Altnet Consolidation

Over the next few years the winners and losers of the inevitable Altnet consolidation will emerge – its highly probable that there will be 5-10 Altnet survivors post consolidation plus Virgin in some form or other. The article from ISP Review  – Telefonica CEO – Virgin Media Scrap UK NetCo Broadband Wholesale Plans, published on 1st August 2025 outlines this challenge.

Most of these new entrants will focus on FTTP consumer services first followed by Ethernet as their scale, engineering capability and system stack and service delivery capabilities develop.

Choosing the right Altnet is key to leveraging their capabilities successfully.

Altnet Data Services

As Altnet’s will generally roll past residential premises initially, business services are likely to be available but more problematic as most will not benefit from having previously agreed wayleve’s or access infrastructure like OR – that said given time – well priced high bandwidth services (XGS-PON etc.) will be available, perfect for well priced resiliency or non mission critical applications – potentially, depending on their maturity they have a range of highly available services to support OR Exchange Closure by giving customers stability at key sites being affected during OR’s transformation – choosing the right ones consciously based on the requirement is key

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