Author: Full Fibre

We have turned the two towns of  Evesham and Cheadle live by connecting them to our newly built full fibre network, offering gigabit speeds to thousands of premises across the two market towns.

In Cheadle, just over 50% of the town (over 5,000 properties) can now take service with the other 50% nearing completion over the next 6 months. Evesham, not to be outdone, is also live and available to over 5,000 residents today representing 1/3 of this town as complete with the rest being delivered by Q2 of next year.

As a wholesale only broadband network provider, we promote our ISP partners through our Fibre Heroes marketing campaign, targeting locations across market towns with typically underserved broadband infrastructure.

These two towns going live are two of many either now live or imminent to be so from the 30+ currently in a phase of build for the network operator.

Our CSO, James Warner said:

“We continue to build and send live areas like Evesham and Cheadle at pace to make sure our partner ISP’s can make the most of this new service offering to residents in these areas. We know some of the towns we build have had suggested interest from other providers, but actually getting customers connected in these towns is what counts and that’s where our partner ISP’s really benefit.”

This falls in line with our work across all of our build locations continuing to grow with active build now in 11 Counties.

We’re thrilled to be selected as finalists at the prestigious Comms National Awards 2022. We have been nominated for three awards including:

BEST Partner Programme (above £10M)

BEST Supplier Innovation Award

BEST Wholesale Network Provider

Over the last few years, we have worked hard to bring ultrafast internet to underserved locations, transform communities, and form strong partnerships with internet service providers.

It’s wonderful to be acknowledged and celebrated for these achievements.

The Comms National Awards is in its 21st year and involves an independent judging process to recognise the success of UK resellers and the suppliers that support public and private sector business customers.

It will take place on Thursday 13th October at The Hilton, Park Lane in London with an evening of entertainment and industry networking.

We are very much looking forward to being a part of this exciting event and the community feeling it creates

FullFibre is thrilled to announce two additional members joining the team: Adele Whild as Director of Delivery and Ross Duke as Chief Technical Officer.

Adele will be responsible for ramping up all customer install activities across the business aiming to deliver a first class experience for their partner ISP’s and end users alike.  Additionally, Adele’s remit will extend to managing the build control and support areas to facilitate faster build growth from the build functions and contractors alike.

Adele has previously worked for Tier 1 contractors and has a decade of experience working in B2B and B2C roles at Virgin, Cityfibre, and Telent.

Adele is looking forward to strengthening the installation process at FullFibre for a seamless customer experience by focusing on people, processes, and tooling for consistent delivery.

She had this to say:

“The fundamental way residential and business customers use the internet has changed. The market towns FullFibre serve have been carefully chosen to enable our partners to easily improve the online experience, creating a positive impact within local communities.”

Ross Duke as CTO will be in charge of all things technical including internal IT, network uptime & security and all active network management across the business

Ross has over 25 years of experience working in senior positions across a number of established industry players in telecoms, working his way through various industry roles to understand entire technical processes. He is excited to be a part of an efficient and quality-driven network builder.

He had this to say:

“The opportunity to work at FullFibre was something far too exciting to pass up. As a business, we’re building a true wholesale only network into market towns to give the consumer access to the latest and greatest technology through a choice of their own ISP’s. At the same time, we’re providing a credible scaled choice away from the Openreach model.”

FullFibre is a wholesale network provider building an infrastructure that creates dynamic partnerships that connect residents and businesses to ultrafast broadband.

FullFibre’s Fibre Heroes has provided the residents of Cheadle access to ultrafast broadband for the very first time.

Cheadle is one of many underserved market towns in the county of Staffordshire that FullFibre can now boast RFS properties in.

With very little disruption, the wholesale network provider began their work in December and already the first residents of Cheadle have access to ultrafast broadband and the digital opportunities that come with that.

FullFibre has a growing number of ISP partners that offer market competition and specifically cater to areas and towns often overlooked or disadvantaged when national upgrades are rolled out.

With the help of their B2C marketing campaign Fibre Heroes, it means that partners of the wholesale network provider receive boosted marketing efforts on top of their usual advertisements.

