Bisterne customers win 10 years’ free broadband after becoming 10,000th Wessex Internet sign-up

A lucky New Forest couple have won 10 years free broadband after becoming the 10,000th to sign up with an internet firm.

Dan Phillips from Bisterne was delighted to hear he had won a decade’s worth of free gigabit broadband as part of the Wessex Inernet’s celebrations.

He said: “As a director of a tech business and with my wife frequently teaching online, we’re delighted to now have an ultrafast connection as it will make a massive difference.

“We’re excited that our installation has made us the company’s 10,000th customer, particularly as Sen, the installation engineer, did such a good job despite having two puppies trying to ‘assist’ him!”

Wessex Inernet is boasting 60% percent customer growth this year as it rolls out its network, and recently passed 30,000 properties ready for its gigabit service.

It concentrates on delivering network to hard-to-reach communities across the New Forest and Dorset, and has four government Project Gigabit contracts worth £71 million to help get full fibre broadband to over 53,000 properties in the next four years.

Hector Gibson Fleming, CEO of Wessex Internet, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome our 10,000th customer to Wessex Internet. We are passionately focused on expanding our services to places where we deliver real social value, and working with our Project Gigabit contracts is enabling us to do that faster than ever.

“We’ve never aimed to be the biggest business in the industry, but we understand our rural niche and 2024 has been an incredible year so far. Having hit this milestone, we’re now just looking forward to the next 10,000!”