FiberLight, LLC, formerly known as Xspedius Fiber Group, has rolled out a new product line – LightSource – that provides FiberLight customers with the first all-private fiber interface for DS-3 through OC-192 and GigE capacity.
LightSource is a fully managed fiber offering. The family of LightSource services and options sets up a private network for each customer dedicated to them on non-shared equipment and exclusive fiber architecture, and is an entirely unique industry offering. FiberLight installs the fiber and equipment and provides the customer with the choice of managing the equipment or having the equipment managed by FiberLight. Additionally, FiberLight can install, manage, and provide training to the customer. The equipment and the fiber are turned over to the customer at the end of the term, significantly reducing the recurring cost associated with the service.
“This may look like a standard offering until you read between the lines,” states Michael P. Miller, President and CEO of FiberLight, LLC. “The LightSource product line is differentiated by the following factors: first, the immediate cost savings to the customer are dramatic. Second, the customer can own and manage their own optical equipment, which provides them with a tremendous amount of control and scalability. Finally, the solution can be converted to a straight fiber lease as the customer’s bandwidth requirements increase, providing even more cost savings to the customer.”
There are three versions of the LightSource product line – an on-net to on-net solution with optical equipment owned or leased that converts to a fiber lease; an on-net to off-net, managed service plan that converts to fiber lease with a type II connection on one end; and an off-net to off-net managed service plan with a type II interconnection at each end. Each solution includes diverse entry customer laterals, leased or purchased equipment, a private fiber backbone with self-healing rings, and is designed and engineered to connect to FiberLight’s robust backbone fiber infrastructure.
“This new solution will provide the smooth transition between capacity and dark fiber that is very much needed in the greater marketplace. It will allow enterprise customers as well as carriers the opportunity to realize the benefits of a direct fiber interface.” states Wade Robertson, SVP of Sales and Marketing. “FiberLight is very excited to be able to offer LightSource service to our customers and prospects.”
About FiberLight, LLC
FiberLight, LLC (formerly Xspedius Fiber Group) is an Atlanta-based company with twelve years of experience in creating networks for some of the most demanding customers in the Telecommunications industry. Since its inception in 1993 as American Communications Services Inc. (ACSI), they have installed over 400,000 duct and fiber miles with over 5,300 access points, as well as hundreds of laterals off their backbone. As a leading provider of network infrastructure solutions and strategic network design services, FiberLight designs, constructs and maintains an extensive Fiber Optic Infrastructure for a diverse customer base including local and long distance telecommunications carriers, Internet Service Providers, municipalities, utilities, Fortune 500 companies, school systems, local, city, and Federal Government entities. FiberLight fully owns a robust dark fiber network throughout eight primary metro markets – Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX; Tampa, FL; South Florida; and Washington, DC.