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DTC provides end to end Dark Fiber solution to meet every need, small or large.   We are a licensed Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona).  DTC has provided network design, construction, and maintenance services to an array of clients, including:

  • Government
  • Manufacturing
  • Software Developers
  • ISP’s
  • Telecom
  • Data Centers

Dark Fiber:  DTC specializes in building private dark fiber networks for our clients.  

What is Dark Fiber?:  Dark fiber – is physical fiber strands which are unlit.  Dark fiber must be lit by the client’s equipment on both ends.  Dark fiber is controlled by our clients from end to end. 

Advantages of Dark Fiber?:

  • SCALABILITY.  Dark fiber provides our customers with virtually unlimited bandwidth.  Modern equipment and multi-mode fiber is pushing data transmission speeds to higher than ever.  Imagine sub-sea cable transmitting data at 24Tbps per over a single pair of dark fiber for distances exceeding 13,000 kilometers.  Today’s terrestrial networks clock in at upwards of 38Tbps over a single pair of dark fiber.   Whether you need 10Gbps or 38Tbps, dark fiber has become a cost effective solution for many applications.  
  • SECURITY.  Dark fiber networks are fully controlled by our clients from end to end.  Dark fiber must be lit on both ends by our client’s equipment.  If you are leasing a private connection from a large Telco or Cable company, all of your data runs through their equipment and can be exposed to hackers.  

  • FLEXIBILITY AND LOWER COST.  Dark fiber connections are used by our client’s to connect directly to large carrier neutral sites, where they can purchase internet bandwidth, cloud services, and data storage and replication services at wholesale cost.  Once connected to large carrier neutral sites, clients have the flexibility to move data to other sites around the country or even internationally as many large data centers are on net with each other.

  • RELIABILITY.  Our clients control their network from end to end and don’t have to wait for a middle man if their Telco, cable company, or ISP goes down. 

How is Dark Fiber utilized today?:

  • MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.  Developing fiber optic infrastructure can enable many opportunities for public service agencies and economic development.  Frustrated with poor service offered by incumbent broadband providers, 400 municipalities across the country have built their own government-owned broadband networks. The largest, Chattanooga, TN, has about 170,000 residents, and the smallest have as few as 200. Some of these networks are extremely fast. For example, residents of Chattanooga can get a 1000 Mbps connection — about 50 times faster than a typical connection elsewhere in the country.
  • MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.  Build secure networks with Dark Fiber connections which you control from end to end.  HD imaging technologies, such as facial recognition are valuable tools in the fight to maintain public safety, but these technologies require a tremendous amount of bandwidth.  Dark fiber can provide these high speed, secure connections required by our military and law enforcement.    
  • STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.  Large government agencies record, store, and transmit large amounts of data.  Create a private, secure WAN or hybrid WAN to:
    • Purchase wholesale internet bandwidth from multiple vendors.  This bandwidth can be shared among agencies and departments for lower cost, and redundancy. 
    • Private Dark Fiber connections create secure connections for transmitting and storing sensitive data.
    • Private WAN’s can reduce cost of maintaining MPLS services. 
    • Connecting your WAN to carrier neutral data centers gives your agencies access to best of breed cloud service providers (virtual computing, colocation, storage and replication, data transport, etc.).  
  • Data Centers:  Connectivity is becoming more and more important for data center clients.  DTC can help you design and build:
    • Redundant connections. 
    • Expanded connections to other data centers.
    • Expanded connections to carrier hotels.
  • Commercial Real Estate:  Traditionally, building owners rely on local Telco and cable companies to provide telephony and internet services to their tenants, not realizing that the quality of services depend on the physical connection to the primary Internet hub in the region, as well as proximity to these hubs.  Having Dark Fiber connectivity can facilitate faster, more reliable, and higher quality internet connections for your tenants’ businesses.