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CityFibre FTTP Broadband Finally Goes Live in Gloucester UK

24th January, 2022 (6 Comments)

After a long wait, CityFibre has announced that their £31m project to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the city of Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England) has finally started to go live and connect the first local homes and businesses.

FullFibre Ltd Creates 10 New Job Opportunities for 16-24 Year Olds

10th January, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband network builder FullFibre Limited, which aims to extend their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network for UK ISPs to cover at least 500,000 premises by 2025 (here), has partnered up with the Kickstart Scheme to create 10 new job opportunities for 16-24 year-olds within their company.

Lit Fibre Engineers Working Near Pavement Chamber

Lit Fibre Extend FTTP Broadband Rollout to Sudbury and Evesham

26th November, 2021 (16 Comments)

UK ISP Lit Fibre, which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to reach 500,000 homes by 2026, has announced that the next two towns to benefit from their rollout will be Sudbury (Suffolk) and Evesham (Worcestershire). But aggressive competition will soon follow.

RunFibre to Complement Own FTTP Build with Openreach Products

19th November, 2021 (0 Comments)

Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre, which are currently busy building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire in England, has decided to complement that effort by signing a new partner plus agreement with BTWholesale.

Update on Herefordshire Broadband Rollout and Gigaclear Delays

11th November, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Herefordshire County Council (HCC) in England has issued a new proposal for how they intend to tackle the problems caused by UK ISP Gigaclear last month (here), which warned that 2,324 of the planned premises for their state aid fuelled rollout of a new gigabit broadband (FTTP) network would be too expensive to reach.

Former Complete Utilities Staff Seek to Sue Failed Company

4th November, 2021 (11 Comments)

The collapse of UK civil engineering firm Complete Utilities this week (here), which disrupted ISP Gigaclear’s rollout of gigabit-capable broadband, resulted in around 300 staff being told via email that they no longer had a job. In response, an unspecified number of those former employees are attempting to sue the firm.

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FullFibre Ltd to Plant a Tree for Every UK FTTP Broadband Order

4th November, 2021 (8 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited, which is working to deploy their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across “at least” 500,000 premises by 2025, has today responded to the COP26 event by pledging to plant a tree for every new order placed for their service via Fibre Heroes.

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Complete Utilities Flops and Disrupts Gigaclear’s UK FTTP Rollout

2nd November, 2021 (17 Comments)

Civil engineering firm Complete Utilities, which has been working with UK ISP Gigaclear to help build gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks, has suddenly ceased trading, casting doubt on existing projects. Another street works firm, NMCN, also recently went into administration – hampering CityFibre.

Full Fibre Limited Engineers in Street Chamber

FullFibre Ltd List 19 New Towns in England for FTTP Broadband

22nd October, 2021 (18 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has today named the next batch of 19 towns in England to benefit from their rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which recently hit a build rate of 15,000 UK premises per month and aims to cover “at least” 500,000 premises by 2025.

Project Gigabit Expands Open Market Review for Phase 2 Areas

20th October, 2021 (7 Comments)

The Broadband Delivery UK team have today launched a second batch of Open Market Reviews (OMR) for additional parts of England covered by Phase 2 of the Government’s new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out. This aims to identify any existing or planned commercial coverage by gigabit ISP networks.

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 RunFibre Signs New UK Rural FTTP Broadband Supply Deals

4th October, 2021 (0 Comments)

Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre have just signed a new fibre optic supply deal with Cherry & White to help support their rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire. On top of that they’ve agreed a new 3-year framework contract with supplier Altnets.

ISP Lit Fibre Goes Live with Gigabit Broadband in Wiltshire UK

29th September, 2021 (12 Comments)

Lit Fibre (formerly Broadreach Networks), which aims to deploy a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, is now connecting their first customers in Wiltshire (England) and today confirmed that two towns – Cirencester and Bishop’s Stortford – will be the next to benefit.

YouFibre Connect First FTTP Broadband Users in Stroud and Stockton

1st September, 2021 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP YouFibre has today announced that the first customers have gone live on their new 10Gbps capable UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the towns of Stockton (Durham) and Stroud (Gloucestershire), which have been built with support from network partner Netomnia.

Rural Broadband ISP Alncom Seek Code Powers for FTTP Rollout

26th August, 2021 (1 Comment)

Rural focused UK ISP Alncom, which alongside RunFibre are currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Northumberland, Durham and South Gloucestershire (here), has put in an application for Code Powers with Ofcom in order to speed up their rollout.

Netomnia’s FTTP Broadband Network in Cheltenham Goes Live

3rd August, 2021 (0 Comments)

The first customers are now starting to connect via Netomnia‘s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the South West England town of Cheltenham, which is being supplied via local ISP partner YouFibre as part of a £24m rollout to cover 80,000 local premises.

ISP Hyperoptic Expands UK Full Fibre to Gloucester City Homes

27th July, 2021 (4 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Hyperoptic has today agreed a blanket wayleave agreement with independent housing association Gloucester City Homes (GCH), which will enable their gigabit-capable broadband network (FTTP/B) to reach thousands of properties owned by the association.