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RCN Dark Fiber

If your company is looking for a cost-effective solution to expand your network or to create additional route diversity for high-bandwidth applications, RCN is the place to start. RCN offers its dark fiber and conduit in seven major metropolitan areas under 5, 10, and 20 year Indefeasable Rights of Use (IRU).

RCN has constructed networks in metropolitan areas that can be extended directly to businesses and buildings requiring fiber connectivity. The metro networks connect the RCN data centers to key traffic aggregation points such as central offices and carrier hotels.

With customer leased fiber networks, your company controls the fiber and can choose the service provider for services such as telephony, CATV, and Internet. In addition, the RCN Network supports the latest advanced networking technologies, including: SONET, ATM, and Ethernet devices at either end of the fiber connection.

Leasing fiber provides you with tangible benefits:

	Reducing local loop telecom costs
	Provides the flexibility, security, and reliability you need to manage your own private optical network
	Ability to deploy redundant paths to multiple carriers
	Carrier hotels feature meet-me-rooms where fiber cables can be cross-connected to any service provider within the building

The RCN Megaband Network is a state-of-the-art broadband fiber-optic platform, which expands over 9,000 route miles. This network is built with the latest advanced networking technologies for superior performance. The fully redundant Metropolitan Area Networks employ self-healing SONET ring backbone architecture and localized nodes, ensuring that bandwidth and connectivity are never compromised.

RCN is committed to supporting the success of our customers with affordability, high quality service, and reliability.