{"id":12062,"date":"2016-07-05T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=12062"},"modified":"2016-07-05T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:50:49","slug":"cityfibre-confirm-new-160km-fibre-optic-fttp-network-milton-keynes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/cityfibre-confirm-new-160km-fibre-optic-fttp-network-milton-keynes.html","title":{"rendered":"Cityfibre Confirm New 160km Fibre Optic FTTP Network for Milton Keynes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityfibre.com\" target=\"_new\">Cityfibre<\/a> has today confirmed that the large Buckinghamshire (England) town of Milton Keynes will become the latest to join their flock, with a new 160km long Gigabit capable fibre optic broadband network being made available to local businesses, schools and colleges.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The news itself comes as no great surprise because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> has already revealed a <strong>\u00a37m<\/strong> deal with two local ISP partners (Northampton-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbfb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">DBfB<\/a> and Bradford-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exa.net.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exa Networks<\/a>), which was first reported on 11th May 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/05\/cityfibre-pick-uk-fibre-optic-isp-partners-milton-keynes-northampton.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>On top of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/kcom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KCOM<\/a>&#8217;s old metro network in <strong>Milton Keynes<\/strong> was one of those acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> at the end of 2015 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/cityfibre-secure-gbp180m-financing-and-grabs-kcoms-uk-network-assets.html\">here<\/a>) and nearby <strong>Northampton<\/strong> are also on the list. However <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> claim that &#8220;<em>many businesses<\/em>&#8221; in the town still suffer from &#8220;<em>Internet speeds well below the government\u2019s defined measure of superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (i.e. 24Mbps+).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Greg Mesch, CEO of CityFibre, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re thrilled to be announcing Milton Keynes as our next Gigabit City. Despite leading the way in smart city thinking, this city is yet another example of those still strangled by poor digital connectivity. Our pure fibre network, now available to businesses through our partners at dbfb, will catapult Milton Keynes to be alongside some of the best connected cities in the world.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Councillor Rob Middleton said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s difficult to overstate how much of an impact becoming a Gigabit City is going to have on Milton Keynes. For MK businesses to compete on a national and indeed global scale, we not only need the high skilled people we are lucky to have in the city, but also the ultra-fast digital infrastructure to make it all happen.<\/p>\n<p>As a Council, we&#8217;ve ploughed many millions into the broadband infrastructure of the city over recent years &#8211; but there&#8217;s still much more to be done. The latest huge investment from CityFibre in Milton Keynes will make ultra-fast internet even more accessible to local businesses.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Admittedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>&#8217;s ultrafast cable (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a>) network has virtually zero coverage in the town, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P based &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; network does cover roughly 95% of local premises. Mind you it&#8217;s not clear how many local businesses have been left out of reach of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s platform and this seems to be Cityfibre&#8217;s focus.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cityfibre&#8217;s earlier report, the deal with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbfb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">DBfB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exa.net.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exa Networks<\/a> should provide connectivity to 500 businesses and schools across both <strong>Milton Keynes<\/strong> and <strong>Northampton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cityfibre has today confirmed that the large Buckinghamshire (England) town of Milton Keynes will become the latest to join their flock, with a new 160km long Gigabit capable fibre optic broadband network being made available to local businesses, schools and colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[453,418,52,56],"class_list":["post-12062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-buckinghamshire","tag-cityfibre","tag-fibre-optic","tag-fttp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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