Allied Fiber
Established in 2008, Allied Fiber is a carrier neutral long haul dark fiber and colocation provider, based in New York, New York. It builds next generation fiber routes across the United States. Allied Fiber connects local, regional, national and international wireline and wireless networks to major telecommunications hubs and Internet backbones throughout the United States. The fiber routes are physically diverse from other dark fiber and lit fiber networks and consist of 432 fiber strands of next generation fiber in each duct (up to three ducts).
Allied Fiber dark fiber routes include New York, NY to Chicago, IL; New York, NY to Ashburn, VA; Chicago, IL to Ashburn, VA. Allied Fiber also designs, constructs and operates rack-ready regeneration and colocation facilities along routes specifically designed to support customer optoelectronics for regeneration and data traffic switching, accommodating long/short-haul and wireless backhaul providers.
Allied Fiber Long Haul Route Categories
Long-haul typically relates to fiber that runs between major city pairs.
20-year Indefeasible rights of use (IRU): An IRU is a 20-year irrevocable long-haul lease to use dark fiber within a route. The basic terms of the lease includes: a one-time payment (with some portion due at the time of lease execution and the balance due at the time of delivery), and annual recurring payments for Operations and Maintenance (O&M).
Lease-to-IRU: This is a long-haul lease for a 12, 24 or 36-month period to use dark fiber in the routes with an obligation to convert the lease into a 20-year IRU lease at the end of the Initiation Term. At the end of the Initiation Term, clients pay a one-time fee for the 20-year IRU option, and make annual recurring payments for O&M.
Short Haul Routes
Short-haul differs from long-haul as a dark fiber product in that it is built specifically for short distance use and purpose. The construction of this fiber cable is not unlike that of a short-haul cable in that it is built to be accessed approximately every 60 miles for the purposes of regenerating, or boosting the power of, the light being carried in the fiber. In addition, the fiber can be accessed for the purposes of adding or dropping off network services in a particular area, such as a smaller city or market between the larger cities. The key difference is that short-haul focuses on 60 mile segments as the "route" verses the major city pairs such as New York to Chicago.
Fiber-to-the-Tower (FTTT)
Broadband wireless service relies heavily on the availability of fiber at the wireless tower sites. Allied Fiber allocated a portion of its larger count fiber cable for use by wireless service providers in such a way that it supports lateral construction to existing towers, by having multiple proximate options for access. FTTT is a dedicated portion of an entire fiber in the duct set aside for the purpose of being accessible on an even shorter distance basis than short-haul (approximately every 1â2 miles). This simplifies lateral extensions from a main fiber route to where the actual towers are located.
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