Privately-owned Zayo Group is supplying more fiber to its already-significant stockpile with the acquisition of FiberGate, a dark fiber services organization operating in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The acquisition consists of 130,000 miles of fiber, and foreshadows a boost in bandwidth for companies in addition to federal government agencies in the nations capital.
Source: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/sold-130000-miles-of-dark-fiber-in-dc/11947.