CityFibre Infrastructure In Barton

I am sure you are aware of the road works in Barton that have been going on for the last few months. The Granemore Group are installing ducting on behalf of CityFibre. CityFibre are the infrastructure builders working on a Government contract called Project Gigabit. Feedback from Cityfibre below:

“Project Gigabit is the UK government’s rollout of lightning-fast, reliable broadband across the UK, particularly to rural areas.  In the contract they specify properties that they will subsidise us to connect.  There are many properties in Barton that are subsidised and we must connect as part of the contract.  In addition, CityFibre is an open network.  This will provide residents and businesses with choice of service providers and better pricing. With regard to the connection question, CityFibre is the Infrastructure Builder.  We do not actually provide internet services.  Other companies use our fibre to provide internet services.  These companies are known as Internet Service Providers (ISPs).  There are over 20 available in the Cambridge area.  The largest of these are Vodafone, TalkTalk, Zen and, from the middle of 2025, Sky. 

BT are not available on CityFibre.  This is because, despite being split from Openreach, they are both part of the BT group and BT only use the Openreach network.  The same is true of PlusNet, which is a brand name of BT.   So, if a resident is with BT and they want full fibre through the CityFibre network they will have to switch supplier.  This is easy to do and likely to result in a lower price.  The best thing to do is to register their address on the CityFibre website and we will let them know when services are live and the suppliers available.  The Full Fibre Broadband Network | CityFibre. ”

The above statement is from CityFibre and NOT from Barton Parish Council. We have no idea if prices are likely to be lower OR if switching will be easy.

It is unfortunate, to say the least, that CityFibre did not engage with the Parish Council before work was started in the village. If they had done so, we would have suggested better sites for cabinets and encourage them not to dig up recently resurfaced roads. We still do not understand why existing conduit has not been used or why the large cabinet has been positioned on the verge in front of the car park at the recreation ground.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Parish Council.