Category: Altnets

Altnet Connect Fibre has been announced as another ISP that will be rolling out Netgem’s PLEIO TV service, which allows users, to watch, stream and play all through a single puck-shaped device. PLEIO has Freely built in, which provides access to the standard terrestrial channels by streaming these to the device rather than having to […]

Broadband provider brsk, part of alt-net Netomnia, has announced that they are the first full fibre broadband provider in the UK to launch PLEIO, the IP streaming device from Netgem. The company are keen to announce that they can now offer a TV experience to rival other pay-TV operators such as Sky, Virgin and BT. […]

Ofcom is consulting further on the Telecoms Access Review on Wholesale Local Access pricing. The Independent Networks Co-operating Association (INCA) have issued a statement on the importance of ‘pricing remedies’ in ensuring a competitive market. INCA has opposed the consultation on Wholesale Local Access (WLA) pricing remedies, which it says amounts to the regulator stepping […]

Enders Analysis have warned quite starkly about the unsustainable losses incurred by alternative network operators challenging incumbent Openreach and others on full fibre rollout. In their report titled “UK Altnets: Something’s got to give” they highlight some of the key challenges faced by altnets in the wider competitive landscape. “Altnet losses expanded to £1.5bn in […]

Scottish broadband altnet GoFibre has announced it has completed the Project Gigabit rollout across Teesdale in Countr Durham. This contract with around £6.6m was awarded to Borderlink/GoFibre in September 2022 and includes over 4,000 Project Gigabit funded premises across 8,100 total premises now able to receive full fibre broadband services. A very small number of […]

The existing Truespeed CEO James Lowther who has been with the company since 2021 is stepping down at the end of the year with the role being filled by the current Chief Commercial Officer Nelson Missier. “I would like to thank James for leading us to a strong position with significant customer and financial growth […]

Wessex Internet was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for North Dorset back in August 2022 and now three years later they have completed the full fibre rollout to some 6,490 premises. The contract was one of the first to be awarded so makes sense for it to be one of the first to complete. The […]

Triodos Bank has announced that it has agreed a new funding package with alt-net B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) to allow it to expand further into the North East, with a focus on areas around Northumberland and the County Durham border. In 2019 Triodos helped B4RN raise 3.3m, which was used to support fibre […]

A couple of weeks ago the Financial Times reported a potential acquisition of Netomnia by Virgin Media O2 and mentioned that CityFibre were also in discussions with the business. We reported what this meant in terms of numbers from our data, but we wanted to look a bit deeper into the statistics and what it […]

Altnet Quickline has announced today that it has improved its business broadband packages. The company is now offering 200Mbps, 500Mbps and 1Gbps symmetric broadband packages with a fixed IP address and a specified SLA – two working days for a fix if any issues occur. “Rural businesses are the backbone of local economies, and we’re […]