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Truespeed has launched its retail products on the Freedom Fibre network and this is the first phase of the merger completing to create Freedom Truespeed Group. The merger closed in May, so this launch is just 3 months and much faster than some other altnet mergers. “Three months ago, we set out to prove that […]

The Government has issued a press release to highlight the work of several Project Gigabit contracts across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire which are all held by Quickline. Quickline is deploying a full fibre network to rural properties, along with a commercial rollout. 60,000 homes and businesses are able to access full fibre (Gigabit capable) broadband across […]

Broadband infrastructure builder nexfibre (owned by the owners of Virgin Media O2, VMO2) is in the process of acquiring altnet Netomnia through the £2bn deal to acquire the holding company, Substantial Group. A deal of this size attracts regulatory interest, and the Competition and Markets Authority are currently investigating the market effects that a merger may […]

Aquiss Broadband has announced that they have switched-off the last of its ADSL customers after the connection was disconnected on the 3rd of August as part of a migration to a full-fibre FTTP service. ADSL, for those who may not remember, was the preceding technology to VDSL (fibre to the cabinet/FTTC) and launched in the […]

Some of the areas talked about earlier in 2026 now have full fibre from GoFibre such as Edzell and the altnet is saying the next places will be Montrose, Dunkeld, Bankfoot, Newtonhill, Portlethen, Alyth and Coupar Angus. The build is a mixture of commercial rollout and the contract GoFibre was given to deliver Gigabit broadband […]

A few days ago, we heard from a user who was served a notice of disconnection by giffgaff, the Virgin Media O2-owned MVNO. The reason for the termination was the extent of their use of the service outside the UK, in breach of the terms of the Fair Use Policy. The current version of the […]

We have today published the seventh edition of our State of Broadband Report, providing our latest analysis of broadband availability and full-fibre rollout across the UK. The detailed comparisons in this edition are primarily based on data from 30th April 2026. Key statistics Full-fibre availability continues to increase faster than gigabit coverage is increasing. This […]

EE is now offering 2.3 Gbps and 8 Gbps options utilising the upgraded Openreach full fibre network which is now able to deliver XGS-PON in parts of the UK. The launch still has something of a soft launch feel to it, as you need to register rather than sign up via the usual EE pages. […]