TORONTO and BUFFALO – Crosslake Fibre Inc. has announced plans to build a submarine fibre-optic cable system across Lake Ontario to directly connect Toronto with the United States.
With a targeted ready-for-service date of September 2018, the Crosslake Fibre cable will have a high fibre count and be physically diverse from other routes between Toronto and Buffalo, reads the news release. The shorter length will also enable lower latency connectivity between Toronto and other markets in the U.S. in addition to Buffalo.
“We are excited to announce this project publicly as it’s a very unique build,” said Crosslake Fibre CEO Mike Cunningham, in the release. “The cable system will help fuel the massive and growing demands for wholesale bandwidth and cloud connectivity in the Greater Toronto Area and the Buffalo Niagara Region.”
Crosslake will own and operate the system as an independent operator, and offer dark fibre and managed services to enterprise and carrier customers and ultra-low latency services to financial networks.
“Over the last seven months, we have made tremendous progress on the key aspects of the project, including permitting, sales, and financing,” added Cunningham. “Our approach of partnering with industry-leading firms has positioned Crosslake to execute this project as planned.”
