Windstream Wholesale details T-Rock Express extension, other new fiber route efforts
Windstream Wholesale has announced plans to extend its upcoming link between Tulsa and LittleRock – the T-Rock Express – to Memphis. The company also detailed the status of other new fiber route construction.
The fiber-optic network services provider says the extension of the 432-fiber T-Rock Express will not affect the August ready for service date for the original route. The Memphis extension should be ready for customer traffic sometime during the second half of next year.
Meanwhile, the company provided updates on a pair of high-count dark fiber deployments:
- The 432-count fiber run from New York City to Montreal (CanAm2) also is expected to be ready for service by the second half of 2023.
- The “Beach Route” – an 864-count fiber route from Raleigh, NC, to cable landing stations in Myrtle Beach, SC, and Jacksonville, FL – should be ready for service by the first half of 2024.
Elsewhere, Windstream Wholesale says it has begun dark fiber sales on its new Hillsboro, OR, fiber ring. On offer are dark fiber “extensions” between EdgeConneX, Flexential, Stack, DRT, and QTS data centers in Hillsboro and other data centers in Portland.
Overall, these new networks will add approximately 1,600 miles of fiber to Windstream’s footprint.
“As we continue to lead the way in ultra-fast optical transmission, Windstream Wholesale is excited about these three major construction projects that will further our commitment to providing customers with high-capacity, diversity and redundancy,” said Joe Scattareggia, executive vice president of wholesale sales at Windstream. “The rapidly escalating demand for cloud services is only going to continue to grow, and Windstream Wholesale is positioned to provide both lit services and dark fiber to meet our customers’ needs for years to come.”
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