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ISP RunFibre Name 3 More Gloucestershire Villages for FTTP Rollout

27th August, 2022 (8 Comments)

Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural areas in South Gloucestershire, has this month added the villages of Charfield, Little Badminton and Sopworth to their rollout plan.

FTTP External Wall Box Install by Openreach Engineer 2022

UK ISP Options on Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Network – 2022

27th August, 2022 (40 Comments)

We’ve today gone back to summarise most of the key UK consumer ISP choices on Openreach’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) broadband network, which is currently available to 8 million homes and businesses – rising to 10 million by the end of this year.

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UK Gov Respond to NIC’s Call for Clearer Gigabit Broadband Plan

26th August, 2022 (10 Comments)

The UK Government (DCMS) has today published their response to a number of recommendations made by last year’s National Infrastructure Commission‘s (NIC) report into Infrastructure, Towns and Regeneration (here), which called for better mobile coverage data, a clearer gigabit broadband plan and more effort to boost take-up.

Gigaclear street cabinet fttp 2021 by David Harkis

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Offer 400Mbps Broadband for £20 Per Month

26th August, 2022 (8 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Gigaclear, which is working to build their 1Gbps full fibre (FTTP) network across remote parts of England, will today launch a “Bank Holiday Special” offer that discounts the price of their unlimited 400Mbps (symmetric speed) broadband service to just £20 for the first 18 months of service (£49 thereafter).

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Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Extend Full Fibre Rollout into Brackley

26th August, 2022 (3 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that 3,000 homes and businesses in the market town and civil parish of Brackley in West Northamptonshire (England) will be the next to benefit from their rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. Locals will soon be able to access speeds of up to 900Mbps.

Toob Names 2 Hampshire Locations for FTTP Broadband Build

25th August, 2022 (8 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP toob, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hampshire and Surrey in England, has today added two new towns to their rollout plan – Yateley and Blackwater.

RBBS’ New FTTP Broadband Network in Shropshire UK Goes Live

25th August, 2022 (2 Comments)

Shrewsbury-based ISP SWS Broadband (aka RBBS – Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which until recently only served premises in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales with a fixed wireless access network, has announced that the first two locations under their full fibre rollout are now live in Shropshire.

Netomnia UK Start FTTP Broadband Builds in Bristol and Wrexham

25th August, 2022 (12 Comments)

Full Fibre operator Netomnia (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) has today begun their first two deployments of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network under their latest rollout plan to 2023, which has started in the Welsh town of Wrexham and the city of Bristol in South West England.

Swish Fibre Add 4 Yorkshire Locations to FTTP Broadband Build

25th August, 2022 (1 Comment)

Fibre builder and UK ISP Swish Fibre, which until now has been busy deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises across the Home Counties of England, has begun to extend their plans into Yorkshire by establishing a new subsidiary – Swish Fibre Yorkshire.

Truespeed Adopt ADTRAN for 10Gbps UK Broadband ISP Network

25th August, 2022 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP Truespeed, which is building a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England and beyond, has today announced that they’re adopting ADTRAN’s XGS-PON hardware to power their ongoing deployments. The technology is capable of delivering symmetric speeds up to 10Gbps.

CityFibre Restart FTTP Broadband Builds in Blackpool and Preston UPDATE2

23rd August, 2022 (1 Comment)

Digital infrastructure operator CityFibre has restarted their deployments of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across Blackpool and Preston in Lancashire (England), which comes after the company ended their local relationship with civil engineering partner Telent in July.

ISP Giganet Get Full Fibre Capacity Boost from Neos Networks UK

23rd August, 2022 (13 Comments)

ISP Giganet, which offers gigabit broadband connectivity to homes and businesses via several platforms (Openreach, CityFibre and its own FTTP network), has signed a new agreement with Dark Fibre operator Neos Networks to secure backhaul and data centre connectivity for their full fibre rollout in the South of England.

Hellesdon Council in Norwich Fines CityFibre for “Shoddy” Works

22nd August, 2022 (9 Comments)

The Hellesdon Parish Council, which is a village and suburb of Norwich in Norfolk (England), has fined CityFibre an unspecified amount after a local councillor complained that their efforts to rollout a new gigabit-broadband (FTTP) ISP network in the area was “shoddy” and had caused “a lot of issues“.

Gov Invites Broadband ISPs to £800m UK Project Gigabit Rollout

22nd August, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for their Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy (GIS) programme, which is valued at £800m+ and reflects the part of their £5bn Project Gigabit scheme that aims to help gap-fund the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks into rural areas.

CityFibre Refreshes Brand – Brings Full Fibre to 1.9 Million UK Homes

22nd August, 2022 (26 Comments)

Major alternative network provider CityFibre, which is currently investing over £5bn (debt and equity) to make their full fibre (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network available to almost 8 million premises (c.30% of the UK) by the end of 2025 (here), has today announced a “major brand update” (i.e. they have a new logo).

Virgin Media O2 UK Lays Groundwork for Faster Upload Speeds

20th August, 2022 (88 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) appears to be in the process of laying the groundwork for both faster upload speeds and latency times (ping), which comes after a growing number of the provider’s customers began reporting activation of the first DOCSIS 3.1 channels for upstream on their HUBs.

ISP Zone Broadband UK Joins MS3’s FTTP Broadband Network

19th August, 2022 (4 Comments)

Internet provider Zone Broadband, which is normally more accustomed to selling packages via Openreach’s national network, has this week become the latest UK retail ISP to hop on to MS3‘s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the North of England.