{"id":36343,"date":"2023-11-23T06:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=36343"},"modified":"2023-11-23T06:43:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:43:59","slug":"london-isp-community-fibre-prep-new-wifi-6-broadband-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/london-isp-community-fibre-prep-new-wifi-6-broadband-router.html","title":{"rendered":"London ISP Community Fibre Prep New WiFi 6 Broadband Router"},"content":{"rendered":"

London-focused UK ISP and network operator CommunityFibre<\/a>, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP<\/a>) broadband network across the city, has revealed that they’re in the process of making a bespoke new Linksys router available across most of their packages to replace the old MX4200 tri-band device.<\/p>\n

Just to recap. CommunityFibre<\/a>’s full fibre network currently covers 1 million homes (July 2023) – both in and around parts of London – and that’s up from 720,000 in December 2022, plus on top of that they also cover 212,000 businesses (i.e. their network footprint has expanded by 75% in a year).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The operator aims to reach 2.2m UK premises by the end of 2024 and is owned by funds advised by Warburg Pincus LLC, DTCP Railpen and NDIF.<\/div>\n

Residential customers typically pay from \u00a320 per month on 24-month term (optional term of 12-months) for a symmetric speed of 150Mbps with an included router (\u00a322 thereafter), which rises to \u00a349 for their top 3Gbps tier (\u00a351 thereafter). On top of that they also have a special tariff that gives you 35Mbps speeds for just \u00a312.50 per month on a 12-month term, which is technically a social tariff, except anybody can take it.<\/p>\n

Customers taking their 1Gbps and slower packages have, until now, tended to be sent one of Linksys’ fairly capable tri-band Velop MX4200<\/a> mesh routers (those on their 3Gbps tier get a special Technicolor device instead). But the latest development reveals that the ISP is introducing a new Linksys router model to new customers on their 1Gbps and slower plans.<\/p>\n

The new router will also harness Linksys’ WiFi<\/a> 6 Intelligent Mesh™ technology, much like before, although it’s a dual-band, rather than tri-band, wireless device. Despite this, CF suggests that regular customers are unlikely to notice a performance difference (due to other WiFi<\/a> improvements). The device itself appears to be a bespoke model (SPNMX56CF<\/strong>) – made specifically for Community Fibre.<\/p>\n

Linksys SPNMX56CF Specifications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Product Features<\/strong><\/p>\n