More than 11,000 homes and businesses in Braintree can now access Virgin Media’s gigabit broadband services for the first time.
Guildford has become the 23rd town to gain access to YouFibre’s gigabit services as the altnet connects its first customer in the area.
The customer received a bottle of champagne and a year’s free broadband.
The altnet recently celebrated connecting its 10,000th connection, just four months after its 5,000th.
MD Ryan Battle said: “Connecting our first customer to the YouFibre network in Guildford is a testament to the hard work of the entire team.”