[1st-mile-nm] slashdot points to an announcement of Allied Fiber's neutral longhaul network

[Dale Carstensen]

Unfortunately for we New Mexicans and other Westerners, this seems to
be only New York City <-> Chicago <-> Ashburn, VA initially.

The cynical slashdot comments speculate that the ILEC phone monopolists
will buy all the capacity anyway.  Still, interesting project.

  Dale
 <http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/29/1821242/A-New-Neutral-Long-Haul-Fiber
-Network>

Technology: A New Neutral, Long-Haul Fiber Network on
Saturday May 29, @05:03PM
   
   Posted by kdawson on Saturday May 29, @05:03PM
   from the shaking-up-the-neighborhood dept.
   internet
   techclicker sends word on the ambitious plans of Allied Fiber to
   disrupt the long-haul business in the US. The company is embarking on
   the first phase of a planned 6-phase build-out of dark fiber, towers,
   and co-lo facilities ringing the US. The first three phases are
   budgeted at $670M; the last three are not yet laid out in detail
   (announcement, PDF). Phase 1 is scheduled for completion in 2010.
   Allied's business model of selling wholesale bandwidth to all comers is
   in sharp contrast to that of incumbents such as AT&T, who won't sell
   backhaul to potential competitors. "Allied is deploying a 432-count,
   long haul cable coupled with the 216-count, short-haul cable that will
   be a composite of Single-Mode and Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted fibers.
   Allied Fiber has implemented a new, multi-duct design for intermediate
   access to the long-haul fiber duct through a parallel short-haul fiber
   duct all along the route. This enables all points between the major
   cities, including wireless towers and rural networks, to gain access to
   the dark fiber. In addition, the Allied Fiber neutral colocation
   facilities, located approximately every 60 miles along the route,
   accommodate and encourage a multi-tenant interconnection environment
   integrated with fiber that does not yet exist in the United States on
   this scale."
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