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Altnet Broadband ISP Toob Adopts Phonely VoIP Service for UK Digital Phone

11th February, 2026 (8 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network and UK ISP toob, which has built a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has today agreed a new partnership to offer a digital landline service via Phonely’s VoIP platform.

Toob Adjust Planned UK Full Fibre Broadband Build in Waterlooville UPDATE

23rd December, 2025 (5 Comments)

Hampshire-based altnet and UK ISP toob, which has built a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, appears to have recently removed the core part of Waterlooville (Hampshire, England) from their future roll-out plan.

WightFibre Make Netgem’s New PLEIO UK TV Box Available on Isle of Wight

28th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which have deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire (England), has become the latest internet provider to make Netgem TV’s new PLEIO set-top-box – including support for the new Freely live TV streaming service – available at a discounted price.

Altnet Broadband ISP Toob Wins Two North East Contact Centre Awards

12th November, 2025 (2 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative broadband network and UK ISP toob, which has deployed a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, have today announced that they’ve won two awards at the North East Contact Centre Awards (NECCA) 2025.

Broadband ISP WightFibre Start Charging for “Free” Phone Line Service

27th October, 2025 (4 Comments)

Internet service provider WightFibre, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire (England), have begun informing existing customers of their full fibre packages that they’ll now have to pay a monthly fee to keep their “free” phone line service.

ISP Toob Connect 100,000 Customers to its UK Fibre Broadband Network

23rd September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network builder and UK ISP toob, which has deployed a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has today announced that they’ve connected their 100,000th customer (up from 90k on 12th June 2025).

WightFibre Connect 25,000th FTTP Broadband User on Isle of Wight

21st August, 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which is building their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire (England), has revealed that their full fibre network now covers 72,000 premises (87% of the island) and they’ve just connected their 25,000th customer to it.

Hampshire Town Goes 6 Weeks Without a Fully Working EE UK Mobile Signal

8th August, 2025 (13 Comments)

Some homes and businesses in the Hampshire (South Coast of England) town of Bishops Waltham have been left with poor 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) reception from EE for around six weeks. This appears to have occurred after one of the few primary shared masts in the area went partly offline during stormy weather.

(L) Mark Tomlinson, CEO - Country Connect & (R) Richard Tang, CEO - Zen Internet

Country Connect Target 20,000 Premises with FTTP Broadband by 2026

3rd July, 2025 (6 Comments)

The CEO (Mark Tomlinson) of small but profitable alternative network provider Country Connect has told Richard Tang, CEO of UK ISP Zen Internet, that they’re aiming to extend their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to reach 20,000 premises by the end of 2026 (currently at c.10k RFS) and have plans to go wholesale. But if you want to buy the network, £10m will do it.

CityFibre UK Finish Primary £17m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Havant

26th June, 2025 (5 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises (4.3m RFS), has today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £17 million build across Havant in Hampshire (England), which included Westbourne and other surrounding areas.

£50m Funding Boost for Wessex Internet’s Rural UK Broadband Network

23rd June, 2025 (1 Comment)

Rural-focused ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is building a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless network across Southern England, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m investment from the National Wealth Fund (formerly known as the UK Infrastructure Bank).

Toob Extends UK FTTP Broadband Network Across Portchester

12th June, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network builder and UK ISP toob, which has deployed a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, has announced that their own fibre network build has now covered over 8,000 homes in the large Hampshire village of Portchester.

Country Connect Brings Full Fibre Broadband to 10,000 Premises

30th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network and UK ISP Country Connect, which since 2021 has been deploying their new gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across harder to reach parts of South Wales (here) and some communities in England, recently passed the key milestone of having covered 10,000 premises RFS (up from 3,709 two years ago).

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First Homes Live on CityFibre’s Project Gigabit Broadband Network in Hampshire UPDATE

28th April, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that the first customers have gone live on their new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Hampshire (England), which is being built as part of their £104m state aid supported Project Gigabit contract (Lot 27) – this aims to reach more than 75,000 extra premises across hard-to-reach rural areas.

Trooli to Withdraw FTTC Broadband from Two Kent UK Villages UPDATE

7th April, 2025 (13 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Trooli (Call Flow) has revealed that they’re also planning to shut their “up to” 100Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband network in Kent, which currently still covers hundreds of premises across the villages of Stansted and parts of Fairseat.

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UK ISP Trooli to Shut BDUK Funded Hybrid Rural Broadband Network

28th March, 2025 (7 Comments)

Network operator and ISP Trooli (Call Flow) has confirmed to ISPreview that a small number of their customers are at risk of disconnection, which will occur when they shut one of their old hybrid wireless and fibre optic broadband networks in rural Hampshire (England). This was originally deployed around ten years ago with public funding (Building Digital UK).

Project Gigabit Broadband Contract Tweaks for Wildanet, CityFibre, Fibrus and Quickline UPDATE

19th March, 2025 (1 Comment)

For the second time this week (here), the Government (DSIT) has published another round of contract modification notices for several of Wildanet, Fibrus, CityFibre and Quickline’s state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-outs across several regions – North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Suffolk, Hampshire and Norfolk. The tweaks change both the level of public funding and premises target.