MIAMI, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- FPL FiberNet today announced the
availability of its dark fiber and capacity in St. Petersburg. This latest
fiber deployment nearly completes the company's plan to provide fiber-optic
service to Florida's major metros. FPL FiberNet is now positioned to serve
customers in the St. Petersburg area as well as take them to other major
Florida metros.
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Dark fiber is unused fiber through which no light or signals are passing.
The dark fiber is provided by FPL FiberNet to telecommunications companies,
which then connect their own equipment to the fiber to transmit voice, data,
and video signals. Capacity describes the information-carrying ability of the
network.
FPL FiberNet's network crosses the service territories of the three major
local telephone companies in Florida, ultimately reaching 2.2 million business
lines in the state. It spans more than 2,400 route-miles, and uses 432-count
fiber in most metros. "To the FPL FiberNet customer this amount of fiber and
metro coverage means we can support our customers' growth. There isn't
another wholesale carrier with more fiber across the state, "said Neil Flynn,
president of FPL FiberNet. "What's more, we are offering more than just fiber
strands. We also provide lit capacity solutions from DS3 to OC192. We have
the ability to serve our customers as a partner and to support their growth,"
Flynn said.
FPL FiberNet will have invested $350 million in the Florida fiber-optic
infrastructure by the end of 2001. By year-end, the company plans to have
approximately 2,500 route-miles of fiber throughout the state. The company's
latest milestone enables network traffic to and from St. Petersburg to access
more than 100 telecommunication centers throughout Florida including the NAP
of the Americas, BellSouth Mix and international cable-heads. "We can take
our customers anywhere they want to go in Florida and beyond," Flynn said.
About FPL FiberNet:
FPL FiberNet provides dark fiber and bandwidth on its fiber-optic network
in most metropolitan cities throughout Florida. The company, which operates
the second-largest metropolitan area fiber-optic network in the United States,
provides connectivity to major telecom centers in Florida, including leading
carrier hotels, network access point (NAP) initiatives, international cable-
heads and large central offices. Through multiple interconnection and
partnership agreements, the network spans 8,600 miles throughout the
Southeast. The company has completed fiber-optic networks in Miami, Fort
Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Orlando, Tampa and St. Petersburg as
part of an aggressive schedule to bring metro networks to major cities
throughout the state.
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 $8 billion. Florida Power
& Light Company, with approximately 3.9 million customer accounts in Florida
is FPL Group's principal subsidiary.
FPL Energy, LLC, FPL Group's energy-generating subsidiary, is a leader in
producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels. Additional information
is available on the Internet at http://www.fpl.com.
Additional information about FPL FiberNet is available on the Internet at
http://www.fplfibernet.com.
SOURCE FPL FiberNet
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