DARK FIBER

Take control of your bandwidth

Invest in dedicated capacity to meet your long-term needs while controlling costs and delivering rapid payback.

Stay ahead of bandwidth demands

Lumen® Dark Fiber solutions give you all the benefits of network ownership without having to construct the network yourself. Leverage our deep network experience to manage the connectivity needs of your growing business.

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Why Lumen?

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Simplified Management

Get one managed network provider for both your local and global needs.

Simplified Management

Get one managed network provider for both your local and global needs.

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Minimize costs and maximize productivity

Reduce hardware expenses and staffing needs when you leverage our team of experts to design and build a customized, turnkey network solution.

Minimize costs and maximize productivity

Reduce hardware expenses and staffing needs when you leverage our team of experts to design and build a customized, turnkey network solution.

Features and Specs

Dark Fiber

Custom Pricing

Dark Fiber

Custom Pricing


Expansive North America metro and intercity fiber route miles
Extensive network reach, capacity and diversity
Running line colocation and power
World-class operations and maintenance
Network connectivity options
Dedicated NOC for managed dedicated fiber customers
Uptime SLAs
Fast turnaround on logical moves, upgrades and new meshing
Detailed, street-level dark fiber designs
Custom control	Manage scalability, capacity and network management, technology evolution, reliability and network uptime
Optional add-ons
Managed optical fiber network	Dedicated dark fiber sold by IRU or lease Choice of hardware purchased directly from vendor, VAR or Lumen Professional services
Professional services	Outside plant construction Network architecture, design and engineering Equipment selection and acquisition Network deployment and implementation Nework monitoring and management Field tech services