Dark Fiber - No it isn’t the Dark Side of the Force
by admin on Mar.30, 2007, under Datacenter, Networking
We have started to look into purchasing long haul Dark Fiber in an ever developing effect to get lower cost high bandwidth.
Definition of Dark Fiber (by Wikipedia)
“In fibre-optic communications, dark fibre or unlit fibre (or fiber) is the name given to individual fibers that have yet to be used within cables that have been already laid. They are hence not yet connected to any device, and are only there for future usage.
The term was originally used when talking about the potential network capacity of telecommunication infrastructure, but now also refers to increasingly common practice of leasing fiber optic cables from a network service provider.”
I have been putting out feelers to different companies about leasing some dark fiber and I will update when I find out more.
Good backround info here
