{"id":33398,"date":"2023-01-12T10:56:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=33398"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T10:56:12","slug":"cityfibre-begins-maidstones-50m-gigabit-broadband-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/cityfibre-begins-maidstones-50m-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html","title":{"rendered":"CityFibre Begins Maidstone&#8217;s \u00a350m Gigabit Broadband Rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> has today confirmed that they&#8217;ve begun the construction phase of their \u00a350m project &#8211; supported by civil engineering firm Lanes-i &#8211; to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP network to &#8220;<em>almost every home and business<\/em>&#8221; in the Kent (England) town of Maidstone.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So far as we can tell, most of the operator&#8217;s initial build will be focused upon the Allington area of Kent, but they&#8217;ll face plenty of competition from gigabit-capable rivals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> already has strong coverage of the town, while both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/netomnia\" target=\"_blank\">Netomnia<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/youfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouFibre<\/a>) are also deploying their own full fibre in the same location. Some limited coverage also exists from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoptic<\/a> and OFNL, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/trooli\" target=\"_blank\">Trooli<\/a> has a nearby rollout in Loose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> is supported by ISPs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178 shortlink shortlink-178\" title=\"TalkTalk Cityfibre FTTP Broadband\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/ttcityfibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Future Fibre<\/strong><\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/zen_internet\" target=\"_blank\">Zen Internet<\/a>, Giganet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/idnet\" target=\"_blank\">iDNET<\/a> and more, but they aren\u2019t all live or available in every area yet.<\/div>\n<p>The build forms part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a>\u2019s wider effort to cover up to 8 million premises (funded by c.\u00a32.4bn in equity and c.\u00a34.9bn debt) \u2013 across around 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) \u2013 by the end of 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/cityfibre-name-279-uk-areas-for-4bn-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html\">here<\/a>). So far, the operator has already covered 2 million UK premises, including 1.8m <strong>Ready For Service<\/strong> (RFS) via ISPs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/cityfibre-extends-full-fibre-broadband-to-2-million-uk-homes.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Anne Krausse, CityFibre\u2019s Area Manager for Maidstone, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m incredibly proud to see our team start work on Maidstone\u2019s full fibre network today. As we roll out our infrastructure across the town, it\u2019s important to remember that any short-term disruption will pay off tremendously in the long-term. 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