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Dark fiber expansion Zayo Group has unveiled plans to build long-haul dark fiber up the eastern seaboard, further expanding the

months. The most recent example was the Dallas-Phoenix route, but Zayo is also building significant fiber between Dallas and Omaha as well as adding a new link between Salt Lake City and Sacramento.

company's intercity fiber buildout plans. The new route will stretch 800 miles between Atlanta and the Washington DC metro areas, passing through Charlotte, Raleigh, and Richmond.

The Atlanta-DC buildout is expected to be ready by the end of 2017.

This is the fourth long-haul buildout announced by Zayo in the last six

Strength through connections Allied Fiber, the first open-access, integrated, network-neutral colocation and dark fiber superstructure in the US, and the city of Palm Coast, Florida, have connected their respective open-access fiber networks.

multiple service providers, including Joytel, a Jacksonville-based wireless service provider. “The new fiber optic connection to Allied Fiber will enhance our city's ability to attract new businesses to the area,” said Jim Landon, manager of the city of Palm Coast. “We're confident it will help spur economic development and further improve the excellent quality of life enjoyed by our citizens and visitors.” Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber, said: “By creating a competitive market, it will help maintain cost flexibility, enabling an increase in Internet access. It will also stimulate significant economic benefits and bring new jobs to the community, boosting our local and country's GDP.”

Palm Coast's FiberNET network now has access through Allied Fiber to the major content distribution centers throughout the state of Florida. The fiber connection is expected to drive job growth and help cable television and Internet providers in the community offer improved service and pricing to local consumers. Palm Coast recently completed construction of a lateral in Bunnell, FL, that connects FiberNET to the Allied Fiber route and will allow businesses to access

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