Dark Fiber WAN

Connect Multiple Locations with Ease

Dark fiber is essentially an optical fiber infrastructure that is in place but not actively being used, hence the “dark” label. Optical fiber cables convey information through the use of light pulses running through them. Dark fiber has a much lower total cost of ownership and operation as well as many other promising features that make it appealing for many businesses.

Dark fiber WAN is the solution to any of your business needs that require you to send large amounts of data and information to other places. It is a secure way to communicate information as well as a reliable medium of exchange that will never falter, keeping your business up and running all the time. One of the greatest benefits to this service is the ability for you to connect multiple locations with such great ease. This way, your various locations can communicate and share information with each other.

How does it work?

Essentially, dark fiber cables utilize light pulses in order to communicate information; however, the reason that it is called “dark” fiber is for the simple fact that it is not actually in use – the light pulses are not being sent across the fiber. This specific service is provided by many local exchange carriers for the purpose of maintaining optical fiber transmissions. Dark fiber providers essentially provide the non active fiber and it then becomes your responsibility to provide the light impulses for the fiber when you feel appropriate.

What’s in it for you?

Flexibility and freedom. Dark fiber technology enables your business to deploy the selected connection of your choice over a point-to-point connection. You can send video, data, voice or all of them at the same time over the connection and the bandwidth is always in your control.

Reliability and efficiency. The performance of dark fiber technology is top-notch enabling efficient speeds of service and creates a direct circuit connecting from point A to point B in the most efficient manner possible.

High level security. Through the use of dark fiber, you can guarantee that all of your businesses are connected in the most secure manner. Your personal lines security is managed by you and only you.

Performance. Dark fiber wan creates an increased level of performance, up to par with your businesses needs. This happens for many different reasons but one of the main ones is the fact that you are utilizing your very own fiber connection for your business and not sharing with other customers of that provider. This enables you full control over what you send as well as the performance and speed that your dark fiber functions at.

Unlimited bandwidth. One of the advantages of using dark fiber is the accessibility to unlimited bandwidth through multiple different providers. As a result of this, you are able to get a lot of service for your money and there is no limit the amount of bandwidth that you can request, as much as you need is as much as you can get.

Reduce traffic. Never worry again about facing traffic because you are essentially using your own personal system that is not bombarded with anything but your own businesses needs which you are able to monitor as well as reduce or increase depending on your desired speeds and levels of efficiency.