Broadband ISP Exascale Nears Completion of 288-Core Fibre Spine in Telford
Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which have already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area (Shropshire), has today revealed that they’ve almost completed the build of a new high-capacity 288-core fibre spine cable across Telford.
The project, which is expected to be completed “within the coming week” and forms part of the provider’s strategy to expand their independently owned telecommunications infrastructure – across Shropshire and the wider West Midlands, should provide substantial additional capacity and resilience across their network for customers.
The new fibre route originates in the business-dense Hortonwood area, before traversing Trench Lock, Wellington, Ketley, Lawley, Horsehay and Madeley – ultimately terminating at Halesfield.
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Thomas Bibb, CEO of Exascale, said:
“This investment further reinforces our commitment to building high-quality digital infrastructure for the communities and businesses we serve. By increasing both network capacity and resilience, we are ensuring that our platform is ready to support future demand while continuing to deliver the high-performance connectivity our customers expect.”
The entire project has been funded directly by Exascale without reliance on public subsidies, government grants or taxpayer funding.
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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Telford is coming along since I was last there! When did they put up those skyscrapers?
Will this lead to future service rollout in the Telford area? So far the companies footprint is very focused and small, so will be interesting to see if this sparks a wider rollout of services.