MIAMI, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- FPL FiberNet, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL
Group (NYSE: FPL), today announced an agreement to lease a portion of its
fiber optic network in Florida to BellSouth (NYSE: BLS). Under the terms of
the agreement, FPL FiberNet will be one of the providers of dark fiber to
connect BellSouth's FloridaMIX high-speed Internet exchange, or network access
point (NAP), to connection points throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm
Beach counties within the State of Florida.
Dark fiber is unused fiber through which no light or signals are passing.
After leasing dark fiber, companies then use their own electronics and signal
equipment to make the fiber usable on FPL FiberNet's network. BellSouth's
lease and the subsequent installation of this fiber prepares the way for the
next generation of Internet infrastructure to support increasing numbers of
Internet service companies and quickly emerging services, including voice over
Internet Protocol (IP), video over Internet, and other digital media and
broadband applications. This will provide carrier and route diversity to the
FloridaMIX's high-speed dense-wave division multiplexing (DWDM) and switched
optical backbone network.
"By using FPL FiberNet's fiber, the network carriers interconnecting to
the FloridaMIX will have access to a high-speed, fully redundant fiber-optic
solution," said Neil Flynn, president of FPL FiberNet. "The BellSouth
FloridaMIX initiative is perfectly timed to take advantage of the tremendous
demand growing across the country and into Latin America and the Caribbean for
bandwidth speed and performance."
About FPL FiberNet
FPL FiberNet is a leading provider of world-class fiber-optic network
solutions in Florida. The company provides connectivity to major telecom
centers in the state, including leading carrier hotels (a building that houses
many local long-distance telephone companies providing voice, data, Internet
and video services), network access point (NAP) initiatives, international
cable-heads and large central offices. FPL FiberNet provides dark fiber and
bandwidth on its fiber-optic network in most metropolitan cities throughout
Florida. Through multiple interconnection and partnership agreements, the
network spans 8,600 miles throughout the Southeast. The company has recently
completed fiber-optic networks in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa as part
of an aggressive schedule to bring metro networks to major cities throughout
Florida.
FPL FiberNet, LLC, is the telecommunications subsidiary of FPL Group,
Inc., (NYSE: FPL), one of the nation's largest providers of electricity-
related services with annual revenues of more than $7 billion. Florida Power
& Light Company, with approximately 3.9 million customer accounts in Florida,
is FPL Group's principal subsidiary.
FPL Energy, LLC, is FPL Group's energy-generating subsidiary and a leader
in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels. Additional
information about FPL FiberNet is available on the Internet at
http://www.fplfibernet.com.
SOURCE FPL FiberNet, LLC
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