “full fibre” broadband network that reaches over 100,000 premises, has today hailed the fact that they’ve managed to record an extremely strong Net Promoter Score (NPS) level of +91.84 since September 2020 and +80 for service delivery in 2021.

ISP KCOM Confirm Next 1Gb FTTP Broadband UK Rollout Areas

30th April, 2021 (7 Comments)

Hull-based UK ISP KCOM has recently announced the another set of locations in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire that will soon benefit from the £100m expansion of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is expected to cover “tens of thousands more homes and businesses.“

BT Ponders Sale of TV Sport Broadcasting to Aid UK Broadband UPDATE

29th April, 2021 (28 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT, which is currently doing everything it can to fund Openreach’s planned £12bn rollout of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband services to 20 million UK premises by the mid to late 2020s, has reportedly appointed investment bank Lazard and held tentative early talks with a view to selling their BTSport broadcasting biz.

Wessex Internet Bringing Full Fibre to 60 Dorset Community Sites

28th April, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), supported by funding from the UK Government’s £900m Getting Building Fund (GBF), has handed local ISP Wessex Internet the contract to extend their “full fibre” broadband network to connect 60 community sites from Blandford to Sherborne in Dorset.

Business ISP Luminet Signs Wholesale Full Fibre Deal with ITS

28th April, 2021 (0 Comments)

London-based UK ISP Luminet, which operates a mix of microwave fixed wireless and fibre networks in London (covering 400sqkm), has today signed a wholesale agreement to harness the ITS Technology Group’s new “full fibre” broadband and optical Ethernet network in order to “complement its own gigabit capable wireless services.”

Openreach Campaign Raises Awareness of Analogue UK Phone Retirement

28th April, 2021 (27 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today launched a new national “Call Waiting List” campaign, which aims to raise awareness among UK businesses of their plans to withdraw old copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services by December 2025 and replace them with digital (IP / VoIP) alternatives.

Hyperoptic Build Full Fibre to Notting Hill Genesis Homes in London

28th April, 2021 (2 Comments)

City-focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband network across large residential buildings (MDUs), office blocks and houses, has signed an agreement to extend their network across houses managed by Notting Hill Genesis in London and the South East.

Full Fibre Could Bring 1 Million UK People Back into Workforce

28th April, 2021 (3 Comments)

The Centre for Economics & Business Research and Ofcom have today released separate, albeit complementary, reports that take a post-COVID19 look at the UK’s digital divide. The CEBR in particular estimates that 1 million people could return to the workforce with FTTP broadband available across the UK (up from the previous estimate of 500k).

Broadway Win Phase3 Full Fibre Contracts in Rural Pembrokeshire

27th April, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative UK network developer Broadway Partners (ISP Broadway Broadband) has today secured several contracts to deploy Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks to cover the rural Pembrokeshire communities of Angle, Tiers Cross and Lawrenny and Marletwy in Wales.