Metro Ethernet provider Optimum (News - Alert) Lightpath has now connected more than 5,000 buildings to its 100 percent fiber network, spanning more than 4,700 fiber route miles.

With this expansion, the network continues to be one of the densest fiber-based Ethernet networks in the United States.

“From the beginning, Optimum Lightpath (News - Alert) has focused on providing a highly reliable, flexible, 100 percent fiber network that could deliver the services that meet the current and future needs of our diverse customer base,” said Dave Pistacchio (News - Alert), president, Optimum Lightpath, in a statement.

"With 5,000 connected buildings, our focus remains the same. We are committed to delivering the Ethernet-based services, products, pricing and performance that help our customers advance," Pistacchio added.

Optimum Lightpath’s expanding network and evolving product set is tailored to support a broad range of usage demands in businesses, schools, medical centers and government. The company offers Interactive Patient Care for the healthcare sector, an Education Services Suite for schools, 40 Gigabit and Low Latency Optical Transport Service for the financial services sector, and Internet Voice Bundle and Next-Generation Hosted Voice for mid-market and large businesses.

 “With one of the largest contiguous metro fiber footprints in the United States, Optimum Lightpath is able to offer dense coverage throughout the greater New York City metro,” said Brian Washburn, research director of Network Services, Current Analysis (News - Alert), in a statement. “Optimum Lightpath provides simple and consistent pricing and develops products and services that appeal to customers that operate within its region.”

These services are delivered over the company’s 100 percent fiber network and based on flat rate pricing to make purchasing and budgeting easy, according to company officials. The company plans to leverage the network to serve customers in new ways, help them overcome challenges and pursue new opportunities, according to company officials.

In another recent such development, FiberLight (News - Alert), a provider of mission-critical, high performance fiber optic networks, announced it is helping North Georgia Networks (NGN) to connect North Georgia to Atlanta along 108 miles of FiberLight’s privately owned high speed, fiber optic backbone.