Britain’s full-fibre alternative

Zen Internet CEO Richard Tang wants to bring Britain’s disparate fibre networks together
Briefing Interview
Zen Internet CEO Richard Tang wants to bring Britain’s disparate fibre networks together
Briefing Interview
Britain’s full-fibre networks have become a patchwork quilt of more than 100 different providers. Zen Internet boss Richard Tang wants to do something about that. As an ISP, striking wholesale deals with different fibre providers is a pain. Different contracts, different pricing, different APIs. So Tang wants Zen to become an “altnet aggregator”, connecting to several different altnets and then allowing channel partners or even rival ISPs access to all those different networks via Zen. One contr...