@jbz Honestly I don't understand the reasoning behind dark fiber in the first place.

Think about what they're doing - Installing a fully functional fiber optic network between two points, up to and including all of the hardware needed to make it into another section of the internet backbone - And just not turning it on. That investment will never make its money back unless there's a hyper rare emergency.

...Or they could turn it on, increase global bandwidth by a small if significant margin, and make money?