Dark Fiber Use Case 1

Dark Fiber Becomes Smart Fiber

Today a Dark Fiber service is turned up manually.

Common issues experienced include:

Out of date documentation results in fibers already allocated. wasting a site visit and forcing a route re-plan.
Time to Revenue often measured in weeks if not months.
Baseline tests once the link is completed can reveal the need for further site visits to re-splice.
Not all splices are cut upon teardown resulting in stranded capacity.
Roll out can be delayed by access issues.

A fully automated service reduces costs as well as accelerating and enhancing the services.

Each system maintains a live record of the current network configuration allowing real time route planning.
End to End configuration changes can be made in minutes.
Complete baseline testing can be completed remotely with the records associated with the link to maintain a historical audit of the links performance.
Truck rolls eliminated from the majority of system turn-ups.
No physical access required.
Link cleared end to end on teardown, no stranded capacity.
Traffic can be remotely re-routed for routine or emergency maintenance in a matter of minutes.
Phased rollout allows key intersection points to be automated first with less utilized locations added if and when the business case justifies it.