[New post] CommunityFibre’s Challenges a Warning Sign for UK Fiber Altnets

Rob Pritchard posted: " R. Pritchard Summary Bullets: • CommunityFibre is switching its focus from building out its fiber network to loading it through intensified customer acquisition. • There is simply not enough room for so many alternative fiber providers in the UK" IT Connection CommunityFibre's Challenges a Warning Sign for UK Fiber Altnets Rob Pritchard Nov 30 R. Pritchard Summary Bullets: • CommunityFibre is switching its focus from building out its fiber network to loading it through intensified customer acquisition. • There is simply not enough room for so many alternative fiber providers in the UK. There are two options: consolidate or find a defensible niche. ISP CommunityFibre's London (England) network covers 1.3 million properties and has over 200,000 residential and business customers. Alongside its fully owned Box Broadband unit (which targets Surrey and West Sussex, England), the company has been rolling out its own dedicated full-fiber network (FTTH) and has a stated aim to pass 2.2 million premises by the end of 2024. Now, despite apparently having strong funding, CommunityFibre has become the latest UK fiber altnet to make redundancies and suspend ongoing network rollout (out of a total 788 employees at end-2022, 380 were in engineering and operations and 148 in sales and marketing). Continue reading CommunityFibre's Challenges a Warning Sign for UK Fiber Altnets Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://itconnection.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/communityfibres-challenges-a-warning-sign-for-uk-fiber-altnets/

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