Business ISP Exascale Launches UK Consumer Broadband Brand
Communications provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in part of Telford and Wrekin, has quietly launched a more consumer focused broadband brand that will sell packages via several fibre networks.
The change means that Exascale’s main website has recently switched its focus to sell residential broadband packages, while business and wholesale connections have been separated into their own section. Previously there wasn’t much distinction and the ISP largely adopted more of an overall focus on business connectivity, despite selling some consumer-grade broadband packages.
At present the consumer pricing on their website still only reflects their own-built full fibre (on-net) network. This is priced from £25.99 per month on a 24-month term for symmetric speeds of 50Mbps (inc. free installation, WiFi 6 mesh router and unlimited usage), which rises to £48.99 per month for their top 1000Mbps package. But as above, the coverage of their on-net fibre is very limited.
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The good news is that Exascale’s consumer broadband service will shortly be expanded to include packages on several additional full fibre networks, including Openreach, CityFibre (following a recent agreement) and Gigaclear. The online order journey and pricing (yet to be finalised) for these should go live sometime during January 2026, but Exascale hasn’t yet confirmed an exact date to ISPreview.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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That is far too expensive for such a poor speed.
Not bad pricing for full fibre 900/900 @ £48.99 a month (24 months contract) but sadly it not available almost everywhere in Telford. Only in Trench and Hortonwood area (more likely businesses only and few homes)
Happy New Year to everyones on ISPreview. Roll on to this Friday for my full fibre activated from Openreach.
Is this the FTTPoD service you ordered from Cerberus a few years ago? Glad to hear the build is almost complete.
“£25.99 per month on a 24-month term for symmetric speeds of 50Mbps” or 500?
Not a typo, that is for 50Mbps. The 500Mbps tier is £38.99.
£50 a month for 1 GB symmetrical?
I can get 2.3 gigabit for that
When our off-net offering is launched pricing will be adjusted accordingly, however we’re not attempting to be the cheapest nor the most expensive expensive. We aim for our business to be sustainable and profitable to ensure we can continue to invest in our offering and teams.
Sadly Telford & Wrekin is being left behind in the Altnet space, Virgin Media Hybrid-Coax and Openreach is our only option and comparatively our prices are ridiculous because of the stranglehold they have over the town.
Would be interesting to see how many large towns have such limited choice.
Our network is expanding throughout Telford with a focus upon businesses however we continue to work with BDUK to help fill gaps in coverage when opportunities arise.