DARK FIBER

Take control of your bandwidth 

Invest in dedicated capacity to meet your long‑term needs while controlling costs and delivering rapid payback.

DARK FIBER

Take control of your bandwidth 

Invest in dedicated capacity to meet your long‑term needs while controlling costs and delivering rapid payback.

Stay ahead of bandwidth demands

Lumen® Dark Fiber solutions give you all the benefits of network ownership without having to construct the network yourself. Leverage our deep network experience to manage the connectivity needs of your growing business.

Stay ahead of bandwidth demands

Lumen® Dark Fiber solutions give you all the benefits of network ownership without having to construct the network yourself. Leverage our deep network experience to manage the connectivity needs of your growing business.

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Why Lumen?

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Simplified management

Get one managed network provider for both your local and global needs.

Simplified management

Get one managed network provider for both your local and global needs.

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Minimize costs and maximize productivity

Reduce hardware expenses and staffing needs when you leverage our team of experts to design and build a customized, turnkey network solution. 

Minimize costs and maximize productivity

Reduce hardware expenses and staffing needs when you leverage our team of experts to design and build a customized, turnkey network solution. 

Features and Specs

Features and Specs

Dark Fiber

Custom Pricing

Dark Fiber

Custom Pricing

Expansive North America metro and intercity fiber route miles


Extensive network reach, capacity and diversity


Running line colocation and power


World-class operations and maintenance


Network connectivity options


Dedicated NOC for managed dedicated fiber customers


Uptime SLAs


Fast turnaround on logical moves, upgrades and new meshing


Detailed, street-level dark fiber designs


Custom control 

Manage scalability, capacity and network management, technology evolution, reliability and network uptime

Optional add‑ons

Managed optical fiber network

  • Dedicated dark fiber sold by IRU or lease
  • Choice of hardware purchased directly from vendor, VAR or Lumen
  • Professional services

Professional services

  • Outside plant construction
  • Network architecture, design and engineering
  • Equipment selection and acquisition
  • Network deployment and implementation
  • Network monitoring and management
  • Field tech services

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