London fibre,borough by borough.
Symmetric XGS-PON across London — up to 3 Gbps, competitive tariffs.
Community Fibre is a London-focused altnet running modern XGS-PON kit — full symmetric speeds up to 3 Gbps, in boroughs Openreach was late to upgrade. We deliver it as business broadband with one SLA, one bill, and our team on the phone when something needs fixing. Need a dedicated single-tenant circuit with a 99.99% SLA? See leased lines.
- Symmetric up to 3 Gbps
- XGS-PON
- Static IP / /29 IPv4
- Dual-stack v4 + v6
- 10–20 day install
- Business SLA
Symmetric. Up the line and down it. Community Fibre top tier.
XGS-PON throughout means upload matches download at every tier. Among the fastest retail business connections available inside the M25.
Four reasons it's the London pick.
Community Fibre built deliberately inside the M25 — and built it properly, with modern PON, symmetric speeds, and competitive tariffs. Where it's live, it's usually the sharpest option going.
Symmetric XGS-PON
Community Fibre is pure XGS-PON — full symmetric speeds. A 1 Gbps service gives you 1 Gbps both ways, not the 115 Mbps upload ceiling you'd hit on Openreach FTTP.
Up to 3 Gbps symmetric
Top retail tier is 3 Gbps symmetric, with 1G and 2G tiers covering the realistic majority of London office workloads. Plenty of headroom for video calls, backups, and hosted services.
Built for London
Community Fibre concentrated their build inside the M25 — dense, borough-by-borough, in patches the older Openreach network was slow to upgrade. Coverage is deep where it's deep.
Competitive on price
London-focused scale means competitive wholesale pricing. The retail business tariffs often undercut Openreach FTTP at the same speed, with symmetric upload thrown in.
Inside the M25 —
check your postcode.
Community Fibre's footprint covers a long list of London boroughs, with the build extending continuously. Coverage is checked live at the address, so we don't publish a borough list that would go stale — drop in a postcode and we'll tell you straight away whether your site is in stock, in build, or out of footprint.
Not in the Community Fibre footprint? We'll quote the best alternative — Openreach FTTP, another altnet partner, or a leased line.
Side-by-side, honest comparison.
Openreach FTTP is fine — it's available almost everywhere and the kit is solid. Community Fibre's specific advantages, in the London boroughs where the two overlap:
| Community Fibre | Openreach FTTP | |
|---|---|---|
| Symmetric speeds | Yes — full symmetric to 3G | No — always asymmetric (fast down, slower up) |
| Max retail speed | Up to 3 Gbps symmetric | Up to 1.8 Gbps (asymmetric) |
| Network age | New build, post-2018 | Mixed FTTP overlay on a much older copper network |
| Coverage | London — borough-by-borough density | Universal (28M FTTC, 14M FTTP) |
| Static IP | Available, /29 on higher tiers | Available, varies by reseller |
| Install lead time | 10–20 working days | 10–25 working days FTTP |
| Network operator | Independent altnet | BT-owned wholesale |
Who actually picks Community Fibre in London.
London office HQs
Office of 20–80 staff in a borough where Community Fibre got there first. Symmetric 1G or 2G handles hybrid working, video calls, and cloud backups without breaking sweat — usually for less than the Openreach equivalent.
Co-working + flexible space
Multi-tenant offices and member clubs where dozens of users hammer the upload all day. Symmetric XGS-PON keeps the busy hour smooth where asymmetric kit chokes.
Creative studios
Post-prod, design, photography teams pushing daily uploads to cloud platforms. Openreach's 115 Mbps upload ceiling is the bottleneck; Community Fibre symmetric isn't.
Working days to install — stock-area postcodes.
In-build sites take a few extra weeks for the engineering team to land the service. We quote realistic dates at order, never marketing ones.
Real questions, honest answers.
London fibre, borough by borough.
Run a postcode check — we'll confirm Community Fibre availability, quote the right tier, and schedule install. If you're not in the footprint, we'll quote the best alternative.