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£50m Funding Boost for Wessex Internet’s Rural UK Broadband Network

23rd June, 2025 (1 Comment)

Rural-focused ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is building a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless network across Southern England, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m investment from the National Wealth Fund (formerly known as the UK Infrastructure Bank).

Rural Broadband ISP Truespeed Extends FTTP to 109,000 UK Premises

6th June, 2025 (10 Comments)

Alternative network provider Truespeed, which have deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to rural parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2024 and revealed that they’ve now covered 109,000 premises RFS (up from 100k in Jun 2024) and have 24,000 customers (up from 21k).

BT’s UK Plan to Rollout 2,000 Gigabit WiFi Street Hubs Hits Objections

26th May, 2025 (32 Comments)

A little over a year has passed since broadband and telecoms giant BT announced a 10-year project, which aimed to convert a further 2,000 of the operator’s legacy payphones and kiosks – across more than 200 UK towns and cities – into smart Street Hubs, starting this year (here). But objections by some local authorities are starting to mount.

Rural UK Full Fibre Altnet ISP Truespeed Prepares More Job Cuts

19th February, 2025 (5 Comments)

Sources have indicated to ISPreview that UK ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to over 105,000 rural premises (inc. over 21,000 customers) in parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, has recently put more workers on notice of future redundancies.

Truespeed Suffers Broadband Outage in North Somerset and Bristol UPDATE

17th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

Customers of rural broadband ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, are reporting that the provider appears to be suffering from a service outage that seems to be primarily impacting premises in the Bristol and North Somerset areas.

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New West of England Digital Office Looks to Boost Broadband Investment

3rd February, 2025 (1 Comment)

The West of England Combined Authority, which is led by Mayor Dan Norris and represents the local authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset (BNES), has today invested £2.5m to deliver a “Digital Office” that it hopes will “unlock” a £1.3bn annual boost to the region’s economy “powered by private investment in better broadband and mobile connectivity“.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Expand Full Fibre to 9,000 Homes in Bath

15th January, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their UK parentage with retail broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), has today announced that they’ve made their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to more than 9,000 additional homes in the city of Bath (Somerset, England).

Devon and Somerset UK Broadband Project Scales Back Airband Rollout UPDATE

31st October, 2024 (33 Comments)

The state-aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has suffered yet another problem with one of their rural broadband contracts, which occurred today after they announced that their full fibre roll-out deal with Worcestershire-based Airband was being “scaled back” following its underperformance.

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Openreach Name its UK Telecoms Engineer of the Year 2024 Winner

15th October, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has named Exeter engineer Mari Owen (40), who installs full fibre (FTTP) broadband around Devon and Cornwall in South West England, as their ‘Engineer of the Year 2024‘ for her “outside the box” approach to problem-solving and ability to tackle “some of the most complex and diverse jobs“.

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Countryside Fibre Plans North Somerset Gigabit Broadband Build

20th September, 2024 (1 Comment)

A new London-registered alternative network provider called Countryside Fibre has cropped up with a plan to deploy a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network (FTTP vs GPON) across parts of North Somerset in England. The provider will sell packages both directly to homes and businesses, as well as via wholesale through other ISPs.

Devon and Somerset Update on Wessex Internet’s Full Fibre Build

12th September, 2024 (3 Comments)

After a long period of silence, the state aid funded Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has finally issued a new progress update on their contract with UK broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which has been tasked with rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network across some rural parts of the region.

Devon and Somerset UK Re-opens 4G Mobile Boost Scheme

24th July, 2024 (6 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project in England has re-opened their Mobile Boost Voucher Scheme (MBVS) after receiving £430,000 of fresh funding. The scheme works to improve rural 4G mobile (mobile broadband and voice) availability by offering vouchers (up to £1,300) to help deploy indoor signal boosters or repeaters.

City of Bath to Deploy New 5G OpenRAN Mobile Pilot this Summer

15th July, 2024 (5 Comments)

The Western O-RAN Deployment (WORD) project, which is supported by £9.9m of public funding from the UK Government (here), is to begin rolling out a new Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) using 5G Standalone technology to serve parts of the City of Bath in Somerset (England) where demand is at its highest – starting “later this summer“.

Virgin Media and Nexfibre’s FTTP Reaches 20,000 Extra Yeovil Homes

5th July, 2024 (6 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with UK broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), has today announced that they’ve added 20,000 additional homes in the Somerset (England) town of Yeovil to the coverage of their new 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network.

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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).

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Rural Broadband ISP Airband Fined £11k for Roadworks Offences

12th June, 2024 (4 Comments)

Alternative network operator Airband, which aims to reach 400,000 UK premises in rural areas via a mix of fixed wireless access (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) networks by 2026, has been hit with fines and charges totalling more than £11k in Somerset for “failing to ensure the safety of the public while doing work” in the County.

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Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Truespeed Top 100,000 Premises

12th June, 2024 (1 Comment)

Alternative network and broadband provider Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in South West England, has revealed that they now cover “over” 100,000 premises RFS (up from 95k in Feb 2024) and are home to 21,000 customers (up from 17k in Aug 2023).