Category: Altnets

Broadband alt-net Gigaclear is likely to be taken over by its creditors, Natwest, Lloyds and the National Wealth Fund (formerly the UK Investment Bank), according to news reported by the FT. The news comes after the company failed to generate interest from potential buyers following its plans to sell the company to help reduce its […]

Grain Connect has published the news that its rolling out in Sheffield and by using our roadwork map you can see that the first areas look like they will be in the Crookes area of the City. The Grain Connect roadworks are concentrated currently on an area of the City that already has extensive Openreach […]

Netgem have announced that Voneus is the latest alt-net to launch the PLEIO entertainment system over their broadband service. PLEIO is an entertainment platform that brings together normal live TV with streaming service apps, cloud gaming and on-demand content. The small puck-shaped device connects to the TV and also allows users to forgo the use […]

Nuneaton is the latest town to be announced that it will receive fibre broadband from Grain. The company is just shy of 265,000 premises past ready for service according to our tracking, and our telecoms roadworks tracking suggests that the Stockingford area of Nuneaton is the area that is currently being built. Openreach FTTP is […]

Troubled G.network who was bought by Fitzwalter Capital a week ago has filed appoint insolvency practitioners which could see G.network vanish and stranded assets left in the ground across London. The FT has announced the move towards insolvency which is clearly bad news for employees and not just senior management who Fitzwalter Capital had already […]

Netomnia brands YouFibre and Brsk will merge together and operate under YouFibre brand going forwards. The two altnets have been operating together since Brsk and Netomnia merged their businesses in 2024, creating an alt-net with around 1.47 million premises ready for service based on our data at the time. Current data we track shows them […]

Two altnets are reportedly in discussions about merging their businesses according to Sky News. Truespeed, which merged with County Broadband last year, and Freedom Fibre would create an altnet with around 416,000 premises ready for service if the merger goes through, based on our broadband tracking data. The altnets have minimal overlap, as Freedom Fibre […]

G.Network, which passes almost 255,000 premises according to our tracking, has run into financial issues due to a financial shortfall in the company. The investors USS and Cube Infrastructure Managers have been seeking an exit from the company, and it’s now been revealed that FitzWalter Capital has bought the company. It’s believed that the altnet […]

It appears Voneus is rejigging its wireless network in Pembrokeshire and as a result some 45 properties in the Mathry and Castle Morris area will lose their wireless service. ISPreview has published a copy of the email that has been sent out, with customers being given just 45 days notice, which means service termination on […]

CityFibre has sold services to business customers for many years, and with PXC launching a range of CityFibre Business FTTP products the many partners who use PXC will gain that ability. The new service from PXC supports up to 1 Gbps symmetric speeds and Layer 3 Managed and Layer 2 Wholesale options are available. With […]