We pay $900/mile/month for ours..
""Patrick Ramsey"" wrote in message
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> we pay $30,000/month for ours... But it spans aprox. 20+ miles... shorter
> runs would be less.
>
> -Patrick
>
> >>> "Mark Odette II" 09/06/01 21:50 PM >>>
> So- Just out of curiousity- Anybody have a rough amt. that "Dark Fiber"
runs
> for?? Is it dependent upon the mileage, or is it rated out at a flat
> monthly fee.
>
> You'ld think that if it was only a couple hundred bucks a month, that all
> kinds of ISP startups would be using it to put their infrastructure
> together, and just have a specific site as their gateway to an upstream
> provider.
> Tell me if I'm coockoo about this theory.
>
> Mark Odette II
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Ramsey"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: what does "dark fiber" mean? [7:18718]
>
>
> > Close...
> >
> > Actually it's dark when nothing is attached, but it remain's "dark" even
> when
> > CPE is attached.
> >
> > Dark fiber, the term is used by providers meaning that they lease you
> fiber
> > that does not traverse their network. So technically, you can run
> anything
> > across it as you wish.
> >
> > Take this example... I have a sonet ring from a local carrier and it is
> > attached to their ATM infrastructure at 155mb. they (the carrier) are
not
> > really lighting the fiber but since it is a sonet node it is limited to
> ATM.
> > (Or packet over sonet) but you still only get the bandwidth you pay for.
> >
> > However, if I purchase "dark" fiber meaning that it is not lit by the
> > carrier,
> > then I can run ATM across it at oc3, oc12, oc48, oc192, etc.... OR I can
> run
> > 100fx or gig across it... However much money I feel like spending on the
> > equipment is what will run across it.
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
> >
> > >>> "Tony van Ree" 09/06/0106:24PM >>>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Dark fibre is when you have, buy or rent a fibre cable that is
terminated
> > but has no equipment connected. Devices using fibre have either infra
red
> > or laser light thus making the cale non "dark".
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Teunis,
> > Hobart, Tasmania
> > Australia
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, September 05, 2001 at 10:16:07 PM, david wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > david
> > --
> > www.tasmail.com
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