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Quickline Connect 7 More East Yorkshire Communities to Gigabit Broadband

13th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has revealed that a further 7 communities in East Yorkshire (England) have now been connected as part of their associated Project Gigabit contract.

Macquarie Hires Advisors to Prep Hull UK Broadband Operator KCOM for Sale

9th February, 2026 (16 Comments)

A new report claims that Australian investment group Macquarie has hired business advisors at Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) to prepare KCOM for sale in Q2 2026. The operator is the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, although their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network also extends into other parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

2,500 Lincolnshire UK Premises Offline After Cable Thieves Strike Openreach

21st January, 2026 (8 Comments)

Some 2,500 properties around the village of Moulton Chapel in Lincolnshire (England) are suffering “significant disruption” to their broadband and phone connectivity, which occurred after criminals cut and then stole an unspecified amount of Openreach’s copper telecoms cable in the area.

Quickline Build UK Full Fibre Broadband to 200,000 Premises and Start New Campaign

19th January, 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative rural broadband provider Quickline, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has today revealed that their fibre network now covers 200,000 premises (plus 200k more via wireless) and they’re launching a new brand campaign.

UK Broadband and Phone Provider KCOM Promotes Richard Schafer to CEO

16th January, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network operator KCOM, which has deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across a big chunk of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has today announced that they’ve promoted Richard Schäfer to the position of permanent Chief Executive Office (CEO) to replace Tim Shaw, who stepped down last year (here).

Broadband ISP KCOM Reveals Hull UK’s Internet Traffic Use Over Christmas

8th January, 2026 (4 Comments)

Macquarie-backed telecoms provider KCOM, which have deployed their own full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire (primarily Hull) and Lincolnshire (England), has revealed that customers in the Hull area consumed 2,500,000 GigaBytes (GB) of data traffic on Christmas Day 2025 (500,000GB more than usual) – it’s “busiest day ever for online traffic“.

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Quickline Provide Free Full Fibre Broadband to 50th UK Community Hub

18th December, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has today announced that as part of their roll-out they’ve now connected 50 community hubs (QHubs) to their new network.

Quickline Build Full Fibre to 10,600 Extra UK Premises Under Project Gigabit Contract

3rd December, 2025 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has today announced that they’ve now covered 10,610 premises as part of their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contract.

Rural UK Broadband ISP Quickline Appoints New Chief Commercial Officer

24th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative provider Quickline, which is building a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband networks across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has today continued their recent changes in senior leadership (here) by appointing Becki Smith as their new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Progress as CityFibre Integrates Connexin’s UK FTTP Broadband Network UPDATE

19th November, 2025 (8 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre appears to be getting close to completing the integration of Connexin’s 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband infrastructure, which is present across parts of East Yorkshire (Hull etc.), Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire (England), into their national UK network.

ISP Quickline Improve UK Business Broadband Packages for Rural Areas

12th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Quickline, which is building a new mixed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has refreshed their business packages with a new pricing structure and strengthened Service Level Agreement (SLA).

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ISP KCOM Start Black Friday SALE on UK Broadband Packages

9th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Macquarie-backed network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire (primarily Hull) and Lincolnshire in England, has finally kicked off their big Black Friday sale and slashed the monthly rental on their broadband packages for new customers.

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Boss of UK Rural Broadband ISP Quickline Exits as New Top Team Formed

3rd November, 2025 (2 Comments)

The current CEO of alternative rural broadband provider Quickline, Sean Royce, has today announced that he’s retiring after nearly 5 years leading the business and is to be replaced by their Chief Transformation Officer, Mark Bowden. At the same time, the provider has promoted Martin Cook to Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Grain Start Building UK Full Fibre Broadband Network in Gainsborough UPDATE

28th October, 2025 (2 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative broadband network and UK ISP Grain, which recently secured a £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has revealed that they’ve now begun to expand their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines across the Lincolnshire (England) market town of Gainsborough; home to over 20,000 people.

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CEO of UK Broadband Altnet MS3 to Step Down at Christmas After 4 Years UPDATE

21st October, 2025 (5 Comments)

The CEO of Hull-based alternative UK network operator MS3, Guy Miller, has today announced his intention to “step away” from the company at Christmas after an “incredible four years“. The provider’s full fibre (FTTP) broadband network currently covers 234,000 premises (212k RFS) in the North of England and has connected 20,000 customers.

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Rural UK Broadband Altnet Quickline Sees Revenues Grow to £3.9m

7th October, 2025 (3 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has published their accounts to the end of 2024 and revealed revenues grew to £3.9m (2023: £3m). But they had an operating loss of £33.1m (2023: £28.8m).

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First 50 Students in Lincolnshire Benefit from Quickline’s New Bursary

24th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

At the start of this year Quickline, which is building a rural gigabit broadband network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), announced that they and the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology (LIoT) would support 500 students through a bursary scheme (i.e. money to help with study, travel and childcare costs). The first 50 students have now benefitted from this.