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NEF Partners with Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc.

Michael Murphy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:55:25 +0000

NEF has recently signed an agreement with Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc. to market their data center space and services. Switch and Data delivers comprehensive Internet exchange, colocation and interconnection solutions in a carrier-neutral marketplace.

NEF is committed to providing you end-to-end solutions for your business connectivity needs. In addition to providing access to dark fiber networks, NEF is also connecting more and more enterprise customers with data center space and services. In fact, approximately 70% of the high capacity networks that NEF has provided in the last 12 months are utilized to connect enterprise customers to data center locations across the United States.

By working with NEF to find a datacenter that’s right for you, we can do the legwork for you. NEF is carrier neutral, and will provide you with the choices available for your network and data needs, as well as provide our expert opinion on the best path. With NEF, you can reduce infrastructure costs, enhance network performance and reliability, and improve operational efficiencies. NEF doesn't just give you options; we give you the best options. Contact us today for more information.

Pinpoint Holdings Invests in Multi-State Wireless Network

Michael Murphy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:11:16 +0000

NEF partner, Pinpoint Holdings, a communication and network solutions company based in Nebraska, has recently invested in and become a managing partner of Great Western Communications, LLC.

As investor and managing partner Pinpoint will have access to Great Western’s recently acquired XC Networks of Dallas, Texas. XC Networks operates a long-haul microwave network extending from Houston to Chicago, and from Chicago, through Nebraska to Seattle. Elements of the network also extend to Dallas, Amarillo, Denver, Salt Lake City and Portland. Pinpoint will also control access, day-to-day management, marketing and billing for the Great Western network from its Nebraska offices.

Pinpoint is excited to add Great Western’s complimentary routes to its portfolio. Its current lit services network, arms for products, services and Internet access can now expand into the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Washington. The larger footprint will also enhance the current telecom infrastructure in Nebraska, where Pinpoint already has a strong presence.

The acquisition complements Pinpoint’s existing properties in the states of Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, completing a broadband network that spans the United States from Seattle to New Orleans, all running through the state of Nebraska.

About Pinpoint Holdings
Pinpoint Holdings is a Nebraska based company that provides the entire array of communication services with a nationwide, secure broadband network. Services provided by Pinpoint include transport, Voice over Internet Protocol, data center services, Internet, local and long distance telephone services.

NEF designs solutions based on your needs and specifications using a variety of connectivity options. Creating custom dark fiber networks is one of the strategies NEF employs to bring you the best communications network at the most competitive price. Contact NEF today for more information.

Boulder, CO firm to buy Pennsylvania telecom

Michael Murphy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:39:15 +0000

A Colorado holding company publicized plans to purchase PPL Telecom in a deal valued at $60 million. Boulder-based Communications Infrastructure Investments was founded by former area telecom executives and financed by five institutional investors.

Communications Infrastructure Investments will purchase PPL Telecom, a subsidiary of the Allentown, Pa.-based energy company PPL Corp, in a deal that also includes the assumption of $10 million in PPL Telecom debt. A broadband provider with more than 4,000 miles of fiber along the Northeast coast, PPL said last month that it was shopping its telecom unit to focus on its core businesses of energy supply and delivery.

According to Dan Caruso, a co-founder of the Boulder firm and former executive with ICG Communications, Level 3 Communications and Envysion, PPL Telecom fit what Communications Infrastructure Investments was looking for in its first acquisition. This is the first of many endeavors to acquire and support long-term development of fiber-based bandwidth businesses.

The deal is scheduled to close in the third quarter and the plan is for Caruso's firm to operate the 70-employee PPL Telecom, while looking at acquisitions of other telecom companies.
Communications Infrastructure Investments has earmarked $225 million for the holding company through it’s five institutional investors — Denver-based Centennial Ventures, Columbia Capital, M/C Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Battery Ventures.

This acquisition is solid for Boulder County. PPL Telecom had great momentum in the marketplace, and this should result in good jobs in the Colorado area.

FiberCo Announces Professional Services For Research and Higher … – Yahoo! News (press release)

Michael Murphy — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:54:00 +0000

FiberCo Announces Professional Services For Research and Higher …Yahoo! News (press release) - Nov 8, 20068 /PRNewswire/ — FiberCo®, a fiber holding company formed by Internet2 to support dark fiber initiatives for US research and higher education, today …

Paetec to Buy McLeod, Sees the “Light” in Fiber Optic Networks

Michael Murphy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:59:14 +0000

U.S. corporate phone company, Paetec Holding, an outspoken opponent to building your own fiber network, is in the process of purchasing a fiber network. For a long time, Paetec Holding has maintained the position that it was far more efficient to leverage existing LEC network as opposed to building new network.

The pending purchase underscores the value of owning a private optical network. Recent consolidation of the industry’s larger players has made it less desirable for carriers to utilize the existing LEC networks to provide competitive services. Paetec is purchasing McLeodUSA for $492 million in stock in order to take advantage of its high-speed fiber optic network.

Operating in Denver, Detroit, Phoenix, and other U.S. cities, McLeodUSA now increases Paetec's subscribers by almost a third, adding customers in almost all the top U.S. markets. The deal also gives Paetec, currently with no fiber optic networks, the ability to offer high-speed phone and Internet access via McLeodUSA's 20-state network.

McLeodUSA was founded in 1991 and has declared bankruptcy twice since its IPO in 1996. Paetec is headquartered outside Rochester, N.Y. and was founded in 1998. Paetec had 2.65 million customers at the end of the second quarter, and will add 3.4 million with the McLeodUSA acquisition.

Paetec reported a profit of $5.97 million in the latest quarter, its first in five quarters, and will assume about $65 million of McLeodUSA's debt. The companies expect the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2008.

