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Full Fibre Altnet LightSpeed Broadband Shifts UK HQ to Peterborough

11th May, 2024 (8 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which was last year acquired by Kompass Kapital (here) after suffering job cuts and a slowdown of their full fibre (FTTP) build in the East of England (here), has announced that they’re shifting their HQ from Spalding (Lincolnshire) to Peterborough (Cambridgeshire).

Gigaclear Expands FTTP Broadband Rollout to Rural Norfolk UK

28th September, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Gigaclear, which currently covers 500,000 premises (430k Ready for Service) across 25 counties in England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’re investing £10m to expand their fibre into rural parts of Norfolk.

County Broadband Engineers Viewing plans

Job Cut Fears Strike Rural England Full Fibre Builder County Broadband

26th September, 2023 (13 Comments)

Rural network builder and UK ISP County Broadband (CB), which holds an aspiration to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2027, appears as if it may soon become the latest network operator to make redundancies.

CityFibre Update on Project Gigabit FTTP Build Progress in England

21st September, 2023 (15 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve awarded their “first round of contracts” to civil engineering firms under their state-aid supported Project Gigabit broadband rollout contracts in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hampshire and Suffolk. The deployments will bring full fibre (FTTP) lines to a total of 715,000 extra rural properties.

Full Fibre Broadband Builders Telec Networks Calls in Administrators UPDATE

19th August, 2023 (25 Comments)

Grimsby-based civil engineering firm Telec Networks, which has been used by full fibre (FTTP) operators like CityFibre and County Broadband to help construct their networks across various parts of England (e.g. Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Norfolk etc.), has reportedly notified that it intends to appoint an administrator.

CityFibre’s UK Full Fibre Rollout in Norwich Faces Possible Pause

11th August, 2023 (69 Comments)

A district councillor has claimed that CityFibre’s £50m project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Norfolk city of Norwich, which began in September 2021 and was being supported by civil engineering contractor Telec Networks, could be at risk of a protracted suspension.

Rural Full Fibre UK ISP County Broadband Launch Grant-Funding Charity

9th August, 2023 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider County Broadband, which is working to deploy a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 500,000 rural premises across the East of England by the end of 2027, has today launched the ‘Hypercharged Foundation‘ – offering grants to support community-centric causes in their build areas.

O2 UK 4G Coverage Map of Horning Norfolk

Signal Woes After O2 UK Shuts Norfolk Mobile Mast Due to MoD Radar

8th August, 2023 (16 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator O2 (VMO2) in the rural Norfolk (England) village of Horning have complained of signal problems after one of the operator’s key mobile masts in the area was disconnected, which was done in order to avoid it causing interference with a new Ministry of Defence (MoD) radar dome.

Kompass Kapital Acquires UK Full Fibre AltNet LightSpeed Broadband

7th July, 2023 (28 Comments)

Alternative network provider and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which recently announced job cuts and a slowdown of their plan to reach over 1 million premises across the East of England with a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network by 2026 (here), has been acquired by Kompass Kapital for an unspecific sum.

Cityfibre FTTP Splicing Close Up Picture 2022

CityFibre Win Three Major UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contracts

1st July, 2023 (48 Comments)

The UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme has announced that CityFibre have secured three major build contracts for Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk in England. The combined award is worth £488m (£318m state aid and £170m private) and will see the operator extend 10Gbps capable FTTP to 218,000 premises (500k inc. commercial build).

county_broadband_digger_and_engineer_picture

County Broadband See Success with Connecting Remote UK Homes

27th June, 2023 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider County Broadband, which aspires to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has revealed that the specialist team they created to help reach the most remote homes has now completed 200 connections.

CityFibre Engineer Tarmac Reinstatement 2023

After Long Delay – CityFibre Starts FTTP Build in Great Yarmouth

18th May, 2023 (13 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve finally started the construction phase of their £15m project to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to reach across “nearly every” home and business in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth, which was originally due to begin last winter.

Job Losses Strike UK Full Fibre ISP Lightspeed Broadband as Build Slows

27th April, 2023 (48 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which aspires to deploy a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 1 million premises across the East of England by 2026, has confirmed to ISPreview that some of their staff have been notified of redundancies in the future.

Full Fibre UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband Confirms Price Freeze

10th January, 2023 (13 Comments)

Alternative network builder and ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which aims to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises in the East of England by the end of 2022 (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has shunned the traditional price hikes season by announcing a price freeze promise for customers.

Government Orders LetterOne to Sell UK Full Fibre ISP Upp over Russia Links

20th December, 2022 (11 Comments)

The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Business, Grant Shapps, has ordered investment company LetterOne (L1T FM Holdings UK) to sell its entire stake in alternative broadband network provider Upp (formerly Fibre Me) in order to “prevent, remedy, or mitigate the risk to national security“.

County Broadband Appoint New Contractor for Norfolk FTTP Build

20th December, 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural ISP County Broadband, which aims to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has appointed civil engineering firm Highway Workforce to help conduct their ongoing rollout across rural parts of Norfolk in England.

Upp Offers 6 Months Free Broadband on UK Full Fibre Network

2nd December, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Upp, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 1 million premises in the East of England by 2025 (here), has sweetened their existing discount by giving new customers the first 6 months of service for free. You can also choose to leave penalty free during the first month.