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About
Historically both ISP and Network Operator – operated network infrastructure (fibre-optic backbone, data centres, fibre to premises in rural/underserved areas) and also offered consumer/business broadband services as an ISP; built one of the UK's fibre-based networks since the 2000s, offering high-bandwidth connectivity to enterprises and rural communities, in 2011 rolled out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband in rural communities (e.g. village of Broughton in Cambridgeshire) with up to 1 Gbps service, at time of acquisition network reportedly connected 55 data-centres and 48 major towns/cities across the UK, in 2014 was acquired by Interoute Communications (its network, data-centre assets and fibre backbone), after which Vtesse as an independent brand disappeared and its infrastructure became part of Interoute's infrastructure (Source)(Source)(Source)(Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
(2014-10-01)
Vtesse Broadband was not retail-only; it owned and operated its own network, covering backbone and FTTH, making it more than a reseller (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
(2014-10-01)
Vtesse Broadband was not wholesale-only; it offered retail broadband services to rural homes in addition to backbone/WAN services to enterprises (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
(2014-10-01)
Vtesse Broadband was not business-only; while a significant portion of its business was enterprise/wholesale WAN/data-centre connectivity, it also provided consumer broadband in rural villages – i.e. residential service (Source).