PlatformX Communications (PXC) has announced the launch of Trooli Residential FTTP, giving its residential partners access to more than 477,000 homes across Trooli’s predominantly rural and semi-rural footprint.
The move expands PXC’s altnet portfolio and provides ISPs with full-fibre options in regions that national providers have often overlooked.
Rural and semi-rural communities can face particularly patchy service, with some streets left waiting while nearby areas are upgraded.
For smaller or mid-sized ISPs, this creates a dilemma: stick with the incumbent and risk customer complaints about speeds and reliability, or limit growth to areas where alternative networks (altnets) already operate.
Trooli’s network, built using XGS-PON technology, is designed to deliver true symmetrical performance without the same level of shared contention seen on heavily loaded segments.
Trooli has carved out a niche by focusing on towns and larger villages rather than chasing blanket national coverage. Its fibre network spans eleven counties across Southwest England, Southeast England, East Anglia, and three counties in Scotland (including parts of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and Fife).
This includes areas in Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and beyond, places where many larger ISPs have been slower to push full-fibre upgrades or where the commercial case has been less attractive.
By partnering through PXC, smaller ISPs can now reach these communities without the heavy lifting of building their own infrastructure or dealing with fragmented altnet integrations.
The partnership allows access via a single integration into PXC’s platform, with consistent ordering, billing, assurance, and change-management processes. Standard installations are targeted at just 5 days, helping partners respond quickly to customer demand.
At launch, Trooli Residential FTTP offers symmetrical speeds up to 1 Gbps. Partners can choose between:
- Wholesale Layer 3 broadband (with dynamic or static IP options)
- Wholesale Layer 2 broadband
Both are accessible through PXC’s scale broadband APIs, making it straightforward for ISPs to add the product to their portfolios.
This means that end customers in these rural and semi-rural pockets can finally receive reliable, high-performance full-fibre connectivity built for modern needs – streaming, working from home, gaming, and multiple devices – without the variability that copper-based or congested fibre lines can introduce.
“We’re delighted to partner with Trooli, whose strong presence in rural and semi-rural areas means we’ll be able to deliver even more full-fibre choice for our partners, in more communities,” said Jenny Harrison, Chief Commercial Officer at PXC.
“A lot of work has gone into our integration to ensure that we’re simplifying access to the best connectivity in regions that were previously underserved, helping to close the digital divide.”
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