Area General Manager, Chris Williams had this to say:

“Full fibre broadband in small market towns like Cheadle will be a major advantage to local businesses and communities. Having access to this revolutionary technology can offer multiple benefits to these town especially to those now working from home. We’re delighted to bring ultrafast broadband to Cheadle and will continue to serve generations to come.”

Mark Deaville, Staffordshire County Council cabinet member for commercial matters and local councillor for Cheadle said “Connecting our communities to full fibre broadband will make a huge difference to day-to-day living, learning and to local businesses.

“It enables people to live and work efficiently wherever they are and so the county council fully supports the providers carrying out installation. It’s fantastic to see Cheadle and Leek  connected.”

FullFibre are working hard to connect all residents in Cheadle as well as neighbouring town Leek so that over 10,000 premises in these towns will have access to this technology.

FullFibre’s Fibre Heroes have seen a successful and seamless build in the Staffordshire town

Wholesale network builder FullFibre have ‘lit’ up Leek, one of their Staffordshire build towns.

Focusing on connecting underserved towns, FullFibre operate on a strictly wholesale model allowing for consumer choice through healthy competition amongst their partner ISPs.

Seamlessly building their full fibre infrastructure, through a combination of re-using existing OR ducts/Poles and installing their own physical infrastructure, Full Fibre have flown through the build with significant parts of the town live form day one.

Prioritising the speed of the build has been key in order to raise awareness through their B2C brand Fibre Heroes, generating leads for their retail ISP partners to serve customers within the town.

FullFibre’s Area General Manager of the Leek build, Chris Williams, said:

“Coming to Leek that has historically been underserved and seeing residents desperate for a clean, undisruptive build, we knew we could step up to the challenge. Providing FTTP access for our customers in Leek really fills me with pride for my team, knowing the high-quality work that has been carried out.”

FullFibre continue on their mission to serve 500,000 premises by their first milestone year of 2025.

Wholesale network provider FullFibre are set to partner with internet service provider IDNet.

Specialising in business broadband services, including leased lines/DIA as well as providing residential options, IDNet also offer layer 3 services to local IT businesses in addition to other partners.

For FullFibre’s B2C brand Fibre Heroes, this means that end users will have yet another high-quality choice when it comes to choosing who will provide their residential broadband.

IDNet became the UK’s first B Corp internet service provider, this means the company meets high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

IDNet is also independently rated by ThinkBroadband as one of the fastest, most resilient, and best supported networks in the UK.

Speaking about this new partnership, FullFibre’s Head of Wholesale Matt Baker said:

“FullFibre is really pleased to be able to announce our partnership with IDNet.  It is really exciting times from both a roll out perspective but also connecting customers. IDNet share a common passion for improving the internet services for communities and we are really looking forward to serving both Business and Residential customers with them.“

IDNet’s Co-Founder and Director, Tim Davies said:

“Partnering with FullFibre is the next step for us at IDNet. Being able to reach customers that we previously deemed unreachable is the obvious benefit from this partnership, but moreover their expertise and support was immediately clear from our initial conversations.

We’re extremely excited for this partnership.“

IDNet joins the extensive list of FullFibre partners who are aiming to connect residents and businesses in historically underserved areas of the UK.

The Forest of Dean Town now has access to an Ultrafast FTTP  gigabit-capable broadband network

FullFibre ltd have embedded themselves in the Cinderford community by enabling residents and businesses access to the very best broadband infrastructure available.

Liaising closely with Gloucestershire County Council, the Forest Economic Partnership (FEP) and the Fastershire scheme, FullFibre was a perfect choice for the community, as a wholesale only provider residents and businesses have a choice of providers they can now access the service through.

In addition to liberating the town from poor broadband options FullFibre, through its customer awareness brand Fibre Heroes, has been busy donating to food banks, providing Easter chocolate to local schools, sponsoring the local Artspace’s new ‘connection’ art competition. These are just some of the activities that have been carried out as part of the collaboration.

As a recognition to the hard work, the main rotunda within Cinderford’s town square has recently been lit up pink, the brand colours of Fibre Heroes.

On top of this, the network is now live and customers can now benefit from FTTP broadband for the first time. This comes after many residents requested better internet speeds and the aforementioned partners rose to the challenge.

