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About
ISP and Network Operator – builds and operates its own broadband infrastructure (fibre and formerly wireless) and sells directly to consumers and businesses; founded in 2010 originally to bring broadband (via a wireless link) to a rural farm in Dorset, expanded from wireless to full-fibre with full-fibre roll-out beginning in 2014 across rural estates and countryside in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, etc., secured multiple government-supported contracts under Project Gigabit in 2022-2024 to expand FTTP to underserved rural areas, network now passes ~50,000 premises as of October 2025, has won several Project Gigabit lots (e.g. North Dorset, Dorset & South Somerset, South Wiltshire, New Forest), offers both retail services to end-users and wholesale fibre-transport/Ethernet connectivity to other retail ISPs, has gained recognition for rural broadband work including Rural Enterprise awards and industry awards (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Organization type
ISP
(2010-01-01)
Network Operator
(2010-01-01)
Retail-only ISP?
No
(2010-01-01)
Wessex Internet is not retail-only; it builds and maintains its own network infrastructure, making it both a network operator and ISP (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
(2010-01-01)
Wessex Internet is not wholesale-only; it sells directly to end-users (residential and business customers), though it also offers wholesale fibre-transport/Ethernet connectivity to other retail ISPs (Source), (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
(2010-01-01)
Wessex Internet is not business-only; it serves both rural homes (residential) and businesses in the countryside and rural communities (Source).