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Gigaclear Interview – The UK Challenges of Building Rural Full Fibre

16th October, 2021 (11 Comments)

The Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at broadband ISP Gigaclear, James Fredrickson, has today highlighted to ISPreview.co.uk some of the challenges they face in rolling out their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to rural areas, and why they’re well placed to benefit from future consolidation.

Delays to Rural ISP Gigaclear’s Full Fibre Rollout Reach Essex UK UPDATE

12th October, 2021 (14 Comments)

It never rains, but it pours. Gigaclear’s state aid backed rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Essex, which forms part of the wider Superfast Essex (SFE) project, looks set to suffer another delay due to issues of “contractor resource, the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and the lack of availability of cabinets.”

Fresh Broadband Delays Hit Gigaclear’s Herefordshire UK Rollout

10th October, 2021 (14 Comments)

The Fastershire project has revealed that UK ISP Gigaclear’s rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Herefordshire is suffering from “delivery challenges,” which without “significant additional resources” could make it difficult to reach up to 2,324 of the planned premises.

ISP Gigaclear Finished 2020 with 175,000 UK Full Fibre Homes

23rd September, 2021 (15 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which aims to build their gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 UK properties by 2023, has published their annual accounts to 31st December 2020 and revealed that their network passes 175,000 properties (up 46K since 2019), as well as 36,000 customers (up 49%).

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Launch 500Mbps Broadband at GBP27

22nd September, 2021 (22 Comments)

Rural broadband provider Gigaclear, which has already built a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 230,000 premises in England, has launched a “new” 500Mbps package and until 30th September 2021 this will be discounted to just £27 per month for 18 months (£59 thereafter).

Gigaclear Bring FTTP Broadband to Castle Cary and Bruton

19th August, 2021 (3 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has today announced that their UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network has started to reach two additional towns in Somerset (England), including Castle Cary (population of c.2,100) and Bruton (population of c.3,000).

Rural ISP Gigaclear Extends FTTP Broadband to More of Winslow

27th July, 2021 (0 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Gigaclear, which has already extended their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 170,000 premises in England (they aim to cover 500,000 UK properties by 2023), has just start to extend their rollout across the Buckinghamshire town of Winslow.

Survey Claims Most Rural UK Businesses Held Back by Poor Broadband

23rd July, 2021 (19 Comments)

A new survey involving 651 members of the Countryside Alliance, which was conducted by UK broadband ISP Gigaclear, has found that 85% of rural businesses view their current internet connection as being either poor but manageable (47%), or unmanageably poor (38%). Unsurprisingly, most of them want “ultrafast fibre” to fix it.

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Sets Up New Cheltenham Base

23rd June, 2021 (2 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has setup a new base in Staverton (Cheltenham), which will be used to help oversee their ongoing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across Gloucestershire and Herefordshire in England.

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Gigaclear Spotted Building FTTP Broadband in Bagshot, Surrey UK

11th June, 2021 (5 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has been spotted deploying their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network infrastructure into the large Surrey village of Bagshot (population 5,600), which appears to be somewhat of a first for the provider as they haven’t previously announced much for the county.

Gigaclear’s Broadband to Battle Zzoomm in Ascot and Sunninghill

25th May, 2021 (10 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has today announced that they intend to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 4,300 premises in Ascot, and a further 4,400 properties in the village of Sunninghill (Berkshire). But they’ll need to fend off altnet rivals Zzoomm, and possibly also Trooli.

Gigaclear Focus on Infill as it Extends FTTP to Chipping Norton

20th May, 2021 (4 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has begun a new phase of network expansion in their existing deployment areas, which will see their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service being extended into some places that they’d initially missed (infill). One of the first towns to benefit will be Chipping Norton in West Oxfordshire.

Gigaclear UK Complete West Berkshire FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th May, 2021 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has revealed that they’ve now fully completed their last £1.8m (BDUK) West Berkshire deployment contract with the government funded Superfast Berkshire project, which since 2015 has helped to make their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to 14,000 extra premises.

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Remove 30Mbps Plan and Adds 400Mbps UPDATE

21st April, 2021 (13 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has so far built a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 155,000 premises in England, appears to have launched a new 400Mbps package to replace their old 300Mbps one and has also removed their slowest 30Mbps package. At the same time a new Spring Sale has begun.

Gov Praises UK Broadband Sector for Creating 22,000 New Jobs

1st April, 2021 (26 Comments)

The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has this afternoon praised broadband ISPs for helping to create more than 22,000 new jobs over the past year as “forecasts for gigabit rollout are revised further upwards,” which is an interesting statement coming so soon after the Government’s decision to downgrade their own coverage target.

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Big Broadband Discounts at Shell, Gigaclear and CommunityFibre

23rd March, 2021 (7 Comments)

Several UK broadband ISPs, including Shell Energy, Gigaclear and CommunityFibre, have today introduced some big discounts and flash sales on their various unlimited standard, superfast, ultrafast and gigabit-capable packages for home users. We’ve summarised these in a bit more detail below.

ISP Gigaclear Issues Update on Gloucestershire FTTP Rollout

16th March, 2021 (10 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear has today issued a brief update on their progress to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Gloucestershire via the joint state aid supported Fastershire project, which also includes Herefordshire council.