The decision by alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) to significantly scale-back their roll-out of full fibre (FTTP) broadband across the UK, which was recently followed by another round of redundancies (here), needs to be tempered against the fact that their retail ISP – YouFibre – are now busy hiring lots of new staff. But it’s worth noting that Netomnia are currently in the process of being acquired by InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica for £2bn ( The Substantial Group is backed byof equity and debt from investors Advencap, DigitalBridge, and Soho Square Capital etc.