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BDUK Change Position on Gigabit Broadband Vouchers for Superfast Wireless Areas

6th April, 2024 (4 Comments)

In a victory for some full fibre ISPs. The government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency appears to have reversed an earlier decision, which removed gigabit broadband voucher eligibility for some properties (UPRNs) that had previously received public subsidy through the earlier Superfast (24-30Mbps+) scheme, when delivering fixed wireless access (FWA) networks.

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Openreach Top 1 Million FTTP Broadband Premises in South West

11th March, 2024 (13 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced that their 1.8Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now covered over 1 million premises across the South West of England (i.e. Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire), which reflects an investment of over £300m.

Rural Full Fibre UK ISP Truespeed Hit Customers with Price Hike

29th February, 2024 (5 Comments)

Alternative network operator and broadband ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural homes in parts of South West England, has this year decided not to maintain their previous Price Freeze by hitting existing customers with a sizeable hike.

Rural ISP Truespeed Partners with Sky to Offer Sky Stream TV Plan

7th February, 2024 (2 Comments)

Alternative network builder and broadband ISP Truespeed, which has spent the past few years deploying their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England, has today announced an exclusive partnership with Sky to offer a Sky Stream TV package (inc. Netflix and Discovery+) to their customers.

Gov Eligibility Conflict Disrupts Some UK Gigabit Broadband Builds

27th January, 2024 (15 Comments)

A tricky conflict over eligibility for gigabit broadband vouchers and state aid subsidised contracts via the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, which is overseen by the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) agency, appears to be disrupting the roll-out of full fibre (FTTP) networks in some rural parts of the country.

Devon UK Use BT Broadband Gainshare to Tackle Council Deficit

15th January, 2024 (8 Comments)

The Devon County Council (DCC) in England has confirmed that it plans to use £7.8 million returned by BT, which relates to the clawback (gainshare) mechanism in past rural broadband upgrade contracts, to help plug the local authority’s financial deficit – instead of reinvesting it into further broadband upgrades.

Full Fibre UK ISP Truespeed Fined £34k for Sloppy Street Works UPDATE

3rd January, 2024 (6 Comments)

Alternative network builder and ISP Truespeed, which has spent the past few years deploying their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes in the South West of England, has reportedly been hit with £34,000 worth of fines and charges for roadworks offences in Somerset.

Job Losses Strike UK Full Fibre ISP Truespeed as Build Expected to Slow

16th August, 2023 (38 Comments)

Sad news today as another alternative builder of full fibre broadband, Truespeed, has confirmed to ISPreview that a good chunk of its workforce are now facing redundancy (possibly c. 150) and the rollout of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England is due to slow.

Truespeed Grows Full Fibre Cover to 91,000 Premises in England

15th August, 2023 (29 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England (mostly in Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset), has revealed that they’ve now covered 91,000 premises (up from 75k in May 2023) and have over 17,000 customers (up from 15k).

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet Upgrade to 10Gbps XGS-PON Fibre

17th July, 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has announced that they’ve begun upgrading their network with 10Gbps capable XGS-PON tech from Nokia and DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing).

Full Fibre Builder Truespeed Fined £16k for Safety Failings in Somerset UK UPDATE

23rd June, 2023 (12 Comments)

Fibre optic builder and rural ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes in the South West of England, has been fined £16,000 by Taunton Magistrates Court after it was found to have breached Section 60 and 65 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Full Fibre Operator VX FIBER Pauses UK Rollout and Cuts Jobs

22nd June, 2023 (21 Comments)

More bad news for alternative networks today. Swedish provider VXFIBER, which alongside subsidiary and ISP LilaConnect had recently been busy rolling out several new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks in the UK, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve paused the rollout.

Openreach Slowly Nears Completion of Devon and Somerset FTTP Contract

21st June, 2023 (17 Comments)

The state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme in England has today issued a progress update on their £6m Fibre Extension Programme (FEP) contract with Openreach (BT), which was originally due to cover 2,000 rural premises with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband by the end of 2021.

Rural UK Full Fibre ISP Airband Reportedly Seeking New Funding

20th June, 2023 (4 Comments)

Alternative network provider Airband, which aims to cover 600,000 UK premises in rural areas via a mix of their wireless (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks by the end of 2025, has reportedly appointed restructuring firms AlixPartners and Houlihan Lokey to help find additional funding amid difficult conditions.

Job Losses at UK Full Fibre AltNet Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre UPDATE2

6th June, 2023 (48 Comments)

Exeter-based broadband ISP and network builder Jurassic Fibre, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset in England, appears to have recently cut an unspecified number of jobs – mostly impacting those in their civil engineering division. Swish Fibre also seems to be impacted.

Truespeed Shelves Part of Frome FTTP Build After Pole Complaints

24th May, 2023 (26 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK broadband ISP Truespeed, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes across the South West of England, has removed the area of Ashtree Road from their build plan in Frome after angry locals campaigned against the use of new telecoms poles.

Rural UK ISP Truespeed Build FTTP Broadband to 75,000 Premises

15th May, 2023 (11 Comments)

The latest network build update from alterative broadband ISP Truespeed, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England, has revealed that they’ve now covered 75,000 premises (up from 70k in April 2023) and are continuing to ramp-up.