Hull becomes a Gigabit city through CityFibre initiative

Hull businesses will have a choice of digital infrastructure as CityFibre opens up a next-generation pure fibre network in the city. The network, which spans 62km, will provide local businesses with some of the fastest download and upload speeds in the world. Hull joins CityFibre’s growing ranks of Gigabit Cities as it executes its strategy to bring fibre infrastructure competition nationwide.

The Hull Gigabit City project is being delivered in partnership with Pure Broadband, an established telecoms provider in the city. The company has launched a separate division called Pure Speed to offer affordable, ultra-fast internet services to businesses in Hull and the surrounding area.

The city-wide pure fibre network will be a vital improvement after Hull’s broadband speeds were stated as some of the slowest in the UK by Ofcom’s Connected Nations 2015 report. The network will future-proof the city as desire for greater bandwidth continues to grow exponentially over the coming decades.

CityFibre has already installed fibre connections to mobile masts throughout Hull, upgrading the majority of the city’s mobile traffic to 4G, following a national framework agreement with mobile network operators EE and Three UK. This project led to an increase in mobile internet use on Three’s network in the city by 380%.

Pure Speed’s services will be launched at an event hosted alongside CityFibre on 29 September, where local business representatives will hear more about how the Gigabit City project can benefit them and revolutionise the way they operate.