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To: JerryR who wrote (2888)2/5/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: JRH  Respond to of 6846
 
what is dark fiber

Dark fiber is the opposite of "lit fiber", if I am correct. That means that the physical fiber has been put in the ground and is all ready to be used, but in order to use it, the company purchasing the fiber has to put their own network infrastructure (i.e. switches, etc., I believe) in place and connect it to the fiber. Companies purchase the dark fiber because it is usually quite expensive to dig ditches and put fiber in the ground.

Justin



To: JerryR who wrote (2888)2/5/1999 1:03:00 PM
From: mfgrep  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6846
 
Dark fiber is fiber optic cable that has not yet been "lit".

It is basically like reserving the bandwidth that we laid. QWST is laying 2 conduits through which cable is laid. One entire conduit will be dark fiber for sale (already sold) and the other is entirely for QWST.

I hope this helps.

Jason


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