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Gigaclear Tweaks East Gloucestershire’s FTTP Broadband Rollout Contract

3rd September, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) directorate has posted another contract modification notice for Gigaclear’s Project Gigabit contract in East Gloucestershire (Lot 18), which slightly increases the planned roll-out of full fibre broadband (FTTP) by 325 premises and yet manages to reduce the contract value by £777,041 (public investment).

Conflict of Interest Over Gigaclear’s Wholesale Broadband Sees Two UK ISPs Exit

27th August, 2026 (21 Comments)

A new report has revealed that two UK broadband ISPs, Exascale and Squirrel Internet, have recently decided to stop selling access to Gigaclear’s alternative full fibre network. The move occurred due to what appears to be a conflict of interest over how the altnet treats their wholesale partners when compared with their own direct retail customers.

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Study Claims 1 Mill Rural UK FTTP Premises At Risk of Openreach’s “uneconomic overbuild”

31st July, 2026 (20 Comments)

Consulting firm Cartesian has released a new report on the state of the UK’s fibre full broadband market, which unsurprisingly highlights how challenging it is for alternative networks (altnet) to create sustainable business models. The study also claims that c.1 million rural FTTP premises could see uneconomic overbuild if Openreach is required to meet a high exchange coverage threshold for copper switchover.

ISP Gigaclear Relaunch UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans with Wi-Fi 7 eero Routers

9th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative network operator Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across 618,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 170,000 customers), have today re-launched all of their packages with smart Wi-Fi via Amazon’s eero routers and engineer installs that now aim to improve wireless performance.

Rural Full Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear Publish Annual UK Accounts

2nd June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative network Gigaclear, which have built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 618,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to 170,000 customers, has published their annual accounts after lenders recently took control of the business (here). The results reveal that their c.£963m senior debt facility was revised to a principal amount of £575m (shrinking by £388m).

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Lenders Take Control of Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear UPDATE

9th April, 2026 (29 Comments)

Several key creditors of the indebted Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to 170,000 customers, will today formalise an agreement to take control of the business after earlier attempts to sell the company failed. But the lenders are expected to take a big haircut.

Rural Broadband ISP Gigaclear Appoint New Chief Commercial Officer as CMO Exits

31st March, 2026 (5 Comments)

Abingdon-based UK ISP Gigaclear, which has already deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 612,000 premises (inc. 170,000 customers) across rural England, have today appointed Jon Hurry to the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) with immediate effect in order to help drive their next phase of growth.

ISP Exascale Refresh UK Full Fibre Broadband Prices and Go Live via Gigaclear

9th March, 2026 (5 Comments)

Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area, has refreshed the pricing of its consumer packages and also confirmed that customers can now order services over CityFibre and Gigaclear’s own fibre networks.

BDUK and Gigaclear Modify Oxfordshire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

16th February, 2026 (3 Comments)

Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has so far built their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 premises (inc. 160,000 customers) across rural England, have modified their Project Gigabit roll-out contract for South Oxfordshire (Lot 13.01) – reducing its coverage target from c.5,500 to 5,034 premises and public subsidy from £17.04m to £15.49m.

Rural England ISP Gigaclear Discounts 900Mbps Broadband to Just £24

12th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative broadband provider Gigaclear, which has built their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, has this week slashed the price of their top 900Mbps (avg. speed) product from £39 a month to just £24 for new customers “until further notice“.

Gigaclear Makes Progress on Cotswolds Project Gigabit Broadband Build

30th January, 2026 (5 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has so far deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 612,000 UK premises (inc. 160,000 customers), has just put their new network live in the Cotswolds village of Kemble. The deployment forms part of Project Gigabit’s £10.81m East Gloucestershire (Lot 18) contract to upgrade 3,547 premises in hard-to-reach areas.

Creditors Allegedly Set to Take Control of Rural UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear

19th January, 2026 (55 Comments)

A major newspaper has claimed that creditors of the indebted Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, are set to take control of the business after an attempt to sell the company failed.

Business ISP Exascale Launches UK Consumer Broadband Brand

5th January, 2026 (9 Comments)

Communications provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in part of Telford and Wrekin, has quietly launched a more consumer focused broadband brand that will sell packages via several fibre networks.

Rural UK Broadband Altnet Gigaclear Secures £80m Funding from Banks

3rd December, 2025 (8 Comments)

Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, has today announced that they’ve secured “at least” £80m in new funding from its consortium of existing banks. The provider now claims to be “fully funded to deliver its plans“.

Gigaclear Call for Openreach Changes to Bring Gigabit Broadband to UK Rural Areas

10th November, 2025 (13 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 160,000 customers), has responded to Openreach’s recent threat to scale-back their own fibre roll-out (here) by calling for “fair regulation between the incumbent and altnets to level the playing field“.

Broadband ISP Gigaclear Kicks Off UK Black Friday Discounts

3rd November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which covers 612,000 premises (c.160,000 customers) across parts of England via their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has launched a range of new Black Friday discounts that look set to be available for new customers to order until 2nd December 2025.

Rural UK Broadband Altnet Gigaclear Hunts Buyer to Tackle £1bn Debt

1st November, 2025 (36 Comments)

A new report has claimed that Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to c.160,000 customers, have begun the process of hunting for a buyer as one of the preferred options for tackling their £1bn debt mountain.