CityFibre’s FTTP network goes live in the city of Gloucester

Full Fibre infrastructure platform CityFibre has announced that its 1Gbps-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has gone live in the UK city of Gloucester.

Premises in the area of Quedgeley were the first to go live as part of the company’s £31 million investment in the city. Since then, other areas of Gloucester, including parts of Podsmead, Hardwicke and Tuffley, have also become available on the network. The build is now set to proceed across the rest of Gloucester and the company says that, once completed, the network will cover nearly all premises in the city.

Neil Madle, CityFibre’s City Manager for Gloucester, said: “We are really pleased to be offering people in Gloucester all the benefits Full Fibre connectivity has to offer, and we would like to thank the residents in the area who have been extremely patient with us as we have built our infrastructure.”

“We now look forward to expanding our horizons and offering more people in the area the opportunity to connect to our network, unlocking unbeatable homeworking, home learning and digital entertainment experiences.”

The construction for the project is being delivered by Kier Group and initially began around a year ago. While the first connections have only just gone live this month, CityFibre’s physical build has reportedly been completed across significant parts of the city for some time.

According to CityFibre, the build is expected to be “substantially completed in Gloucester by 2024.” The network will enable residents of Gloucester to tap in to full-fibre broadband through a range of ISP’s supported on its platform, including Vodafone, TalkTalk and Giganet, among others.

As with other CityFibre builds, the project in Gloucester is part of its overall £4 billion UK-wide investment programme. So far, CityFibre’s build has covered around 1 million premises, with the firm’s goal being to have “substantially completed” coverage of 8 million (approximately 30 per cent of UK premises) by the end of 2025.