Dark Fibre

Two ways businesses use dark fibre

Dark fibre is a dedicated, unlit fibre pair connecting two locations. The fibre is reserved for your organisation, while you control the optical equipment, network design and capacity. Businesses commonly use dark fibre for data centre interconnects and office-to-data-centre connectivity.

DC-to-DC interconnect

Connect racks across data centres with a dedicated fibre pair. DC-to-DC dark fibre supports disaster recovery, data replication, storage mirroring and cloud connectivity while giving your organisation control over the equipment and capacity at each endpoint.

Dedicated fibre pair between facilities — never shared. Scale from 10Gbps to 100Gbps and beyond with compatible optical equipment. Diverse path options for true redundancy, and AFT coordinates data centre cross-connects and carrier delivery. Data centre routes are engineered individually — talk to our team and we'll confirm your route.

Office-to-DC connectivity

Connect your office directly to your data centre environment over a dedicated fibre pair. Extend your core network to the office while retaining control over routing, firewalls, security policies and network equipment at each endpoint.

A private physical path between your office and data centre, access to cloud on-ramps and carriers from your DC rack, headquarters-grade capacity without headquarters-grade cost, and complete physical-layer security for regulated industries.

SurfNetwork — the Gold Coast's fibre optic network

City of Gold Coast's SurfNetwork is a leading-edge fibre optic network positioning the Gold Coast as Australia's most digitally connected city to support economic growth.

SurfNetwork provides free and fast public Wi-Fi, connections to the City corporate network and Security Camera Network, and carrier-grade wholesale services to telecommunications carriers and internet service providers. SurfNetwork is a reliable neutral carrier, offering optimal services and no specific affiliation to a network provider.