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New Social Project in Sheffield to Create New Full Fibre Engineers

8th July, 2022 (4 Comments)

A new scheme – the Dryden project – has been started in one of Sheffield’s most disadvantaged areas, which will see partners work together to help tackle digital poverty by connecting up 360 homes on a council estate in Southey Green to FTTP broadband – using this as a platform to help train new engineers from the local community.

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CityFibre to Rollout FTTP Broadband Across Yorkshire Housing

30th June, 2022 (12 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has reached a new wayleave (access) agreement with Yorkshire Housing, a charitable housing association that manages nearly 20,000 homes across Yorkshire (England), which will enable them to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to “thousands of tenants“.

CityFibre and O’Connor Utilities Launch Engineer Training Centre

28th June, 2022 (3 Comments)

The shortage of skilled UK fibre broadband engineers is quite a well-known problem, which has resulted in a number of network buildings and ISPs establishing their own training centres. CityFibre has now moved to do the same in South Yorkshire, which is being done in co-operation with civil engineering partner O’Connor Utilities.

BDUK Publish Another Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

18th June, 2022 (17 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team has today published another round of Public Reviews (PR) for the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout – this time covering West Yorkshire and Parts of North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and West of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire in England.

YouFibre’s FTTP Broadband Service Goes Live in Wakefield

17th June, 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP YouFibre has today announced that the first customers can now connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the West Yorkshire (England) city of Wakefield, which is impressive given that their network partner (Netomnia) only unveiled the build phase in January.

Pine Media Brings FTTP Broadband to 7,600 Flats in Sheffield

16th June, 2022 (9 Comments)

ISP Pine Media, which is slowly building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South Yorkshire, Kent and rural Derbyshire (they also sell products via Openreach‘s rival network), has revealed that their full fibre network now covers over 7,600 flats/apartments in Sheffield.

Broadband ISP Pine Media Launch Mesh WiFi Solution for Homes

14th June, 2022 (2 Comments)

UK ISP Pine Media, which is rolling out its own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in South Yorkshire (Sheffield) and rural Derbyshire (they also sell products over Openreach’s rival network), has launched a new Mesh WiFi solution for customers via a partnership with Plume.

Full Fibre UK ISP KCOM Appoint New Chairman and Non-Exec Director

10th June, 2022 (0 Comments)

Hull-based ISP KCOM, which has so far covered 300,000 premises across North / East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (England) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today appointed Johan Dennelind as Chairman of its Board of Directors and Fiona Goldsmith as a Non-Executive Director.

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CityFibre Start Halifax FTTP Broadband Build with New Contractor

7th June, 2022 (9 Comments)

After a long delay due to the failure of their previous local contractor, CityFibre has today announced the start (or restart) of their £23m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large West Yorkshire (England) town of Halifax.

Connexin Extend 10Gbps UK Broadband Rollout into Beverley

30th May, 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Connexin has announced that their £80m project, which aims to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has now been extended into the market town of Beverley. The operator plans to start connecting customers “shortly“.

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KCOM Extends UK FTTP Broadband Network to 300K Premises

26th May, 2022 (7 Comments)

Hull-based ISP KCOM, which is busy rolling out a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (England), has reported that their service now reaches over 300,000 premises across the region (up from the c.250,000 at the end of last year) and they’ve also got 150 wholesale partners.

FullFibre Ltd Bring FTTP Broadband Build to Rural Herefordshire

24th May, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited, which is currently deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across numerous locations in England, has reached an agreement with the Fastershire programme that will see their rollout extend into rural parts of Herefordshire.

Quickline Refreshes Brand, Moves HQ and Set to Double Staff

23rd May, 2022 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Quickline, which runs a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless (FWA) broadband networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, has refreshed their branding, moved their HQ to East Yorkshire and confirmed that their workforce will double again to 200 (it’s already doubled to 100 in the last six months).

ISP Air Broadband Joins MS3’s New FTTP Broadband Network

23rd May, 2022 (3 Comments)

UK ISP Air Broadband, which offers broadband packages over multiple different Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks (e.g. CityFibre, FullFibre Ltd, OFNL, Prime Fibre, Lila / VXFIBER, Connect Fibre and Gigaclear), has today added MS3 to that list in the North of England.

MS3 Expands FTTP Broadband Build to 3 Lincolnshire Towns

12th May, 2022 (2 Comments)

Hessle-based network provider MS3, which is backed by infrastructure fund Asterion and is working to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the North of England (here), has added the three Lincolnshire towns of Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Cleethorpes to their build plan.

KCOM Cuts Price and Makes Broadband Social Tariff More Accessible

10th May, 2022 (2 Comments)

Hull-based ISP KCOM, which serves 250,000 premises across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in England with their full fibre (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’re making it “easier and quicker” for struggling families to access its low-cost “Flex” social tariff by moving the application online and reducing the price.

Cloud Gaming UK ISP ZYBRE Goes Live on MS3’s FTTP Network

9th May, 2022 (9 Comments)

Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE has announced that their broadband packages are now available to homes covered by MS3‘s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the North of England (details), which is starting in Hull but eventually aspires to cover 500,000 premises within the next four years.