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Ensuring the Availability and Reliability of Dark-Fiber Networks

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Ensuring the Availability and Reliability of Dark-Fiber Networks

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  • Author: Benoit Masson
Following the telecommunications deregulation and the advent of new high-speed services and applications, the telecom world witnessed a fiber-network construction boom and, in turn, the appearance of a vast number of new players. Among these new players, sometimes categorized as competitive local-exchange carriers (CLECs), are start-ups and public utility companies. The latter decided to use their right-of-ways to build fiber networks. Many of the new operators chose to concentrate their offering on the physical layer, or on the fiber itself. They are typically referred to as dark-fiber providers. This means that they strictly sell fiber access, letting their customers provide the equipment.

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