Former Fibrecity project, now back on track

You might remember the Fibrecity project that eventually went bust around a year ago when the original firm behind it ran out of funds. Now the project is back on track with CityFibre at the helm of operations.

CityFibre made headlines around a month ago when they announced that they were building a fibre network that required an $800 million investment. This was a move that many saw was a bid to contest BT Broadband, the industry giant that that has been leading the deployment of fibre in the UK.

Fibrecity is launching with 250 free trial Internet connections that can offer speeds that are up to 167 times faster than the national average speeds. The fibre network is being opened to the public after many months of consolidation work and picking up where the previous contractor left off.

Fibreband is the first service provided that has come on board the Fibrecity project. The Westbourne-based firm is making the trial subscriptions available in order to test the services before making it available to around 7,500 customers next year. Fibreband chief Adam Troman said: “We are confident the network is working already, but it’s a case of ‘suck it and see’.”

The trials will be made available to those residing in the BH10 and BH11 postcodes, which includes West Howe, Bear Cross, Bearwood, and western Kinson.

The chief communications officer for CityFibre, Mark Collins, stated: “We promised the residents and businesses of Bournemouth that we could complete the unfinished work from our predecessors, a commitment we have kept.”

Peter Charon, leader of the Council, added: “CityFibre have invested £1 million already and plan to do the same next year. If they genuinely deliver, it’s brilliant for Bournemouth.”

Source – Bournemouth Echo