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Next Generation Networks: November 23, 2010 eNewsletter
November 23, 2010

Allied Fiber to Complete Construction of Phase One of Dark Fiber Network

By Stefanie Mosca, TMCnet Web Editor




Allied Fiber has announced that it has made financing arrangements with financial partners, including affiliates of Falcon Investment Advisors, LLC and ABRY Partners, LLC, to complete funding for phase one of its new, network-neutral, high-count dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower integrated system. 

The production of the first phase which will link New York City with Chicago and Ashburn, VA is already underway and is expected to be done by May 2011.

This initiative comes with the demand for increasing national broadband requirements by providing much needed access to new dark fiber, colocation facilities and fiber-fed wireless towers throughout the United States..

"We created this system to address the numerous backhaul and capacity issues that exist in the industry today,” states Hunter Newby (News - Alert), CEO of Allied Fiber. "We appreciate all of the insight and support we have received from the industry and look forward to delivering our network-neutral, dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower access services to all that need it.”

According to the release, Allied Fiber (News - Alert) has implemented a new, multi-duct design for intermediate access to the long-haul fiber duct through a parallel short-haul fiber duct all along the route. This enables all points between the major cities, including data centers, wireless towers and rural networks, to gain access to the dark fiber. The Allied Fiber neutral colocation facilities, located approximately every 60 miles along the route, also accommodate and encourage a multi-tenant interconnection environment integrated with fiber that does not yet exist in the United States on this scale.

“In what has been a very challenging financing market, we have been able to prove the merits of the Allied Fiber system,” Newby continued. “In response to the proven demand from our customers and the industry, we will be able to complete the phase one build and deliver the physical, long-haul and short-haul dark fiber, colocation and interconnection capabilities that are so critical for the next generation of network requirements in our country.”

Based on the high need for the network, the first phase of the system will now provide a combined 744 dark fibers, nineteen 1000+ sq ft colocation facilities.  These facilities will provide access for a number of data centers and hundreds of tower sites, all incorporated into one system creating a new standard for physical layer interconnection.

Direct connections to the submarine cable systems will link the Atlantic, Caribbean, Latin American and Pacific cables. Building new, shorter paths and fiber routes combined with modern fiber will allow lower latencies as well as higher capacities to be achieved between these points. By having a high-fiber count and being network-neutral, Allied Fiber is able to offer dark fiber and colocation at lower unit costs.

“All our duct and colocation construction projects are progressing quickly and we will be ready to start the fiber manufacturing and jetting process within several weeks.  We are also working with our customers to finalize their fiber requirements, enabling them to take advantage of pre-construction pricing now available” continues Jason Cohen (News - Alert), Allied Fiber president & COO.


Stefanie Mosca is a Web editor for TMCnet. Previously she worked as a freelance copy editor for Digital Surgeons LLC. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University and a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of New Haven. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Stefanie Mosca

(source: http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/120051-allied-fiber-complete-construction-phase-one-dark-fiber.htm)








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