Dark Fiber

Dark Fiber

It's Your Network
Building your own network requires significant time and financial resources. When you purchase or lease Level 3® Intercity Dark Fiber service, you gain the benefits of network ownership without having to construct and manage the physical network yourself. Level 3 helps you design, build, manage and grow an end-to-end dark fiber solution.

Service Details

  • Raw, unlit fiber — Customers seeking to maintain control of their own optronics and network operations centers (NOCs) can access dark fiber on our intercity network.

Benefits
Delivering turnkey nationwide and regional fiber solutions
Level 3 has experience and expertise to manage everything from the initial planning and design, to permitting and construction project management, to installation and on-going management of your network solution.

Collaborating to address specific challenges
Our dedicated team of network architects is available to collaboratively plan and design your unique network solution across multi-node, dedicated-ring and outside fiber plant designs, as well as to provide bandwidth engineering, planning, and forecasting.

Investing to scale with your business
Unique in the industry, Level 3's ongoing intercity network investments show our continued commitment to supporting some of the fastest growing services and customer networks. And we're continuing to network to new on-net and off-net facilities.