PRIVATE DARK FIBRE
Regardless of whether you need 2 or 20,000 fibres, Luminet has the capabilities to provide you with a solution to match your exact requirements. Luminet has the experience to adapt its implementation resources to build you a scalable and cost-effective private network connection.
Hyperscale
Luminet has a proven track record of delivering private point-to-point Dark Fibre networks between large Data Centre locations. Very often the Luminet infrastructure is dedicated to providing the Data Centre operator with fibre cross-connects that they can maintain for private use or offer to their co-location customers on a revenue generating basis.
Luminet has experience with the challenges associated with the deployment of hyperscale cables and infrastructure and can manage the entire process from end-to-end including design, installation, testing and ongoing 24x7 support and maintenance.
Multi-Fibre
Luminet has proven experience in providing multi-fibre solutions using large fibre count cables and high-density fibre termination equipment to achieve maximum economies of scale and space utilisation.
Luminet has deployed private fibre network infrastructure designed to accommodate a range of requirements from tens of fibres to tens of thousands of fibres and then provide 24x7 support and maintenance services to strict service level agreements.
A to B
If you are unable to obtain a Dark Fibre link between two sites (commonly called “A to B”) that you need from a legacy carrier then Luminet can build one for you.
Luminet is a fully licensed telecommunications carrier and has the skills and resources to design, construct and maintain an A to B Dark Fibre link specifically for your dedicated use.
Contact Luminet directly with your A and B locations and you will be provided with a response in terms of feasibility, cost and time.
What is Dark Fibre?
Dark Fibre is often described as an “extremely long patch lead” that connects between your network equipment in different remote locations, often tens of kilometres apart.
Dark Fibre is a dedicated, point-to-point, optical fibre connection with unrestricted data transmission capacity that enables you to build your own high performance network.
Your Dark Fibre link has no third party carrier equipment between your end points and therefore gives you maximum Performance, Security and Reliability.
Dark Fibre Features
Performance
Dark Fibre remains the fastest physical transmission medium available for communications networks anywhere in the world.
High Performance is delivered through the unrestricted bandwidth capacity capabilities of Dark Fibre. Your Dark Fibre link has no limiting factor on it which means that you can drive your link at the speed of your preferred transmission equipment - commonly as high as 10Gbps or 100Gbps.
As their are no data thresholds on your Dark Fibre service you are able to exchange as much data over the link as you want at no incremental cost.
As there are no technical or commercial limits on how you use you your Dark Fibre link you are best placed to achieve the performance you want at the economies you need.
Reliability
Passive Optical Fibre is the most reliable physical delivery method in long-term global telecommunications networks.
The reliability of Dark Fibre is accomplished through a passive end-to-end fusion spliced fibre connection with no intermediary network or switching equipment and backed by our 24×7 support team.
Dark Fibre’s reliability is further extended by being “Future-Proof” because you always control what transmission technology and protocols to use over your dedicated link. You need to “upgrade” your Dark Fibre and there are no “middle players” adding complexity and points of failure as in a Metro Ethernet or MPLS service.
Security
Dark Fibre cores are completely dedicated to you from end-to-end giving you unprecedented protection from intrusion.
Your Dark Fibre link will not be shared with any other customer or used to aggregate traffic which means that the only transmission signals on the link will be yours.
Each Dark Fibre link is actually physically separate which adds further peace of mind that your service is protected from third-party access.
Case Studies
Hyperscale - Global Cloud Service Provider
When one of the world’s largest Cloud Service providers wanted to link together two of their Data Centres with a private hyperscale Dark Fibre network they found the solution they needed with Luminet.
Luminet designed, built and now supports a 16km, fully diverse, dual-path, network with a capacity for more than 34,000 fibres which provides dedicated fibre cross-connect capability between the two sites.
The deployment required Luminet to overcome many engineering and commercial challenges including dealing with multiple councils, road authorities and private land owners. The project was successfully delivered to tight timeframes, exacting standards and complex project co-ordination.
Hyperscale - Global Data Centre Operator
Luminet has delpoyed network infrastructure between four Data Centre sites for a Global Interconnection Operator that utilises the world’s largest commercial hyperscale optical fibre cable containing 6,912 fibres per cable.
The Luminet infrastructure provides over 21,000 fibres in a private, multi-path, Dark Fibre network that offers customer cross-connect capabilities between the end-point sites.
Luminet maintains its on-going and long-term relationship with its global customer by continuing to offer innovative and market leading solutions in addition to its existing 24x7 engineering support services.
Multi-Fibre - Audi CBD Campus
When Audi established its brand new Vehicle Service Centre in Sydney, it needed a private fibre communications link to connect it to their existing company headquarters and showrooms located in separate buildings.
The link needed to be cost-effective, reliable, secure and have a high-bandwidth capability to handle all the current and future connectivity requirements for voice, data and CCTV security camera traffic.
Luminet designed and built a private Dark Fibre service between the Audi campus buildings which crosses public roads, pavements and a busy slip-road of the Sydney Eastern Distributor highway and continues to provide on-going support for the network with its 24x7 engineering team.
Multi-Fibre - Global IT Services Provider
When one of the world’s largest Technology companies needed a multi-fibre private network link between two of its Data Centres they approached Luminet to deploy a point-to-point Dark Fibre service between the two sites.
Luminet designed and built a completely dedicated link for the customer based around a high fibre count cable with multiple termination points along the pathway.
The design challenges included a motorway crossing, public roads, high security building entry points and complex internal building cable pathways and Luminet continues to support the network post-deployment with its 24x7 call-out engineering services.
A to B - Global Switch to Equinix
Luminet have built a 9.2km Dark Fibre network directly between the Global Switch Data Centre in Ultimo and the Equinix campus in Alexandria and Mascot in the Sydney metropolitan area.
The Dark Fibre network is owned 100% by Luminet andallows customers to directly communicate between their co-location equipment at the two sites or connect to other hosted services such as the Equinix IX Peering Portal.
The A to B Dark Fibre service can be leased by customers in single fibre-pair increments which makes the link highly cost-effective.
A to B - NBN Satellite Service Point-Of-Interconnect
Luminet were requested by an NBN RSP (Retail Service Provider) to supply a direct Dark Fibre connection to the NBN POI (Point of Interconnect) at Eastern Creek, NSW that houses the termination site for the NBN Sky Muster Satellite service.
Luminet leveraged its Facilities Access Agreement with NBN to deploy a termination point within the POI and offer single pair Dark Fibre backhaul links to local Data Centres for RSP Satellie Service traffic.
Contact
Phone
General Enquiries - 1300 LUMINET (586 463)
International - +61 2 9304 5014
DBYD Enquires - 02 9304 5014 - Option 3
Emergency Support - 1300 LUMINET - Option 4
Sales - sales@luminet.com.au
General - contact@luminet.com.au
Main Office
1a/155 Queen Street,
Warragul, VIC 3820
Fibre Engineering, Warehouse and Cable Depot
111 Railway Road North,
Mulgrave, NSW 2756
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Luminet Hyperscale Dark Fibre Network
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