# Pilot Fiber

> Pilot Fiber owns and operates a New York metro fiber network for businesses, carriers and data centers. Founded by former WeWork IT director Joseph Fasone in 2014, it pairs in-house construction and support with dedicated internet, private transport, dark fiber and cloud connections. Its 2026 acquisition of Extenet's enterprise fiber business carried the network across the Hudson into New Jersey's data center corridors.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Joseph Fasone (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Dedicated Internet Access, Dark Fiber, Ethernet Transport, IP Transit, CloudConnect
- **Notable:** Built more than 300 route miles of fiber and connected over 1,000 commercial buildings in the New York metro area., Reported more than 3,700 business customers in August 2026., Completed acquisition of Extenet Systems' enterprise fiber business effective August 15, 2026, adding more than 20 data centers and approximately 200 customers.

## Products & services

- **Dedicated Internet Access** — Symmetrical business internet over Pilot's fiber, with tiers from 100 Mbps to 100 Gbps and service-level commitments.
- **Dark Fiber** — Custom physical fiber paths leased to carriers and enterprises that operate their own optical equipment.
- **Ethernet Transport** — Private point-to-point and multipoint Layer 2 connections among offices and data centers.
- **IP Transit** — Bursty upstream internet connectivity for data centers and networks, with ports up to 100 Gbps.
- **CloudConnect** — Private connections to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud.
- **Wavelength Services** — Dedicated optical transport for data center, finance and media traffic; Pilot launched 400G services with Smartoptics equipment in 2026.

## Achievements

- Built more than 300 route miles of fiber and connected over 1,000 commercial buildings in the New York metro area.
- Reported more than 3,700 business customers in August 2026.
- Completed acquisition of Extenet Systems' enterprise fiber business effective August 15, 2026, adding more than 20 data centers and approximately 200 customers.
- Pilot's network page lists connections to 47 metro data centers.
- Launched enterprise wavelength services up to 400G in March 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Completed acquisition of Extenet Systems' enterprise fiber business, extending its owned network into New Jersey and adding more than 20 data centers.
- **2026-03** — Launched wavelength services up to 400G using Smartoptics equipment, with a backbone upgrade and path to 800G.
- **2026-02** — Announced definitive agreement to acquire Extenet's enterprise fiber business.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pilotfiber.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pilot
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pilotfiber
- GitHub: https://github.com/PilotFiber
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pilotfiber

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/pilot
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-09-29