Cbeyond, Inc. has extended its dark fiber on-net and near-net buildout strategy to reach small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with high-bandwidth fiber.
Cbeyond – which launched fully-managed, fiber-based broadband networks under itsTotalNetwork service in much of its footprint in 2012 – is now extending that fiber buildout initiative by deploying dark fiber, which can be turned on as customer demand dictates, to buildings both on its network (on-net) and, as requested, in close proximity to Cbeyond’s fiber rings. The emphasis will be on large, multi-tenant buildings in Cbeyond markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The company started to deploy dark fiber in Atlanta, Dallas and Denver in 2012. Additional projects began in 2013 in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
“SMBs have typically been excluded from fiber network availability, but now there is no reason for that market to be underserved,” said Mark Masi, vice president of Fiber Implementation and Administration, at Cbeyond. “By expanding our fiber network throughout our core market footprint, Cbeyond is offering a greater number of SMBs the option of choosing an affordable, scalable, high-speed network that can positively transform their business.”
Cbeyond began deploying its own fiber network, using the infrastructure and interconnection services of Zayo, in 2012. The company now has more than 10 percent of its metro Ethernet customer base on its fiber network.
Small business leaders are increasingly expecting — and investing in — advanced technologies to help grow their businesses and optimize performance. High-speed, always-on network access was ranked by SMB business leaders as the most important technology to fuel growth, according to the Summer 2013 Cbeyond Business Leader Snapshot survey.
