Category: Wholesale

Freedom Fibre and PXC collaborating is not new, but now channel partners of PXC will be able to access the Freedom Fibre footprint. We presume this means partners such as Utility Warehouse and others. “We’re delighted to be bringing Freedom Fibre’s [CS1] residential connectivity to our partners in the North West and the Midlands. We’re proud to […]

After the trial involving 500 trialists giffgaff has now launched its symmetric full fibre services that use the nexfibre XGS-PON network most commonly associated with Virgin Media O2. Service is limited to selected locations across North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber and East Midlands, with a rollout in the North East in October and […]

A common question is how long between Openreach announcing rollout and build is underway in an area and actually being able to order. Openreach announced Rubery as part of its commercial rollout two months ago and Openreach FTTP is getting closer with a large number of addresses going live in Turves Green and Longbridge in […]

For full fibre orders received between 3rd October 2025 and 31st December 2025, and are connected by the end of January 2026, Openreach is going to charge a £0 connection fee IF you have not had any Openreach services to the property for more than 90 days. The price of a standard connection from Openreach […]

It appears Openreach will be offering service providers some routine provisioning appointments on Saturdays for the immediate future. This doesn’t mean providers will always be able to accommodate this for consumers, however it is likely those ordering new full fibre services will see Saturday appointments for installs in the near future. These are only for […]

The Openreach FTTP footprint has now grown to 19,235,579 premises, with the last three months seeing the footprint grow by 1,038,430 premises. The addition of 313,082 premises in the last month means a daily total of 10,099 premises being added each day, and this is excluding around 10,000 premises where service is partially live. This […]

Openreach has some good news for residents of Bramley in Surrey who’ve suffered a long period of disruption due to a fuel leak from a local petrol station. The area was originally slated to see Openreach full fibre build start in 2021, but the dangers posed by petrol vapour in the underground network had put […]

Openreach has announced it has started rollouts in a few areas Brimscombe, Minchinhampton, Chalford, Stroud and Stonehouse in Gloucestershire. “We’re bringing full fibre broadband to more properties in Gloucestershire and letting local people know what to expect. This is a major infrastructure upgrade, so there will be more engineering teams, equipment and vans around town, […]

F&W Networks and Fusion Fibre Group are now in a strategic partnership that is said to be a major step forward in ultrafast expansion for rural and urban communities in the South of England. The short version of the announcement is that it looks like Fusion Fibre Group is going to utilise wholesale services from […]

A large block of Openreach has just appeared on our maps, some 289 postcodes serving 5,000 premises in the DL14 and DL4 postcode area of County Durham finally went live on Tuesday 5th August 2025. This is another block that we have had on our watch list, but only for a few weeks unlike the […]