Metromedia Fiber Provides Time Warner Telecom with Dark Fiber NYC Area

Time Warner Telecom (Greenwood Village, CO) is Metromedia Fiber Network Inc.'s (White Plains, NY) newest carrier customer, with Metromedia providing Time Warner with dark fiber infrastructure in New York City and the Jersey City metropolitan area for 20 years. Time Warner Telecom is in the process of launching its local telephone service for business customers in this region. Other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Metromedia Fiber Network is currently constructing high-bandwidth fiber optic networks in Tier One markets, providing an alternative infrastructure to CLECs and other communications carriers wishing to provide local telephone service for business and residential customers. The dark fiber infrastructure is capable of supporting various communications technologies, including SONET, ATM, and Voice over IP, as well as providing carriers flexibility when determining how to best meet their subscribers' needs.

Through the agreement, Time Warner Telecom can extend the reach of its existing facilities-based fiber network for serving medium to large businesses in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area.