Google’s Stockpiling of Dark Fiber

For those of you not yet in the know, “dark fiber” refers to fiberoptic communications wiring that has been installed in the ground, but left unused for long period of time.

Google, thanks to historically cheap fiberoptics from the since-bust building boom, began buying up thousands of miles of this stuff. Why?

Eric Sacca, head of Google’s Special Initiatives department, says that the added fiber assists Google by avoiding long-haul transport fees for traffic going to/coming from giants like AT&T.

Google also uses this fiber to replicate its search index to Google sites around the world.

Find out more about Google’s dark fiber collecting and various related theories on voip-news.com.