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It was announced a few weeks ago and now it is a reality, Vodafone has a range of full fibre services with symmetric speeds over the Community Fibre network in London with the fastest retail product being a 2.2 Gbps service for £60/month. The entry level service is a 150 Mbps download and upload product […]

GoFibre as part of its work with local communities has teamed up with theSpace Scotland CIC to launch a youth initiative in East Lothian. “GoFibre is about more than cables and connections – it’s about helping communities excel where we build. Young people in Dunbar are bursting with energy and ideas, and initiatives like this […]

It is just over a year since the first live customer was connected to the Project Gigabit contract area that CityFibre holds for Cambridgeshire. The rollout started in February 2024 with the first customer going live in July 2024. CityFibre is celebrating the first anniversary of its first Project Gigabit customer and its rollout is […]

Fibrus, which has been rolling out FTTP across Northern Ireland, has confirmed they have completed Project Stratum – delivering next-generation broadband access to over 81,000 premises. The project finished in June 2025. Almost £200m of funding was provided for the project, including £150m from the UK government, £15m from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and […]

Hey!Broadband who is the retail arm of F&W Networks has seen its full fibre customer numbers go from 25,000 a year ago to over 40,000 today. “Reaching 40,000 customers is a huge moment for our team and a clear reflection of the value we’re bringing to communities.  We’re building a network that doesn’t just keep […]

Grain Connect has announced that is FTTP network in Nottingham is expanding. Roadwork permits indicate the expansion is extending the roads already serviced by the altnet in the Sneinton away of the City. Looking at the footprint we’ve mapped so far it is almost a complete overlap with the Openreach full fibre rollout in the […]

The news last week that the retailer Brillband previously acquired by AllPoints Fibre Network (APFN) is now selling via the aquila wholesale platform prompted us to look at what is happening to the old Giganet, Swish Fibre and Jurassic Fibre footprints. Between July 2024 and July 2025 the footprint we’ve been able to track as […]

Funding is now in place to support two Project Gigabit contracts that GoFibre holds in Scotland. The funding comprising of £45 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank and £80 million from Hamburg Commercial Park. “This is a significant step-change in GoFibre’s position both as a major independent broadband provider, and as a significant company […]

YouFibre has a range of speed options that currently top out at 8,000 Mbps for residential plans, and to help its customers get the most from the service they are now bundling a Wi-Fi 7 router as standard. The same Wi-Fi 7 standard is supported whether it is the entry level £23.99/m 150 Mbps service […]

The Fibrus Networks Ltd rollout in Cumbria started in November 2022 and has hit a big milestone on the way to delivering full fibre to some 140,000 premises by the end of the financial year 25/26. Cumbria is formed from two different council areas now, Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness and looking at our footprint […]