Matt Smith, Head of Public Procurement & Engagement at FullFibre said:

“Cinderford has been a welcoming community that understood the need and value for FTTP networks. Liaising closely with the county council, the FEP and Fastershire has been a pleasure and these strong relationships will continue to grow. Becoming part of the community is an added bonus for us at FullFibre and Fibre Heroes.”

Cinderford customers can now register through the Fibre Heroes website or through their partner ISP’s.

Fibre Heroes’ refurbished Fire Engine makes its debut appearance at Shrewsbury Festival

FullFibre’s B2C marketing brand Fibre Heroes unveiled its brand new ‘Fibre Engine’ over the weekend at the Shrewsbury Food and Drink Festival.

Sporting the hashtag ‘#fibreengine’, the refurbished vehicle has been wrapped to match the pink brand colours and was kitted out with educational resources for festivalgoers.

Parked next to a branded gazebo, the one-of-a-kind vehicle sparked curiosity and attracted large crowds, with residents keen to learn more about full fibre broadband.

BeFibre, one of FullFibre’s partners, was also present during the inaugural appearance at the Shropshire Food and Drink Festival

FullFibre and Fibre Heroes will be using the vehicle as an education and brand awareness tool within their build towns, covering the entire Midlands region. It will be used to help promote their full fibre network and encourage residents to reach out to ISP partners to receive a connection.

Marketing Manager of FullFibre Dannii Sumpter, commented:

“It’s wonderful to see the Fibre Engine wrapped and unveiled for the first time. There has been a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes and it has turned out great. We were delighted that everyone came to see it and we’re really excited to use it as a tool to drive awareness of full fibre and generate interest for our ISP partners.”

The team at FullFibre are working hard to generate interest in their newly implemented networks to help their ISP partners connect customers.

FullFibre’s new FTTP network is now live in the Shropshire town and registering customers

Altnet FullFibre, based in 4 regional offices across the UK, have announced that their wholesale network in Shrewsbury is now accepting customers.

Acting through their B2C brand Fibre Heroes, which actively generates awareness of the new service in the area, customers are now able to access FTTP broadband and achieve speeds of up to 1Gbps.

This announcement comes off the back of their recent build expansion into a 4^th build region whilst adding more towns to their existing 3 regions. Additionally, the network provider has been announcing RFS in other towns including Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Bayston Hill, Wem and many others.

Having announced their intention to build to Shrewsbury just over 12 months ago, the strictly wholesale network builder is creating a healthy marketplace amongst partnered ISP’s who wish to serve residents within the Shropshire town.

Dan Jones, National Build Director of FullFibre, commented:

“We recognised that building to Shrewsbury would be a challenge, especially given the amount of network builders in the area. But with our build rate and our highly-skilled engineers, we have certainly rised to the occasion. Connecting Shrewsbury is a landmark achievement for us at FullFibre and one that we will continually build upon.”

FullFibre are actively building towards their first milestone of connecting 500,000 premises by 2025.

FullFibre’s Fibre Heroes has unlocked thousands of residents for partners to serve full fibre ultrafast broadband. 

Residents of Leominster now have access to ultrafast FTTP broadband thanks to wholesale network provider FullFibre. 

Leominster is part of the Midlands South region, and part of the initial March 2021 build plan targeting underserved towns. The town is just one of many that have recently gone live with others including Ross-on-Wye and many more to be announced soon. 

FullFibre is a strictly wholesale network provider putting towns and rural areas that have been previously overlooked at the centre of business, bridging the digital divide across their core network that reaches from the border of South Wales to South Yorkshire. 

Acting through their B2C brand of Fibre Heroes, FullFibre are actively generating interest in the area and ensuring partners connect residents through their newly installed, futureproofed network. 

Dan Jones from FullFibre said this:  

“FullFibre is thrilled to make this announcement, providing new technology and possibilities for the community and individual residents of Leominster. We hope it can better equip local attractions, such as the castle and museum, benefitting tourists and local employees alike.”  

Full fibre can help the town of Leominster develop its digital opportunities, offering a new generation of broadband to those who need it most.