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Grain’s New UK FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Brighton

8th July, 2024 (5 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already grown their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 220,000 premises RFS (21st May 2024) and 30,000 customers, has today announced that they’ve put their service live in part of Brighton (East Sussex, England).

CityFibre UK Nears Completion of Chichester FTTP Broadband Build

27th June, 2024 (3 Comments)

Nearly three years have passed since CityFibre first started rolling out their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Cathedral City of Chichester in South East England (West Sussex). The good news is that they’ve now passed 12,000 premises and are “fast approaching around 85% coverage of the city“.

CityFibre UK Updates on FTTP Broadband Rollout in Bognor Regis

14th June, 2024 (5 Comments)

It’s been a couple of years since CityFibre first started rolling out their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the West Sussex seaside town of Bognor Regis (here). But the operator has today revealed that they’re now expanding their build into the areas of Middleton-on-Sea, Elmer Sand and Flansham.

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Full Fibre Altnet Toob Tops 50,000 UK Broadband ISP Customers UPDATE2

10th June, 2024 (11 Comments)

Alternative network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of South England (they’re also sharing some of CityFibre’s infrastructure), has recently revealed that they’ve managed to grow their customer base to over 50,000 (up from 20,000 a year ago).

Community Fibre Offers Free 50Mbps Broadband to Eligible Londoners

15th May, 2024 (5 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which runs a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across London, as well as parts of Surrey and West Sussex, has today joined forces with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide “free access to 100% full fibre broadband” to eligible Londoners struggling to get online.

London ISP Community Fibre Merges Brand with Box Broadband

3rd May, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network builder and UK broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which runs a large 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across London and surrounding areas, has notified that their sibling Altnet for Surrey and West Sussex, Box Broadband, will in the near future be adopting CF’s branding.

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Job Cuts as UK Full Fibre Altnet toob Changes its Build Model

2nd May, 2024 (1 Comment)

Hampshire-based alternative network operator and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which has spent the past few years deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network – and also sharing some of CityFibre’s infrastructure – across parts of South England, has today become the latest Altnet to confirm some redundancies and a change of build strategy.

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X-Fibre’s New FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Surrey UK

5th April, 2024 (3 Comments)

Network operator X-Fibre, which is exclusively supported by UK broadband ISP Shere Internet (vertically integrated), has announced that their new self-financed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network build recently started to go live in the Surrey Hills area of England.

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CTG and Lightning Fibre Find UK Full Fibre Awareness is Still Low

21st March, 2024 (5 Comments)

A new survey of residents in housing schemes across Hastings (East Sussex), which was jointly conducted by altnet ISP Lightning Fibre, the Orbit Housing Association and the Complete Technology Group, has revealed a “stark lack of awareness” of what full fibre broadband is (51% had little to no understanding and 87% of residents wanted to learn more about it).

Fibre Broadband ISP Lightning Fibre UK Goes into Administration UPDATE4

25th February, 2024 (46 Comments)

Eastbourne-based network operator and ISP Lightning Fibre Ltd, which was busy deploying a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, fell into administration last week – only a few days after the company cancelled £39.3m worth of shares.

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New UK ISP Brighton Fibre Make Progress on Full Fibre Rollout

23rd February, 2024 (3 Comments)

A new internet provider and alternative network builder called Brighton Fibre, which spent most of 2023 operating at a small scale in stealth mode, has finally decided to go public with more information about the new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network that they’re deploying in East Sussex.

CityFibre Win Five Big UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

6th February, 2024 (55 Comments)

CityFibre has today secured another five of the UK government’s Project Gigabit broadband rollout contracts, totalling over £394m. The deals will spread their full fibre (FTTP) ISP network to over 202,000 hard to reach premises across parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Sussex, Kent, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes.

Complete Fibre to Build Full Fibre for Thousands of Raven Housing Homes UPDATE

24th January, 2024 (3 Comments)

The Raven Housing Trust, which owns and manages more than 7,000 homes across the South East of England, has agreed a deal that will see Complete Fibre deploy their open access full fibre infrastructure across the company’s estate of rented and shared ownership homes in Surrey and Sussex.

Lightning Fibre Extend FTTP Network into Southern Housing Homes

19th January, 2024 (0 Comments)

Eastbourne-based UK ISP and network builder Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has signed a new deal that will see their multi-gigabit speed full fibre service being expanded to cover homes managed by Southern Housing in East Sussex.

Toob Expands FTTP Broadband into Three New UK Locations

15th January, 2024 (4 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP, toob, which is both rolling out its own full fibre (FTTP) network and also sharing some of CityFibre’s similar infrastructure in parts of South England, has today announced a number of related expansions into Waterlooville (own build) and Chichester & Bognor Regis (City Fibre).

ISP Lightning Fibre UK Launch 2.5Gbps FTTP Home Broadband

27th November, 2023 (12 Comments)

Eastbourne-based broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, appears to have responded to CityFibre’s recent move to launch faster tiers by adding a new 2.5Gbps (symmetric) product tier for residential customers on its network too.

Thousands of Orbit’s Homes to Gain Access to Lightning Fibre FTTP Network

17th August, 2023 (6 Comments)

Blocks of flats across the South East of England, specifically those from UK housing group Orbit, look set to benefit from a “new” plug-and-play solution to full fibre (FTTP) broadband deployment, which is to be delivered by fibre installations specialist Complete Fibre – supported by broadband ISP Lightning Fibre.