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Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that MS3 have become the latest alternative network to sign a wholesale partnership deal. The move means that Zen’s customers will soon be able to order packages via the new FTTP network and no doubt the altnet will also join their Fibre Hub (network aggregation platform for use by other ISPs).
The Fibre Hub already offered access to a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband footprint of over 20 million premises via infrastructure providers Openreach, CityFibre, ITS Technology, Freedom Fibre and Trooli. But today’s agreement will further expand its reach for Zen’s partners and also provide greater access to their own retail base.
Hull-based alternative UK network operator MS3 has so far deployed their full fibre broadband network across 234,000 premises (207k RFS) in the North of England – mostly around the Hull (East Yorkshire) and Lincolnshire regions – and recently announced connecting their 20,000th customer to the network, which is offered via several partner ISPs; now including Zen Internet.
Zen Internet hasn’t yet revealed any details of the broadband packages or prices they’ll be offering to customers on the new network, which won’t be known until they go live during early 2026. Zen’s implementation of new altnets often occurs gradually and in phases, rather than all at once, so after they go live it may still take a bit longer for everything to be fully integrated.
Credits to Thinkbroadband for spotting this development. In addition, Zen Internet said they expected to sign another alternative network to their platform in November 2025.