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dark fiber




When a company lays high-bandwidth fiber-optic cable containing much more capacity than can currently be used, the wire is said to be dark. It's rumored that telecos, oil companies, and gas companies are all laying dark fiber since they already own long-distance stretches of hollow pipes.


NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon

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