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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
Organization type
ISP
(2000-01-01 – 2014-10-01)
Network Operator
(2000-01-01 – 2014-10-01)
Retail-only ISP?
No
(2000-01-01 – 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
(2000-01-01 – 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
(2000-01-01 – 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).