The dark fibre path spans from the Lynn, Massachusetts landing station, across the state of Massachusetts and extends into Eastern New York.
The solution will provide diverse long-haul and metro fibre from a cable head end in Northeastern Massachusetts to Albany, New York for added network reliability and redundancy.
"Customer needs are shifting when it comes to connectivity in today's environment. Organisations are no longer looking for gigabits of capacity, but rather terabits on multiple diverse paths to keep pace with digital transformation and remain competitive," said Patrick Coughlin, chief development officer at FirstLight.
"FirstLight's owned infrastructure, scalable capacity on unique routes and ability to provision services quickly positions us to be the provider of choice for enterprises and carriers that require robust connectivity solutions."
FirstLight's dark fibre solution enables organisations with dynamic bandwidth needs, who have the in-house resources and expertise to manage a dark fibre network, to leverage FirstLight's fibre optic infrastructure to deliver connectivity using their own interfaces. It offers flexibility, customisability, and a fully dedicated, private physical network infrastructure, backed by Service Level Agreements.
"At FirstLight, we pride ourselves on delivering high quality, performance-oriented solutions in response to the needs of the market," added Kurt Van Wagenen, president and CEO of FirstLight.
"Our dark fibre solutions provide customers with the capacity and flexibility they need to meet demanding bandwidth requirements, along with the security and reliability for which FirstLight is known."
Earlier this year, FirstLight received the necessary regulatory approvals to complete its acquisition of PrimeLink, a transaction it said will enhance its position in New York’s north country.
The two first entered into a definitive agreement in February. At the time, Van Wagenen said: “The acquisition will deepen our fibre footprint in the North Country and provide additional fibre capacity on a unique route from Albany, New York up into Montreal, Canada, which will help facilitate cross border communications,"
