Stealth Communications

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Stealth Communications
Company type Private
Industry Internet & communications
Founded1995(29 years ago) (1995)
Headquarters New York City
Area served
 New York City
Key people
Shrihari Pandit and Jinci Liu (Co founders). [1]
ProductsFiber-based Gigabit Internet services
Dark fibre
Owners
ASN 8002 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Traffic Levels>1 Tbps [3]
Website www.stealth.net

Stealth Communications is an American fiber-based Internet service provider (ISP), installing and maintaining its own fiber optic network throughout New York City. Stealth began rolling out its Gigabit Internet services in late 2013 to businesses throughout Manhattan, using in-house employees to lay its own fiber-optic cabling. [4] In July 2015, City of New York and Stealth announced a $5.3 million public/private partnership to expand fiber broadband into the Brooklyn and Queens Industrial Business Zones. [5] [6] As of May 2019, the company reported to have connected hundreds of commercial properties with fiber, over 80 fiber route miles. [7]

Contents

Overview

Stealth Communications started in 1995 to provide ultrafast Internet connectivity to businesses in NYC. [8] In 2013 the company received authorization from the City of New York to construct its own fiber network. [1] [9] [10] [11]

Technology

Fiber distribution

Stealth utilizes an underground conduit system for placing its fiber-optic cables, that is owned and maintained by Empire City Subway. [12] [13] Once their fiber-optic cable reaches the closest manhole to the building, Stealth pulls the fiber-optic cable through existing conduits or builds a new conduit into the building. [14] [11] In certain cases due to the conditions of the conduit system, conduits are clogged or collapsed often causing costly re-routing by lengthy distances and construction of entirely new conduits. [15] [16] [17]

Stealth Fiber installing fiber cable underneath Midtown Manhattan, New York City Stealth Fiber Crew - Fiber Installation on Madison Avenue in NYC.jpg
Stealth Fiber installing fiber cable underneath Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Stealth installing dark fibre cable in Midtown Manhattan, New York City Stealth Fiber Crew installing fiber cable underneath the streets of Manhattan.jpg
Stealth installing dark fibre cable in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Stealth Microtrenching in Chinatown, installing micro-conduits Stealth Microtrenching Chinatown Nov2014.jpg
Stealth Microtrenching in Chinatown, installing micro-conduits
Fiber-Optic Manhole Cover of Stealth Communications in NYC. Stealth Fiber-Optic Manhole Cover in NYC.jpg
Fiber-Optic Manhole Cover of Stealth Communications in NYC.

Fiber technology

Stealth implements WDM fiber transmission technology for connecting customers to its hubs, by allocating a wavelength for each customer, whereas each wavelength is capable of transmitting between 1 Gbit/s to 400 Gbit/s. [13] [18] The company claims that it makes use of special materials to split and combine multiple wavelengths running through the fiber-optic cables without requiring electricity. [13]

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