Dark fibre
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A dark fibre or unlit fibre is an unused optical fibre, available for use in fibre-optic communication. Dark fibre may be leased from a network service provider.
Fibre crew installing a 432-count dark fibre cable underneath the streets of Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Dot-com bubble
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The dot-com bubble was a stock market bubble that developed during the late 1990s and peaked on March 10, 2000. This period of market growth coincided with the widespread adoption of the World Wide We
Dark fibre
…installed in the US during the telecom boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. This excess capacity was later referred to as dark fibre following the dot-com crash of the early 2000s that briefly reduced demand for high-speed data transmission. These unused fibre optic cables later created a new market for unique…
The Pets.com sock puppet who turned into a celebrity and symbol of the dot-com bubble