Jonny Rae 
Last week, we launched our free-to-use job board to help those currently unemployed. The consumer broadband industry and the B2B reseller sector are experiencing significant movements in acquisitions and consolidations. On Monday, we received news that a large call center would be making over 150 staff members redundant by next week. We urge companies that … Read more
EightAdvisory, an independent advisory firm specialising in transactions, restructuring, and transformation in the UK & Europe, has today published a compelling report (using some of Point Topic’s industry data) that sheds light on the challenges alternative network providers (altnets) encounter as they attempt to expand their market presence in comparison to Openreach. The report offers … Read more
Last night, ISPreview released an article regarding toob reducing its workforce as it transitions away from its current “build model”. Mark Jackson, the owner of ISPreview, wrote, “The latest operator to possibly be experiencing some of these headwinds appears to be toob. According to some of the feedback we’ve received from sources this week, toob … Read more
Connected North. What a day! When it comes to broadband-related events, we have limited choices in the UK. Plus, this is the first broadband event as the UK comes out of hibernation after the old awards sessions at the back end of the year in 2023. So when the dates roll around to attend Connected … Read more
This is pretty exciting news! nexfibre is building at an unbelievable rate, and as of today, they’ve passed 1 million premises! That puts them as the fourth biggest “altnet” in the market. Now, to put this into perspective, the last update we wrote in February was 800,000 premises, so that means, in the space of … Read more
This is pretty awesome. Full Fibre installations can be a real pain! There’s multiple ways to bring full fibre to a new premises, using existing infrastructure (ducting & poles) or new. When using existing infrastructure to pull the full fibre cable, you can often come up against blockages. The ducting itself could have collapsed ( … Read more
This is actually no surprise. Jeremy has always been extremely vocal about what TOTSCo could do better. He has always been the one to ask the difficult questions in the monthly meet-ups TOTSCo hosts. To be honest, he has the best ideas to combat the problems the One Touch Switching Company faces. So when we … Read more
Yesterday, we released our latest episode of the Fibrenews Podcast, which featured Ian Dunstan, a reseller/MSP based in Exeter. Ian has been operating Cobalt (his business) for the last 20 years and has a full scope of customers (1–500 users) across multiple products (voice, connectivity, & IT). I (Jonny Rae) (about yay-high, brown hair, devilishly … Read more
Kloud9, the ISP, which operates on its own network (AJ Technology), is set to deliver superfast full fibre to another property in the heart of Manchester, through a partnership with Salboy. For anyone not from the north, Salboy is a large property development outfit that builds modern and stunning high-worth homes across the UK. On … Read more
