Eastlink using UFD’s long-haul fibre network in the U.S.

YORK, PA — United Fiber and Data (UFD), a fibre-optic network provider in the northeastern United States, announced today Canadian telecom carrier Eastlink and an unnamed global data centre provider are now using UFD’s fibre backbone in the U.S. Eastlink and the other data centre company “are now leveraging UFD’s wholly owned dark fiber assets and regen/ILA sites on its diverse long-haul fiber backbone that spans more than 400 miles and sits outside the Mid-Atlantic I-95 corridor,” reads a UFD press release. UFD’s regen/ILA sites “are strategically placed along UFD’s unique fiber optic network designed to avoid congestion and single...