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Washington, D.C. to light first link in 100G network

Published on December 6, 2011 By Don

Washington, D.C. will light the first link in a 100G network this week, making it the first municipality in the United States with an active 100 Gigabit network, according to Mayor Vincent Gray. The mayor will announce the link’s activation at a press …

Level 3 lights up Internet2′s fiber network

Published on April 14, 2011 By Don

Internet2 has appointed its long-running partner Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) to help them build its nationwide 8.8 Tbps network, which will support over 200,000 community anchor institutions, including K-12 schools, libraries, community colle…

Allied Fiber Press Release

Published on November 23, 2010 By Don

Allied Fiber to Complete Construction of 1,300 Route-Mile Phase One Component of a Nationwide, Carrier-Neutral, Dark Fiber Network First Phase One Construction Underway of the 11,548 Route-Mile, Five-Phase Plan Ringing the United States NEW YORK, New York (November 23, 2010) – Allied Fiber announces today that the Company has entered into financing arrangements with financial partners, [...]

Maine Begins Construction Of Massive Fiber Network – $32 million and 1,100 miles of dark fiber

Published on October 12, 2010 By Don

Local Bangor, Maine NBC affiliate WLBZ2 notes that Maine has begun construction of their “Three Ring Binder” fiber optic network. Using a combination of $25 million in federal stimulus funding and $7.5 million in private investment, the state is building a 1,100 mile fiber optic network to make it easier to connect rural portions of [...]

Allied Fiber Begins Building National Dark Fiber Ring – 11,548 miles of dark fiber goodness

Published on May 24, 2010 By Don

A company by the name of Allied Fiber today announced they have begun construction on a nationwide “neutral” dark fiber and co-location network. The network, which according to the company’s website will be constructed in five phases, will ultimately cover some 11,548 miles. The company’s aggressive plan targets data centers, rural ISPs, wireless companies and [...]