Nov, 2003 : Level 3 to Sell Metro Dark Fiber to Sprint

📅 November 12, 2003 - Level 3 Communications, Inc. (level3.com) said today it has entered into an agreement to sell metropolitan dark fiber services in Detroit to Sprint (sprint.com).

According to Level 3, Sprint is using Level 3 metropolitan fiber to reduce its network costs, eliminating the access transport charges it would otherwise pay to a local exchange carrier.
"Our carrier customers can significantly reduce local network expenses by taking advantage of Level 3's metro dark fiber product," said Sureel Choksi, president of transport and infrastructure services at Level 3. "In addition, the fiber allows them to expand local network capacity in the future at a significantly lower unit cost. We are pleased to be working with Sprint, one of the world's largest and best-known communications companies, and look forward to supporting them as they deliver high-quality voice and data services to their own business and residential customers."
The deployment of the Detroit-area network is part of a nationwide Sprint initiative to broaden the company's local transport infrastructure into metropolitan areas across the United States, said Level 3. Sprint has announced plans to deliver the capabilities of its fiber-optic network to more than 30 U.S. cities before mid-2004.
Level 3 owns and operates 36 metropolitan networks - 27 across the United States and nine in Europe.
Sprint announced in June that it would shutter its Web hosting operations.