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Tag: Altnets
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Rural broadband
Why your neighbour has full fibre and you do not
Two houses on the same street can have completely different broadband. The commercial logic behind where fibre gets built, and what you… -
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Your broadband provider just went bust. What happens to your connection?
Nine UK broadband brands disappeared in a single stretch of 2024-2026 — closed, merged or absorbed. What actually happens to your line,… -
Rural broadband
Fixed wireless broadband: the 58 providers most comparison sites ignore
If fibre has not reached your village, a wireless operator may already serve it. How fixed wireless differs from 4G home broadband…Photo: Local broadband mast © Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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Rural broadband
How villages get themselves connected when nobody will build
Some of the fastest broadband in Britain is in villages that dug it themselves. How community fibre schemes work, what they cost,…Photo: Fibre-optic broadband reaches the far north © Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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The altnets: the full-fibre providers you have never heard of, and why they are often cheaper
Altnets build their own fibre instead of renting Openreach lines. Why that makes them cheaper and faster, where they reach, and the…Photo: Laying fibre optic cable, Hedgerow Lane, Kirby Muxloe © Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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FTTC vs FTTP: what ‘full fibre’ actually changes, and why it feels different
FTTC vs FTTP explained: why copper degrades, how full fibre cuts fault rates, what upload speed really affects, and how much speed…Photo: Fibre broadband is here, Dingestow, Monmouthshire © Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)