Built in the ground
Ducted or buried end to end, with no aerial fiber.
WHAT WE DO
We build the fiber routes cities run on.
Infrastructure. Inference. Intelligence. UrbIN Networks builds the infrastructure, and provides the dark fiber that runs through it.
An infrastructure partner, not just a route seller.
UrbIN Networks builds carrier-neutral, utility-grade metro fiber infrastructure for American cities. We build where customers commit, below grade, with high-count cable and spare conduit, and open the extra capacity to carriers, data center operators, cloud platforms, and enterprises.
We work with customers in two ways. Lease dark fiber on a route we already have, or partner with us on a new route designed around your needs, with spare conduit already in the ground.
Our model is the same in every city. We build where customers commit, add extra capacity, and open the rest to the networks that follow. Every new leg makes the network more valuable for everyone on it.
01 · DARK FIBER
Fiber in the ground that you light.
Dark fiber is fiber in the ground that you light and run yourself. You choose the equipment and the capacity, and no other customer shares your strands.
- Take an IRU, paid up front with yearly maintenance, or a term lease.
- Orders start small and scale to large blocks of fiber.
- Before you commit, we show you where the route runs, which structures it shares, and any segments we haven’t surveyed.
- We deliver to the floor where your equipment sits.
The Hudson Crossing, at a glance.
88,883 ns
ONE-WAY OPTICAL LATENCY
PATH Tunnel
UNDER THE HUDSON
Buried
END TO END
- THE ROUTE
- Buried from 165 Halsey Street in Newark, through the PATH tunnel under the Hudson River, to 60 Hudson Street in Lower Manhattan. The southernmost Hudson River crossing into Manhattan.
- THE HARDENED BUILD
- Our fiber crosses the river inside the Sandy-hardened PATH tunnel, protected by the Port Authority’s 16-ton flood gates, with no splice points through the crossing.
- ACCESS POINTS
- UrbIN-owned manholes, an UrbIN-owned riser at 60 Hudson, and two separate building entrances.
- IN SERVICE
- In service today, with customers on it.
02 · INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD
When the route doesn’t exist, we build it with you.
We start with a conversation about where you need to connect and what it would take to build there. Where the path is possible, we design the route, secure the rights-of-way, manage construction, and deliver it to your floor.
Each route is built to your conduit and cable specifications, ducted or buried end to end, with high-count cable and spare conduit laid while the trench is open. We overbuild for the market, so your route becomes the start of a metro network that others can join.
What every route includes
Room to grow
High-count cable and spare conduit.
Floor delivery
Fiber brought to the floor where your equipment sits.
A clear account of the path
Shared structures and unsurveyed segments named before you sign.
Open access
Any carrier, cloud provider, or enterprise can connect.