Dark Fiber
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What is Dark Fiber?
Dark fiber refers to unused optical fiber infrastructure. It's typically fiber optic cable that has been laid but is not currently being used for transmitting data. Organizations can lease or purchase dark fiber and then light it up (activate it) with their own equipment and protocols, giving them complete control over their network infrastructure, bandwidth, and security.
What other technologies are related to Dark Fiber?
Dark Fiber Competitor Technologies
fiber circuits
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Lit fiber circuits are a direct alternative to dark fiber, where bandwidth is purchased as a service instead of leasing the raw fiber.
SONET
SONET is a technology used to transmit data over fiber optic cables, offering similar functionality to dark fiber. SONET implementations are often a service offered by a provider, making it a competitor.
Wavelength
Wavelength services offer a slice of bandwidth on a lit fiber network, providing an alternative to leasing dark fiber.
copper
Copper-based networks are an alternative to fiber-optic networks, particularly for shorter distances.
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Dark Fiber Complementary Technologies
DC Plant
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Dark fiber often connects to data centers; thus, the DC plant infrastructure is complementary.
IP transport
IP transport services can be run over dark fiber.
Colocation
Colocation facilities often use dark fiber to connect to other locations.
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Which job functions commonly mention Dark Fiber?
Datacenter Administrator
2.0% of all Datacenter Administrator jobs mention Dark Fiber
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Network Operations Engineer
0.1% of all Network Operations Engineer jobs mention Dark Fiber
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Network Engineer
61 Network Engineer jobs mention Dark Fiber
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Account Executive
205 Account Executive jobs mention Dark Fiber
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Information Technology
342 Information Technology jobs mention Dark Fiber
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Which organizations are mentioning Dark Fiber?
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