Understanding Financials Search Terms of Use Privacy Policy Site Map Site Help DQE's News Archive is offered as a service to the press for research purposes. Please note that all information is accurate as of the date of the release. The 200-mile, high capacity dark fiber backbone is immediately available to lease and deploy by businesses, telecommunications and data service providers. The competitor neutral gateway contains up to 576 individual strands and enables immediate access to southwestern Pennsylvania.
Dark fiber refers to fiber optic cable that has no light passing through it.
DQE Communications expansive network encompasses over 600 commercial office buildings. It is composed of five fiber optic rings that extend from the central business district to the region's sprawling suburbs, spanning the North Hills, Monroeville, Pittsburgh International Airport and the Eastend. The fifth ring runs through the Golden Triangle, the area's central business district. Patricia A. Prozzi, President of DQE Communications, says the network provides a high-tech infrastructure that will bolster competition and advance telecommunications and data services throughout the region. A competitive neutral backbone also provides an optical network to a wide range of organizations, which can deploy the latest data, video and Internet applications.