DukeNet Communications

DukeNet Communications was a telecom and internet infrastructure company that serves the southeastern United States. Products include a metro and long haul fiber-optic network capable of 100 Gbit/s bandwidth.^[1]

DukeNet Communications

Native name	DukeNet
Industry	Telecom and internet infrastructure
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Key people	Brad Davis President and CEO, Tony Cockerham, COO,
Products	Bandwidth infrastructure and colocation
Number of employees	100+
Website	DukeNet.com

Formed in 1994 as the telecommunications arm of Duke Energy, DukeNet primarily offered wholesale fiber transport services until moving into the newly developing Fiber to the Tower (FTTT) space in 2006. As of 2012^[update], DukeNet is among the top 10 FTTT providers in the United States.^[2] In December 2010, Duke Energy and Alinda Capital Partners LLC formed a joint venture to grow DukeNet Communications in the enterprise and data center space.^[3][4] On October 7, 2013, Time Warner Cable (later bought by Charter Communications in 2016) announced that it had agreed to acquire DukeNet Communications LLC for $600 million, and on January 6, 2014, the deal officially closed.^[5][6][7]