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Note: see below correction after GoFibre reissued the press release to advise that premises are not yet live. As part of its Project Gigabit contract, the altnet GoFibre is busy rolling out its full fibre service to places such as Montrose, Dunkeld, Bankfoot, Newtonhill, Portlethen, Alyth and Coupar Angus. The roll-out in Angus, Perth & […]

Connect Fibre was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for Derbyshire back in 2023, and the contract has just been modified to increase the number of premises covered and due to see Gigabit broadband (i.e. full fibre) delivered. The new contract sees an increase in the value by £1,577,558 to £35,011,555 and covering an additional 790 […]

Another Project Gigabit modification this time with additional premises and therefore a slightly increased value. Quickline was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for North Yorkshire and the original value was £73.5 million, it subsequently increased in value to £75,580,000 and has now increased again to £76,850,907. The latest increase adds 1,323 premises to the initial […]

Zen Internet adds FTTP services from MS3 Zen Internet has started offering Full Fibre services from altnet MS3 Networks. Details can be found in our broadband listings with a promotion active offering the Full Fibre 900 product for the same prce as the 500, until the end of August. MS3 launched to try and break […]

London and South East Altnet Community Fibre had an exceptional 100Mbps deal until yesterday which offered the service from £14/month, representing one of the best deals even for those eligible for social tariffs (although it did come with a 24-month contract and price increases each April). Today they have announced their June promotion of 1 […]

Openreach asks the public to report suspected metal theft Openreach, along with Crimestoppers are teaming up with metal recycling firm EMR to help combat the rise in copper theft from the Openreach network. Openreach says that since April 2024, more than 100,000 people have lost access to their home phone line or broadband due to […]

London-based Altnet Community Fibre have been known for their ‘no qualification criteria’ Essential Social Tariff product which doesn’t require you to be on either Universal Credit or one of the other benefits that is usually needed for a broadband social tariff. This provides a 35Mbps symmetric service for £12.50/month, although it does come with a […]

Wales-based broadband Altnet Ogi has launched a new deal running until 07/06/2026 23:59 with £1/month pricing for the first six months of a 24-month contract. It runs across all the current services from 250 Mbps up to 1Gig (900Mbps), is available to new customers. If you know someone on Ogi the ‘refer a friend’, the […]

A round up of some news bits that we haven’t covered this week. Virgin Media O2 launches responsible business plan to reach net Zero VMO2’s new responsible business plan, as part of its Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy, will see the company plan to keep 500,000 low-income households connected. The new plans also see the […]

Fibrus, following on from its previous Project Stratum contract in Northern Ireland, was awarded a contract to deliver Gigabit connectivity to 9,333 rural and hard-to-reach premises as part of Project Gigabit. The contract is funded by the UK government through the Department for Science, Innovation, & Technology (DSIT) and delivered by the Department for the […]