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Ashford Borough Council in Kent Reports on Broadband Progress

3rd October, 2023 (0 Comments)

The Ashford Borough Council (ABC) in Kent, England, has published a review of the local area’s progress on improving broadband and have identified, perhaps unsurprisingly, that “more needs to be done” to ensure that all local residents and businesses benefit from access to “fast and reliable internet connections“.

Thousands of Orbit’s Homes to Gain Access to Lightning Fibre FTTP Network

17th August, 2023 (6 Comments)

Blocks of flats across the South East of England, specifically those from UK housing group Orbit, look set to benefit from a “new” plug-and-play solution to full fibre (FTTP) broadband deployment, which is to be delivered by fibre installations specialist Complete Fibre – supported by broadband ISP Lightning Fibre.

Netomnia UK Start FTTP Broadband Build to Sevenoaks Premises

8th August, 2023 (43 Comments)

Some 14,000 homes and businesses in the Kent (England) town of Sevenoaks will soon benefit after Netomnia, supported by UK ISP YouFibre, started a £4.2m project to deploy their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network in the area.

ISP Lightning Fibre Appoints Interim CEO as Ben Ferriman Exits

24th July, 2023 (8 Comments)

Network builder and UK broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent (England), has today announced the appointment of an interim CEO, Stefan Stanislawsk, to replace the company’s outgoing boss and founder, Ben Ferriman.

Netomnia Adds Two Kent Towns to 2023 UK Full Fibre Rollout

24th March, 2023 (22 Comments)

Network operator Netomnia – supported by UK ISP YouFibre – has just quietly added two new towns in Kent (England) to the 2023 rollout plan for their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which has already been extended to cover 410,000 UK premises (up from 300k in November 2022).

UK ISP Vfast Pledges NO Mid-Contract Broadband Prices Hikes, EVER

24th February, 2023 (11 Comments)

Kent-based independent UK ISP Vfast (Orbital Net), which sells packages to homes via a mix of wireless (FWA) and full fibre (CityFibre and OFNL) broadband networks, has today committed to tackle the cost-of-living crisis by “[locking] in prices for all contracts, indefinitely” (i.e. no mid-contract inflation-linked increases, ever).

AltNet Broadband ISP Vfast Celebrates 15,000th UK Customer

31st January, 2023 (2 Comments)

Kent-based independent UK ISP Vfast (Orbital Net), which sells packages to consumers based on a mix of fixed wireless access (FWA) and full fibre (CityFibre and OFNL – in London and Medway) broadband networks, has today announced that they’ve signed-up their 15,000th internet access customer.

CityFibre Begins Maidstone’s £50m Gigabit Broadband Rollout

12th January, 2023 (9 Comments)

Cityfibre has today confirmed that they’ve begun the construction phase of their £50m project – supported by civil engineering firm Lanes-i – to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to “almost every home and business” in the Kent (England) town of Maidstone.

ISP Lightning Fibre Launch 50Mbps Social Tariff and Tests 3Gbps

8th December, 2022 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is currently deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today reduced the price of its entry-level 100Mbps residential package to £18 (until 31st Dec), launched a new 50Mbps (symmetric) social tariff and begun testing a 3Gbps package.

EE UK Leave Kent Village Without Mobile Signal for Two Weeks

20th November, 2022 (20 Comments)

Residents and businesses on EE’s mobile network in the area surrounding the tiny rural hamlet and civil parish of Leaveland in Kent (England) have complained after a fault with the operator’s local mast left them without a working 4G connection, as well as a poor signal in other areas (via other masts), for two weeks and counting.

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Netomnia Starts Full Fibre Rollout Across 5 New UK Locations

11th October, 2022 (5 Comments)

Alternative network provider Netomnia – supported by UK broadband ISP YouFibre – has today announced the start of their full fibre rollout across five new locations including Tunbridge Wells (Kent), Burntwood (Staffordshire), Morriston and Neath (South Wales), and Livingston (West Lothian, Scotland).

CityFibre UK to Start £50m FTTP Broadband Build in Maidstone

6th October, 2022 (15 Comments)

Network operator Cityfibre has today revealed that they’ll invest £50m to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across “almost every home and business” in Kent’s (England) largest town of Maidstone. The first construction work is set to begin during January 2023.

Lightning Fibre Extend UK FTTP Rollout to Kent and West Sussex

8th September, 2022 (4 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Lightning Fibre, which initially aimed to cover 100,000 premises across parts of East Sussex with their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband infrastructure, has today announced a multi-million pound expansion of their network into West Sussex and Kent in England.

Netomnia Detail FTTP Broadband Builds for Middleton, Newbury, Folkestone and Dover

30th August, 2022 (11 Comments)

Network provider Netomnia (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) has today revealed more details about their planned rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Middleton, Newbury, Folkestone and Dover – these form part of their recently announced build plan to 2023.

Swish Fibre Add 4 Yorkshire Locations to FTTP Broadband Build

25th August, 2022 (1 Comment)

Fibre builder and UK ISP Swish Fibre, which until now has been busy deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises across the Home Counties of England, has begun to extend their plans into Yorkshire by establishing a new subsidiary – Swish Fibre Yorkshire.

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CityFibre Prep £9.5m Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Sittingbourne

16th August, 2022 (7 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today announced that their long-held plan to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Kent (England) town of Sittingbourne, which is expected to cost £9.5 million, will finally get underway “later this year“.

8000 Premises Lose Broadband After Maidstone Copper Cable Theft

30th July, 2022 (31 Comments)

The seemingly endless campaign of copper cable thefts by increasingly brazen criminals has continued. The latest incident is one of the biggest so far, knocking out broadband and phone services for around 8,000 homes and businesses on Openreach’s (BT) UK network across Maidstone, Sutton Valance and Staplehurs in Kent.