DARK FIBER OPTICS

Cross-Sound Cable installation is bundled with a 25 mile Ericsson Dark Fiber optic link between Shoreham, NY and New Haven, CT. The Cable contains 192 Fibers which are divided as followed:

• 128 Single Mode dispersion, multi-use
•  64 multi-frequency, non-zero dispersions shifted (LEAF)
• 12 single modefibers reserved for Cross-Sound Cable Co

There is Dark Fiber capacity available to provide Route diversity between New York City and New England (Boston). It also provides security as an alternative path for transatlantic cable owners and customers from/to Long Island circumventing New York City. Cross-Sound Cable Company does not provide telecommunications services, only capacity overDark Fiber which established telecommunications corporations use.