Dark Fiber

TMCnet Contributing Editor

(Editor's Note: This article refers to a video interview shot at CBX 2010. To view TMCnet's entire library of videos from CBX and other industry shows, demonstrations and interviews in our in-house studio, visit our Video News home page.)

There is scarcely a better place to capture the essence of the latest happenings in the telecommunications space than to go where the action is and talk to those in the thick of it. TMCnet did just that at Telx's CBX 2010 in New York.

One of the company's offering insight into their current opportunities is Hudson Fiber. Brett Diamond, President of Hudson Fiber stopped by to talk briefly with TMCnet's Erik Linask (News - Alert) in an interview captured on video.

When asked to share a little bit about Hudson Fiber, Diamond noted that they are a telecommunications carrier based out of New Jersey. The company is basically a niche boutique shop with a focus on large bandwidth need customers and purpose-built networks for clients.

One key vertical for Hudson Fiber is the financial sector, although the company also likes to focus on those companies who like to think outside the box and need solutions that regular carriers cannot provide.

The financial sector generally runs low latency apps and needs customized work. Back end and the bandwidth size is something they would not be looking for in a standard carrier as they need robust speed.

Hudson Fiber offers 10G connectivity and has its own dark fiber and managed dark fiber network to provide wavelengths to clients that can range from 10G to 100G. They have the freedom to build the network the way the client wants it and therefore, can offer a lot of flexibility in apps.

When asked about the 100G impact infrastructure in-house for clients, Diamond noted, 'They really just have to buy hardware and that is really the only upfront cost they are going to have. It can be a large upfront cost if they are going to 100G. But at the same time, our bandwidth pricing drops dramatically compared to what they were paying before.'

In essence, the recurring charges are lower and offsets the higher upfront cost.

For the financial markets, speed is an issue as the faster they can secure their trades, the more money they can make and the happier they are with their service. Latency is the number one important thing, but price is right behind it. With Hudson Fiber, they are able to appeal to both.

Diamond also noted that there is no uniform solution, even in the financial sector. Every client is different and when you talk about going global, people overseas are not buying 10G because it is so expensive. With this high cost, it probably won't happen in the next few years.

As for what Hudson Fiber is hoping to accomplish at CBX, Diamond noted this is one of the best events because it is carrier and hardware focused. They hope to showcase the network they have built to demonstrate the value they can deliver.

View the full video interview below (Apple (News - Alert) users click here):