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1,400+ route miles  · 99.999% uptime  · Zero shared capacity

Own theLight.

Dedicated, unlit fiber paths leased to enterprises, carriers, and hyperscalers who refuse to share a single photon with anyone else.

PERFORMANCE TELEMETRY

The numbers
don't share.

4.2μs

avg one-way latency

Loop A — Chicago to Aurora

99.999%

uptime SLA

contractually guaranteed, all metro rings

73%

lower cost-per-bit

vs. lit services at year three

400G

max throughput per strand

limited only by your transponders

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Dark fiber vs.
everything else.

Watch the gap build. Every row reveals a metric where shared infrastructure can't compete.

METRIC
STRAND DARK FIBER
LIT SERVICES
PUBLIC CLOUD INTERCONNECT
One-way latency (metro)
4.2 μs
18–45 μs
60–120 μs
Bandwidth ceiling
Unlimited (transponder-limited)
Provisioned tier only
Burst pricing above threshold
Shared infrastructure
None — dedicated strand
Yes — shared DWDM wavelength
Yes — shared fabric
Cost-per-bit at year 3
73% lower vs lit baseline
Baseline
2.1× lit baseline
Protocol flexibility
Any — layer 1 raw glass
Carrier-defined stack
BGP + vendor APIs only
Contract term
IRU 20–30 yr or flex 1–5 yr
1–3 yr renewal cycles
Month-to-month (unpredictable)
Jitter (p99)
< 0.1 μs
2–15 μs
Unspecified / best-effort

* Latency figures measured Q4 2025, Chicago metro ring. Cost-per-bit analysis based on 10G sustained traffic over 36-month IRU term versus carrier Ethernet and AWS Direct Connect pricing.

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

Built for the
architects.

ROUTE COVERAGE
23carrier-neutral POPs

1,400+ route miles

Dense metro rings across Chicago, New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles — with intercity backhaul connecting 23 carrier-neutral facilities.

FIBER SPECIFICATION
0.18dB/km attenuation

Single-mode OS2

G.652.D compliant. Minimal attenuation over 50km+ spans. DWDM-ready with 96-channel C-band support on every route segment.

SPLICE INTEGRITY

Fusion-spliced, zero connectors

Every route segment is fusion-spliced end-to-end. No patch panels in the path. Connector-induced reflections are an MPLS problem.

PHYSICAL DIVERSITY
2+diverse paths per route

Geographically diverse paths

Every metro ring ships with at least two physically diverse routes in separate conduit systems — different streets, different manholes.

CAPACITY HEADROOM
40%inventory available

Dark pairs available now

We do not provision to 90% utilization and call it full. Current build has 40% dark strand inventory held for immediate lease.

ROUTE QUOTE

Spec your
route.

Tell us your endpoints and bandwidth tier. We respond with available strand inventory, route options, and IRU pricing within one business day.

VERSUS REPORT

Build your
business case.

The Strand Versus Report is a 14-page cost-per-bit analysis comparing dark fiber ownership against carrier Ethernet, MPLS, and public cloud interconnect over a 36-month horizon. Built for CTOs making the case internally.

REPORT CONTENTS
  • ◆3-year TCO model (dark vs lit vs cloud)
  • ◆Latency benchmarks, 8 metro markets
  • ◆IRU vs flex-lease decision framework
  • ◆Sample RFP language for procurement

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