Lit Fiber Services
Leaving cable and dial-up in the dust, fiber-optic connectivity is the fastest and most reliable service available today. Traveling at nearly the speed of light, fiber connectivity transmits data at rates up to one hundred Gbps (gigabits per second). That’s equivalent to 100,000 megabits per second, which is significantly faster than cable Internet with download speeds ranging anywhere between 5 Mbps and 1 Gbps.
Offering more bandwidth and higher speeds over longer distances, businesses are taking note and making the switch to fiber at a rapid pace. In fact, over the last five years, the fiber-optic cable manufacturing industry has already reached $4 billion in 2022, according to IBISWorld.
So, what’s the difference between lit fiber and dark fiber? Simply put, lit fiber refers to fiber-optic cables that are currently in use, meaning they are “lit” by a service provider to transmit data. “Dark” fiber, on the other hand, refers to those fiber cables that aren’t in use.
Another common difference between lit and dark fiber is that lit fiber refers to fiber optic infrastructure which a service provider is utilizing to provide rate-limited services to an entity. Whereas a dark fiber product refers to leasing the physical fiber optic infrastructure to an entity that can “light” the fiber themselves utilizing their own infrastructure.
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