With its recent announcement Allied Fiber would like to thank all of the Dark Fiber Community Members for their support!

ADC, ADVA Optical Networking, Avvio Networks, Berlin Pacific, Brickhouse Small Business, BTI, Calix, Ciena, Cisco, ComTran Group, Dialectic Networks, Ekinops, Force10, Fujitsu, Gigabeam, Henkels & McCoy, i3 America, Infinera, INOC, Integration Partners, JDSU, Keenwire, Light Speed, Michels Pipeline, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, OFS, Optelian, Orckit, Pioneer Consulting, Powder River Development, Rubicon, SGI, SkyFiber, Sumitomo Electric, SynchroNet, Telco Systems, Tellabs, Thermo Credit, UNS LLC, Vello Systems, Wireless Siting Solutions, XKL and XO - Thank You!

The Dark Fiber Community hosted by Allied Fiber and powered by TMCNET exists to bring together those that seek to build optical transport networks more efficiently and cost effectively with the providers of the key elements required for success. The Dark Fiber Community brings together not only the key vendors in to one convenient online marketplace, it also facilitiates the actual interaction between buyers and sellers through the DealCenter.

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Allied Fiber to Complete Construction of 1,300 Route-Mile Phase One Component of a Nationwide, Carrier-Neutral, Dark Fiber Network

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 23, 2010) - Allied Fiber announces today that the Company has entered into financing arrangements with financial partners, including affiliates of Falcon Investment Advisors, LLC and ABRY Partners, LLC, to complete funding for phase one of its new, network-neutral, high-count dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower integrated system. Construction of the first phase linking New York City, Chicago and Ashburn, VA is already underway and is expected to be complete by May 2011.

Allied Fiber is addressing the needs for increasing national broadband demand by providing much needed access to new dark fiber, colocation facilities and fiber-fed wireless towers on a network-neutral, open-access basis throughout the United States. The user community for these physical-layer services ranges from and includes submarine cable systems, large international and domestic wireline and wireless carriers and network operators to small rural carriers, cooperatives, cable television companies and data center operators.

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