Hundreds of telegraph poles needed for fibre broadband, says regulator

Manx Telecom will need another 273 telegraph poles to complete its fibre broadband network, according to the Island's regulator.

The Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority faced a Freedom of Information request about the number of telegraph poles put up in the last two years.

It said it didn't have those figures, but its figures show Manx Telecom has a total of 2,489 poles, for copper and fibre networks around the Island.

And it added although the company required hundreds more to complete the fibre rollout, it would need planning permission for them first.