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Alncom Hails Remote Rural Full Fibre Rollout in Breamish Valley

20th November, 2023 (1 Comment)

Deploying a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband ISP network across a remote and sparse rural area in the UK is no cheap or easy task, but alternative network operator Alncom are now celebrating after they largely completed one of their most challenging builds to date in Northumerland’s (England) Breamish valley area.

ISP Alncom Expands FTTP Broadband Coverage in Rural Alnwick

31st October, 2023 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Alncom has announced that they’ve begun the next phase of expanding their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across their home town of Alnwick, which is now working to cover the Barresdale, Windsor Gardens, Cedar Grove and Fairfields areas (parts of these are already live).

Full Fibre UK ISP Fibrus and eero Router Partnership Adds Echo Dots

30th October, 2023 (7 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across Northern Ireland and North England, has today expanded their collaboration with Amazon’s eero mesh WiFi devices by “[offering] customers eero Built-in capable routers” at no extra cost and a FREE echo dot (5th gen).

Fibrus Covers 300,000 UK Premises with Full Fibre and Tops 50k Customers

30th August, 2023 (6 Comments)

Infracapital-backed ISP Fibrus, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland and the North of England, has today revealed that their network now covers 300,000 premises (up from 250k in March) and is home to 50,000 customers (up from 36,000).

Northumberland Villages Face Second Lengthy Broadband Outage UPDATE

23rd August, 2023 (6 Comments)

Homes in the tiny rural Northumberland (England) villages of Kirkheaton, Wallridge and surrounding communities have been told that it could be up to 3 weeks before their Openreach based broadband and phone services are fully back online. The situation follows a two-week outage that hit Kirkheaton during Storm Arwen in early 2022.

Full Fibre Broadband ISP GoFibre Sign Emtelle Supply Deal for Scottish Borders

17th August, 2023 (6 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the North of England and Scottish Borders area, has today signed a new supply deal with Emtelle UK, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre and ducted network solutions.

37 Percent of Full Fibre ISP Fibrus’ UK Fleet Converted to EVs

8th August, 2023 (0 Comments)

Belfast-based network operator and broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across parts of Northern Ireland and England, has revealed that 44 out of their 110+ strong fleet of vehicles (37%) are now powered by electricity (up from 14 in Dec 2022).

GoFibre FTTP Broadband Network Covers 50,000 Borders Premises UPDATE

28th July, 2023 (3 Comments)

Independent UK rural broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is deploying a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the North of England and Scottish Borders, has announced that their network footprint now covers 50,000 premises, and they’ve launched a new £50,000 fund to support charitable and community projects.

Grain Bring FTTP Broadband Rollout to Blyth in Northumberland

14th July, 2023 (17 Comments)

Homes and businesses in the Northumberland (England) town and civil parish of Blyth have been named as some of the next to benefit from Grain‘s (Grain Connect) ongoing roll out of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network – using Point-to-Point (PTP) architecture.

FACTCO Bring Gigabit Broadband to Rothbury in Northumberland

10th July, 2023 (10 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP FACTCO has today announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has finally started to go live in the rural Northumberland (England) town of Rothbury, which comes almost three years after the project (here) was first announced.

GoFibre Start Project Gigabit Broadband Build in Rural Northumberland

5th July, 2023 (1 Comment)

Independent UK rural broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has this morning announced that they’ve begun the building phase of their £7.3m state-aid supported Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for North Northumberland (England), which will aim to upgrade over 3,750 hard-to-reach premises.

GoFibre Confirm No Plan for Big Job Cuts After Some Staff Go

8th June, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is in the process of deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Scotland and the North of England, has confirmed that it has “no plans for large-scale redundancies” after some workers were recently let go.

GoFibre List Next 32 Places for Full Fibre Rollout in England and Scotland

22nd May, 2023 (11 Comments)

Independent rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has today named 32 new locations across Scotland and the North of England – reflecting a total of 82,000 premises (homes and businesses) – that will benefit from the next phase of their work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Fibrus Plan Full Fibre Rollout for 40 Places in North East England

9th May, 2023 (5 Comments)

Belfast-based UK broadband ISP Fibrus, which is currently deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Northern Ireland and England, has today revealed that they’ve begun the next phase of their rollout in the North of England – targeting 125,000 premises across 40 locations.

FACTCO Extends Gigabit Broadband to Village of Darras Hall

24th April, 2023 (4 Comments)

Liverpool-based network builder and UK ISP FACTCO has today confirmed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has completed another rollout, this time for more than 450 properties in the Northumberland (England) village of Darras Hall.

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Commsworld Agree £22m Full Fibre Upgrade for Northumberland UK

2nd March, 2023 (1 Comment)

Business broadband ISP Commsworld has signed yet another agreement with Northumberland County Council in England, which is worth £22m and will see them replace the council’s ageing Wide Area Network (WAN) with modern full-fibre infrastructure. Local businesses and homes could also see improved connectivity.

Commsworld Bring Gigabit Broadband to 110 Northumberland Schools UPDATE

14th December, 2022 (2 Comments)

Scotland-based UK business broadband ISP Commsworld has reached a new agreement with Northumberland County Council in England, which will see them take responsibility for rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre network to connect 110 schools in the county.