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Gov Expand CityFibre’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollouts in 9 UK Contracts UPDATE2

6th February, 2025 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has published contract modification notices for CityFibre’s state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-outs across four regions – Hampshire (Lot 27), Suffolk (Lot 2), Cambridgeshire (Lot 5) and Norfolk (Lot 7). The changes increase the level of committed public funding and often also the contracted scope.

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Openreach Begins Main FTTP Broadband Build for Portsmouth UK

16th October, 2024 (10 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve started to deploy their 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the south coast city of Portsmouth (Hampshire, UK), although it’s unclear exactly how many premises will benefit, but it is “expected to reach the majority” of properties.

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Full Fibre Builder and UK Broadband ISP toob Launch Reward Scheme

28th August, 2024 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network operator and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network – and also sharing some of CityFibre’s infrastructure – across parts of South England (Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex), has today joined with Buyapowa to launch a new rewards programme.

ISP Wessex Internet Puts FTTP Live in 2 Hampshire UK Villages

16th August, 2024 (3 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is rolling out a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Southern England, has today revealed that homes and businesses in the Hampshire villages of Sway and Brockenhurst are now going live on the new network.

Toob Named First UK ISP to Deploy 400G Port at London Internet Exchange

13th August, 2024 (17 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles a key chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via 950+ members (broadband and mobile operators etc.), has today announced that alternative full fibre network provider toob has become the first ISP to take a 400G (Gbps) port at the IXP for their peering services and more.

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Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Toob Launch Cheaper Social Tariff

16th July, 2024 (4 Comments)

Alternative network operator and gigabit broadband provider toob, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Southern England (they also share some of CityFibre’s infrastructure), has today become the latest ISP to launch a cheaper social tariff for those on certain state benefits.

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Wessex Internet Bring FTTP Broadband to 16 Rural Villages in Q2 2024

5th July, 2024 (2 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet, which is rolling out a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across remote parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has listed the latest batch of 16 communities to be added to their live network coverage between April and June 2024 (Q2).

Isle of Wight ISP WightFibre Grows Broadband Customers to 21,000

26th June, 2024 (10 Comments)

Network operator and broadband ISP WightFibre, which is building a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire (England), has today revealed that they’ve managed to grow their take-up to 21,000 customers (30% market share).

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Report Shows Progress and Benefits of Isle of Wight FTTP Broadband Rollout

14th June, 2024 (0 Comments)

A new report from Curia, which has been published by local ISP WightFibre, has revealed that the efforts to deploy gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England – are slowly nearing completion and could help to generate £328m of new business.

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Full Fibre Altnet Toob Tops 50,000 UK Broadband ISP Customers UPDATE2

10th June, 2024 (11 Comments)

Alternative network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of South England (they’re also sharing some of CityFibre’s infrastructure), has recently revealed that they’ve managed to grow their customer base to over 50,000 (up from 20,000 a year ago).

Broadband ISP WightFibre Secures ISO 27001 Certification

15th May, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network builder and ISP WightFibre, which operates a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England, has managed to secure the ISO 27001 certification for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).

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Job Cuts as UK Full Fibre Altnet toob Changes its Build Model

2nd May, 2024 (1 Comment)

Hampshire-based alternative network operator and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which has spent the past few years deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network – and also sharing some of CityFibre’s infrastructure – across parts of South England, has today become the latest Altnet to confirm some redundancies and a change of build strategy.

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Wessex Internet Bring Gigabit Broadband to 20 Rural UK Locations

26th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband network across isolated parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has today named the 20 locations where their new network has gone live during just the first three months of 2024 (Q1).

ISP Toob Expands FTTP Broadband into the Locks Heath Area

10th April, 2024 (8 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is rolling out their own full fibre (FTTP) network and also sharing some of CityFibre’s similar infrastructure in parts of South England, has today announced that they’re extending their own network near Fareham into the nearby Locks Heath area.

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X-Fibre’s New FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Surrey UK

5th April, 2024 (3 Comments)

Network operator X-Fibre, which is exclusively supported by UK broadband ISP Shere Internet (vertically integrated), has announced that their new self-financed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network build recently started to go live in the Surrey Hills area of England.

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Wessex Internet’s New Forest Project Gigabit Broadband Network Goes Live

28th March, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that the first customers have been connected as part of their £14m state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband contract in the New Forest area (Lot 27.01) of Hampshire (England), which is extending their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover “around” 10,500 hard-to-reach premises.

WightFibre Hits Isle of Wight Customers with Annual Price Hikes UPDATE

8th March, 2024 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which operates a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England, has begun to notify existing customers of their latest annual price increase that is due to be implemented from 1st April 2024.