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Allied Fiber is the first open-access, integrated, network-neutral colocation and dark fiber superstructure provider in the United States to provide next generation long-haul communications and short haul dark optical fiber solutions for domestic and global network operators. As of June 2015, the company’s Southeast Route spanning from Miami, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia and connecting all points in between, is officially Ready for Service (RFS). Allied Fiber is on track with its national plan to meet the demands for access to neutral colocation and dark fiber services throughout the continental United States as it builds a "ring" around the country connecting the Submarine communications cable landing regions and facilitating open-access interconnection.〔 The Allied Fiber system contains 11 colocation facilities owned and operated by Allied Fiber. These facilities are located approximately every 60-route miles (100 km) along the route. Clients have an option to lease cabinets in these facilities for the installation and operation of their Optical amplifier, regeneration and core transport equipment. The Allied Fiber colocation facilities are essentially modular Meet Me Rooms with fully redundant power, 24x7 security, fire suppression and direct access to the Allied Fiber dark fiber system. In addition, Allied Fiber does not charge a monthly recurring fee for cross connects between networks within its Meet Me Area inside the colocation facilities.〔 The company has also designed and constructed more than 220 fusion splicing locations along the Southeast Route, which will increase over time due to additional lateral requirements.〔 == History == Established in 2008, Allied Fiber was founded to address America’s need for more broadband access, wireless backhaul, data center distribution and lower latency communications services. Through new, next generation long haul dark fiber construction, the network will operate with sound principles and an open access philosophy.〔 Hunter Newby, CEO and Founder of Allied Fiber, created this system to address the telecom’s industry numerous backhaul and capacity issues. In response to the proven demand from its customers and the industry, Allied Fiber was built to deliver the physical, long-haul communications and short haul dark fiber, colocation and interconnection capabilities that are so critical for the next generation of network requirements in the United States.〔 Newby decided to establish Allied Fiber after an anonymous major international carrier told him about the company’s need for a more affordable way to transport its traffic across the U.S. to interconnect its operations in Spain and South America. In November 2007, this major carrier told Newby it needed to double its backbone capacity in one year. But to do so using lit fiber leased from a carrier in the U.S. would’ve been cost prohibitive. So the company was trying to get its hands on some dark fiber and was hoping Newby could assist it in doing so. Newby knew this first request was to be the tip of the iceberg. Newby thought if this particular carrier was having this issue in ’07, that by the same time in late ’08, or even 2009, there would be dozens of networks that were having this issue with Internet capacity issues, backbone growth, etc., which led to the creation of Allied Fiber.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allied Fiber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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