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Introducing Exa Gigabit
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Ultrafast Internet made more accessible than ever

Since 2016, we've been providing businesses and schools with DarkLight, the most advanced Internet connectivity option available on the market. However, with Darklight being based around a unique dark fibre connection, we're only able to offer the service in certain DarkLight Cities.

As such, we've been working on creating a truly accessible option for ultrafast connectivity - our Gigabit services. Designed to deliver fantastic speed, reliability and flexible options, our Gigabit services are available in a huge range of Gigabit Cities across the UK, making ultrafast performance far more accessible than ever before for both businesses and schools.

We offer two different kinds of Gigabit service, designed to accommodate for different requirements and preferences. On this page, we've put together some quick information about our Gigabit options - get in touch at 0345 145 1234 or through the contact form below to find out more!

Gigabit Services from Exa Networks

Uncontended Gigabit Pure

We've designed Gigabit Pure to deliver completely symmetrical gigabit (that's 1000 Mbps) connectivity for schools and businesses across the country. As an a completely uncontended service, Gigabit Pure ensures that you always receive gigabit-level performance, even at peak times, with dedicated bandwidth provided exclusively to you.


Provided directly from the local POP (Point of Presence), Gigabit Pure is connected directly to your premises, simplifying the process of bringing in ultrafast connectivity. With uploads running just as fast as downloads, you'll receive a service designed from the ground up to support modern schools and businesses, supporting video streaming, Cloud backup and many more services.


A look at how Gigabit Pure connects your organisation to the Internet.

Advanced Gigabit Essential

Built as a more accessible option for ultrafast connectivity, Gigabit Essential delivers excellent performance at an impressively low price point. Provided via a GPON network, Gigabit Essential is a contended service, though our low contention ratios (and the fact that we only service schools and businesses, rather than residential customers) ensure that you always get fantastic performance through your connection.


We offer two different Gigabit Essential package, providing either 500 Mbps or 1 Gbps service depending on your requirements. Whichever of our options you choose, you'll receive symmetrical connectivity, with uploads running just as fast as downloads, and completely reliable peformance.


A basic network map for Gigabit Essential, showing how the GPON splitter functions.

Gigabit Speed Comparison

Wondering how the ultrafast Internet speeds provided by our Gigabit services can benefit your organisation? Click below to see how our different gigabit options handle differently-sized files - keep in mind that these speeds are approximate, with various factors affecting speeds, including a small contention ration on our Gigabit Essential service.

Approximate time to transfer 100 high quality photos (400 MB)

Gigabit Pure/ Essential - 1 Gbps

~3.4 seconds

Gigabit Essential - 500 Mbps

~7 seconds

Average UK downloads (2016) - 28.9 Mbps

~1 minute, 56 seconds

Average UK uploads (2016) - 3.7 Mbps

~14 minutes

Approximate time to transfer an HD film (4 GB)

Gigabit Pure/ Essential - 1 Gbps

~34 seconds

Gigabit Essential - 500 Mbps

~1 minute, 7 seconds

Average UK downloads (2016) - 28.9 Mbps

~19 minutes, 45 seconds

Average UK uploads (2016) - 3.7 Mbps

~2 hours, 23 minutes and 10 seconds

Approximate time to transfer a full Blu-Ray disc (50 GB)

Gigabit Pure/ Essential - 1 Gbps

~7 minutes, 9 seconds

Gigabit Essential - 500 Mbps

~14 minutes, 20 seconds

Average UK downloads (2016) - 28.9 Mbps

~4 hours, 6 minutes and 50 seconds

Average UK uploads (2016) - 3.7 Mbps

~1 day, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 34 seconds

Approximate time to transfer an terabyte (1000 GB)

We've speeded up this comparison to 10 times the actual speed. However, the time estimates you'll see pop in are still accurate, with our Gigabit services vastly speeding up the time it takes to transfer extremely large files.

Gigabit Pure/ Essential - 1 Gbps

~2 hours, 23 minutes

Gigabit Essential - 500 Mbps

~4 hours, 46 minutes

Average UK downloads (2016) - 28.9 Mbps

~3 days, 12 hours and 15 minutes

Average UK uploads (2016) - 3.7 Mbps

~25 days, 10 hours and 50 minutes

How can Gigabit services from Exa help you?

Ultrafast Internet connectivity makes a major difference for both businesses and schools. Firstly, ultrafast options help organisations run faster on a day-to-day basis, significantly improve reliability, and make it far easier for users to effectively use new technology, including Cloud services, large-scale data handling and far more.

With our advanced Gigabit services, schools and businesses can also often cut the cost of their Internet connection, while receiving a signficantly better level of service across the board. Right now, SMEs in the regions our Gigabit services cover can signficantly benefit from the Gigabit Connectivity Voucher scheme, which cuts thousands off the cost of installing ultrafast connectivity - don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Get in touch with Exa Networks today!

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