Netomnia

What is the Netomnia network?

The Netomnia network is a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network built from scratch in towns and cities across the UK. Netomnia lays the fibre and sells access to it wholesale. Internet providers then sell broadband to homes and businesses over the top. The most familiar of those providers is YouFibre, which sits in the same group as Netomnia.

By Netomnia’s own figures, it has built in over 100 towns and cities and laid more than 35,000km of fibre. As of December 2025 it said around 3 million premises could get a connection and 445,000 were connected. It calls itself the UK’s second largest full fibre altnet. “Altnet” just means an alternative network: one that is not Openreach or Virgin Media.

Does YouFibre use Openreach?

Not in the usual way. YouFibre’s broadband runs over the Netomnia network, its sister company’s own fibre, rather than over Openreach lines like many of the household-name providers. YouFibre has also gone live on CityFibre’s full fibre network in Middlesbrough, so some of its customers sit on a third network.

That matters for two reasons. First, YouFibre can only sell you a package where one of the networks it uses has actually built. If your street only has Openreach lines, YouFibre may not be available to you at all. Second, because the network is separate, getting YouFibre means a new fibre connection to your home rather than a change of provider on your existing line. Openreach is a different company running its own national network, and both can run past the same house.

If you are not sure which networks reach your address, a postcode search settles it. The checker at the top of this page shows the providers available where you live.

Who owns YouFibre, and where does Brsk fit in?

YouFibre is the retail broadband brand in the Netomnia group. In June 2024, Netomnia and Brsk, another full fibre builder, announced a merger that the group says created the UK’s second largest altnet. The group has since announced that Brsk is becoming YouFibre, with Brsk customers moving to the YouFibre brand in phases. YouFibre says Brsk customers keep the same contract, plan and price through that move.

Which providers use the Netomnia network?

Netomnia runs a wholesale network, so YouFibre is not the only name on it. Netomnia lists partner providers including IDNet, Exa Networks, Giant, Flexgrid, Talk Straight, Fibrenova, IP River, Triangle Networks and VeloxServ. Several of those mainly serve businesses, so for a typical household YouFibre is usually the main option. Partner lists change, so check Netomnia’s own site for the current line-up.

How fast is Netomnia broadband?

Netomnia builds with XGS-PON, which it describes as 10Gbps native fibre. In plain terms, the fibre has far more capacity than most homes will use. What you actually get depends on the package you buy.

At the time of writing, YouFibre lists four home plans, each quoted as an average upload and download speed on a wired connection:

• You 200: 200Mbps
• You 1000: 900Mbps
• You 2000: 1800Mbps
• You 8000: 7000Mbps

Uploads match downloads on those plans, which helps if you send large files, back up photos or spend your working day on video calls. YouFibre also says its plans have no in-contract price rises, free installation and a router included, on rolling monthly or 24 month terms. Plans and offers change, so read the details on the day you sign up.

Netomnia vs Openreach: what is actually different?

• Choice of provider: lots of providers sell broadband over Openreach. On Netomnia’s fibre the choice for homes is narrower, and usually means YouFibre.
• Coverage: Openreach describes itself as running the UK’s digital network and reaches far more homes overall. Netomnia is concentrated in the towns and cities where it has built.
• Installation: moving to Netomnia means a new fibre line into your home, not a switch on the line you already have.
• Upload speeds: check the upload figure as well as the download on any package, on any network. They are not always the same.

Neither network is automatically better for everyone. The right one is whichever gives you the speed you need, at a total price you are comfortable with, from a provider that picks up the phone.

How do I check if the Netomnia network reaches my home?

Enter your postcode at the top of this page to compare the broadband available at your address. Netomnia and YouFibre both run their own postcode checkers too. If you are not covered yet, building is ongoing, so it is worth checking again in a few months rather than assuming the answer is still no.

What should I compare before switching?

Speed makes the headline, but the bill is what you live with. Before you switch to any provider, on any network, check:

• The total cost over the whole contract, including any set-up fee, not just the first month.
• Whether the contract has price rises built in, and how much they are. Since January 2025, Ofcom rules mean any price rises in a new contract must be shown in pounds and pence before you sign up.
• The upload speed as well as the download speed.
• How long the contract runs, and what happens to the price when it ends.
• Whether a router is included, and whether you need a landline at all.

Switching is less of a chore than it used to be. Under Ofcom’s One Touch Switch process, your new broadband provider arranges the move for you. Doing nothing, meanwhile, tends to cost money: Ofcom points out that providers often put the monthly price up when a contract ends.