Overview
- FitzWalter Capital assumed control of G Network about a week earlier and applied to appoint administrators at the London fibre provider.
- Media reports allege rats gnawed through fibre cables, raising concerns about the extent and cost of repairs.
- Community Fibre chief executive Graeme Oxby said the network faced structural issues that would be expensive to resolve.
- Recent rat‑related outages in Doncaster led Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to ask Openreach how it will prevent wider disruptions.
- The case underscores consolidation pressures on UK alternative networks and questions over infrastructure protection.