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CityFibre extends full-fibre network to Peterborough
Former leading altnet to put a further £1.5m into its high-speed broadband connectivity project
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In its latest tranche of UK full-fibre roll-outs that has in the past few weeks seen networks lit up in Brighton and Hove, Tyneside and the city of Newcastle, communities across the Thames Valley in Berkshire, and Preston in Lancashire, the UK’s third-largest broadband provider, CityFibre, has announced plans to extend its build footprint for Peterborough.
The development is designed to enable thousands more homes to access its full-fibre network and reliable high-speed broadband services, and will see the former leading altnet invest a further £1.5m to boost an original £30m for the development project which has already brought high-speed broadband connectivity within reach of tens of thousands of premises.
| 10 March 2021
In what seems a case of another day, another full-fibre rollout, former leading altnet CityFibre has announced a £1.5 million extension to its £30 million development project for the provision of gigabit broadband connectivity to tens of thousands of premises in the city of Peterborough.
In September 2020, the company, which claims to be the UK’s third largest broadband provider, claimed to have hit a major milestone in Peterborough when it officially passed the halfway mark on its original build plan. Now, with what CityFibre says is no less than “huge” demand for full-fibre services, the villages of Glinton and Eye are being added to the roll out, with work starting in the areas this month. Services are now live for users across many areas of Peterborough, including Dogsthorpe, Paston, Walton, Eastfield, Park, Orton Southgate and New England.