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From: "Brandon Martin" <lists.nanog@monmotha.net>
On 8/3/22 11:16, Jay Ashworth wrote:
I wouldn't have thought that Frontier was able to offer dark fiber, since air distribution fan out is all GPON, is it not?
If their fanout was active ethernet it might be a different story but...
They have access to/control of a large amount of mid-mile and long-haul fiber built by/as GTE and Verizon. Additionally, while their resi/soho distribution is all PON, they do have some excess fiber fairly deep into their network in most markets and actively offer active-E service on it for the right price (it can even occasionally be competitive). I imagine they'd sell dark for the right price as well, though you may not like that "right" price.
Yeah, FU pricing ain't uncommon. Thanks for the clarification. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274