So if one of the big corporate phone companies has “seen the light” and has taken steps to own their own dark fiber network, don’t you think it’s time you did too? If not, contact NEF today—they can help you procure networks faster and more accurately than ever before using FiberLocator™, one of the telecommunications industry's most comprehensive databases.

American Fiber Systems Acquired by Zayo Group

jeannine — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:55:00 +0000

The never-ending march toward industry consolidation continues. Pending regulatory approval, Zayo Group will acquire American Fiber Systems Holding Corporation (AFS) within the next 120 days. Zayo, a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral collocation services, will increase their fiber network presence in nine tier 1 and tier 2 metropolitan markets across the US.

“The addition of AFS’s markets significantly increases the geographic scope of the bandwidth infrastructure services that Zayo offers to its customers,” said Dan Caruso, President and CEO of Zayo Group. AFS will be the 15th acquisition by Zayo Group since its inception in 2007.

American Fiber Systems brings over 800 route miles of fiber-rich network in 6 primary metropolitan markets – Salt Lake City, Nashville, Reno, Boise, Kansas City and Las Vegas. AFS also adds 400 additional route miles in Atlanta, Cleveland and Minnesota to the Zayo network.

AFS’ product set is concentrated on fiber and transport services, with a customer base leaning toward the carrier, wireless and wholesale segments, which is very similar to the Zayo Bandwidth business unit.

Zayo Group has over 20,000 route miles of regional fiber, metro fiber and fiber to tower networks spanning 141 markets in 23 states. The company is organized into three business units: Zayo Bandwidth, focusing on the carrier and wholesale segment, Zayo Enterprise Networks, and zColo.

American Fiber Systems, based in Rochester, NY, provides dark fiber and lit bandwidth servides to carrier and large enterprise customers across 1200+ miles of metropolitan fiber networks across nine markets and regionally through the state of Georgia.

The Efficient Next Gen Datacenter with Barb Goldworm, Part III

Michael Murphy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:53:01 +0000

According to Barb Goldworm, as the cost of energy rises "green" operations are becoming more significant to the data center community as they hold the opportunity for substantial cost savings.

Barb discusses her graph: "It now costs more just for the energy to power the servers than it does for the servers themselves. And so if you look at the kind of dollars we are talking about, I have an example here of a 1000 square foot datacenter holding 3010 kilowatts racks, power required for that infrastructure is 300 kilowatts, therefore the power required to cool it also 300 kilowatts. What that brings you is an annual cost for cooling of $240,000. If we can reduce that by 50%, that’s $120,000 per year to the bottom line that gets people’s attention. The challenge of course is that that money tends to come out of the facilities budget. And so one of the challenges is how do you get your facilities folks working with your IT folks to get those savings. The way that you do that is through a variety of different opportunities."

And based on projected energy usage through 2011, she adds, "significant savings that can come through power management and efficiency as well as virtualization can address those challenges that we talked about on the energy side."

If you're currently in a data center, use NEF to optimize your network and ensure maximum communications ROI whether you're connecting across town or across the country. Contact NEF to learn more.

NSTAR Communications is Boston's Best Kept Secret

Michael Murphy — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:40:26 +0000

Boston's local electric and gas utility has a wholly owned, unregulated telecommunications subsidiary that sells dark fiber. The network is roughly 200 route miles within the city and surrounding suburbs.

Not a new story and certainly nothing earth shaking. Here's where it gets interesting, NSTAR Communications has the rights to use existing electric company rights of way and conduits. In many cases this dramatically reduces the cost to construct laterals off the backbone by avoiding costly trenching.

I am of the opinion that NSTAR Communications has the most ubiquitous network in the Boston metro area. The company started in the mid 1990's and has connected the majority of the key buildings and data centers in the region allowing for reasonably priced connections in most areas.

NSTAR Communications utilizes NEF, and a few other channels, to market their network. All in all they are a solid company to work with because they pride themselves on service delivery. It's always nice to know that you have a company committed to delivering network on time working for you. Given the amount of experience NSTAR Comunications has in constructing network in Boston they tend to know what is involved to get the job done.

If you're thinking about dark fiber in Boston, you should start with NSTAR Communications.

If you would like more information call 877-DKFIBER.

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EBSCO Buys its Own Dark Fiber Line

Michael Murphy — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:34:57 +0000

Dark Fiber has become a popular option for those companies seeking increased bandwidth. Once lit, dark fiber can provide a virtually unlimited amount of bandwidth. Massachusetts-based company EBSCO is one that has chosen to invest in this option.

EBSCO is the provider of the largest collection of premium research databases, which makes its fiber needs very demanding. Rather than joining a separate network or continuing to be connected to multiple ISPs at different points in Boston, the company has decided to build out its own fiber optic network. This can be considered a necessity for a company whose bandwidth requirements increase 30% a year.

By having its own network, EBSCO hopes to decrease latency and improve customer service. In addition, the company has 110 route miles, a rarity for Boston businesses that tend to need shorter lines.

NEF can help you locate robust, scalable and affordable fiber networks and can add measurable value to an organization's search for connectivity. Contact us today to see if dark fiber is right for you.

What FiberLocator Sees

Michael Murphy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:28:18 +0000

Unlike a traditional map, FiberLocator sees opportunities. Depending on where you are, you can tell how far away your nearest source of Dark Fiber is. There is also the option of an extensive report so you can know not only where the Dark Fiber is, but how to best go about getting that fiber for your company.

The FiberLocator report is an amazing tool in getting your company ahead of the telecom curve. Don’t be dependent on a big corporation that doesn’t care about you. Take your telecom and your bandwidth into your own hands with Dark Fiber and the Dark Fiber Locator Report from NEF.

Locate dark fiber for your company’s needs before demand increases; order your fiber locator report today from www.nefiber.com.