Lighting Up the Network

  • 01/05/04
“Dark fiber” is part of a strategy to meet higher bandwidth demands and expand campus networks. Brian Voss explains why institutions and consortia are acquiring dark fiber, and how these acquisitions can be leveraged to provide for new network applications and experimentation. 
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