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Google wants ‘dark fiber’

Dark fiber may sound more like a deadly health risk than unused fiber-optic cable. A new job posting on Google asks for the following:

“Google is looking for Strategic Negotiator candidates with experience in...(i)dentification, selection, and negotiation of dark fiber contracts both in metropolitan areas and over long distances as part of development of a global backbone network,” the posting reads, in part.

Dark fiber refers to fiber optic cable that’s already been laid, but is not yet in use. Thousands of miles of dark fiber is available in the United States, but there have been few takers due to the high costs of making it operational.

Google employees are encouraged to spend 20% of their time developing new concepts. What Google has in mind by taking on Telecom equipment stimulates the imagination.

Posted by Ori on 01/18 at 02:46 AM