North-west fibre,properly built.
Symmetric XGS-PON across Cheshire, Lancashire, and parts of North Wales.
FreedomFibre is a North-west focused altnet running modern XGS-PON kit — full symmetric speeds up to roughly 2 Gbps, in towns 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 ~2 Gbps
- XGS-PON
- Static IP / /29 IPv4
- Dual-stack v4 + v6
- 10–20 day install
- Business SLA
Symmetric. Up the line and down it. FreedomFibre top tier.
XGS-PON throughout means upload matches download at every tier. The fastest retail business connection across much of the FreedomFibre footprint.
Four reasons it's the North-west pick.
FreedomFibre built deliberately in the patches Openreach was late to upgrade — and built them properly, with modern PON and symmetric speeds. Where it's live, it's often the fastest business fibre going.
Symmetric XGS-PON
FreedomFibre runs XGS-PON across its footprint — full symmetric speeds, upload matches download. A 1 Gbps service gives 1 Gbps both ways, not the asymmetric 115 Mbps upload you'd get on Openreach FTTP.
Up to ~2 Gbps symmetric
Retail tiers up to roughly 2 Gbps symmetric, with lower tiers (500M, 1G) covering the realistic majority of business workloads. Headroom for video, backups, and hosted services without paying for capacity you can't use.
Regional focus, regional service
FreedomFibre built deliberately in the North-west — towns Openreach was late to upgrade or never reached. The build is dense in the patches it covers, not spread thin across the country.
New build, modern kit
New ducting, new fibre, modern OLTs. No legacy copper to inherit, no contention shaped onto an older platform. Built for the speeds it advertises.
Cheshire, Lancashire,
North Wales — check your postcode.
FreedomFibre's footprint is concentrated in the North-west and parts of North Wales, with the build extending regularly. Coverage is checked live at the address, so we don't publish a town 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 FreedomFibre 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. FreedomFibre's specific advantages, in the North-west towns where the two overlap:
| FreedomFibre | Openreach FTTP | |
|---|---|---|
| Symmetric speeds | Yes — full symmetric to ~2G | No — always asymmetric (fast down, slower up) |
| Max retail speed | Around 2 Gbps symmetric | Up to 1.8 Gbps (asymmetric) |
| Network age | New build, post-2020 | Mixed FTTP overlay on a much older copper network |
| Coverage | North-west focused — Cheshire, Lancashire, parts of N Wales | 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 FreedomFibre in the North-west.
Regional HQs
Office of 20–80 staff in a Cheshire or Lancashire town that finally got proper fibre. Symmetric 1G handles hybrid working, video calls, cloud backups without breaking sweat.
Industrial / manufacturing
Factory or warehouse with a small office on top. Sites Openreach was slow to upgrade. FreedomFibre's build often reaches industrial estates the altnets in city centres skipped.
Production / media in the North-west
Studio, post-prod, photographer pushing daily uploads to cloud platforms. Openreach's 115 Mbps upload chokes; FreedomFibre symmetric doesn'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.
North-west fibre, properly built.
Run a postcode check — we'll confirm FreedomFibre availability, quote the right tier, and schedule install. If you're not in the footprint, we'll quote the best alternative.