- UK fibre broadband altnet Community Fibre has been focusing more on building its customer base and less on network expansion for the past year or so
- That focus appears to be paying off, with its customer base growing by 33% over the past 12 months
We’ve reported a few times this year about how Netomnia looks like it’s on course to be one of the long-term survivors in the UK fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) sector thanks to its ongoing growth and financial support from lenders. But another UK FTTP altnet that increasingly looks like it has the momentum to help it last the distance is Community Fibre, which has focused its fibre access network rollout efforts on London and the surrounding areas and now reaches 1.3 million premises across the region.
The operator says it has now connected more than 400,000 homes and businesses across the UK capital to its XGS-PON fibre network, a 33% increase in the past year. That 400,000 number means it has a penetration rate of 30%, which it claims is the best among the UK’s major fibre altnets. It claims to have experienced “strong adoption of its high-speed products, with the majority of its customers on speeds of 1Gbit/s or above, as well as an increased take-up of its 5Gbit/s and 2.5Gbit/s products”.
