Jonny Rae 
Yesterday, BT Group dropped a bombshell in their year-end report, casually mentioning, “we now expect to have migrated all customers off the PSTN by the end of January 2027, allowing us to align the programme with full fibre broadband customer upgrades where available.” Well, that was certainly news to the industry! (kind of) Back in … Read more
Ogi, the “altnet” bringing ultrafast full fibre to Welsh residents (on a completely separate note, I love how Ogi’s domain uses .wales), has announced the success of reaching two-thirds of its planned “first phase” rollout. This means that one in five “properties passed” have signed up to use one of their full fibre packages. Ogi … Read more
https://youtu.be/-3zmOLN-Vug “Altnet” means “Alterntive Networks” and we have three types of altnets in the UK. Open Access, Closed Access & the hybrid – Open & Closed Access. Open Access Networks are full fibre providers who lay and manage the cable infrastructure and network, but do not connect customers direct to a internet service. The largest … Read more
CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre network, has finalized the Lit Fibre deal. We first heard of the acquisition back in March. The news came slightly early when Sky released the news (they have a habit of doing that). But now, we can confirm that the deal has formally been completed (announced by CF … Read more
The term “Full Fibre rollout” is widely used in the UK to refer to the efforts of various fibre providers upgrading from the older, slower copper networks to cutting-edge fibre optics. Supported by the UK government and initiatives like Project Gigabit, the goal is to expand Full Fibre coverage to 85% of the country by … Read more
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