Direct Fibre (DFAS)

In a nutshell, we supply you with access to dark fibre that connects your customer to your equipment in the exchange (central office). All so you can create customised networks and give your customers access to world-class fibre infrastructure. At one end, the single fibre terminates on a connector beyond the external termination point (ETP) at your customer’s premises. At the other end, the fibre terminates on a main optical fibre distribution frame (MOFDF) in your footprint at the exchange.

Direct Fibre has full restoration support when a fault is reported, but doesn’t include fault monitoring capability. It’s designed as a basic, entry-level service and has no equipment to limit data transfer speeds across the fibre. If you don’t have equipment in the nearest exchange, you can order our Intra Candidate Area Backhaul Service (ICABS) and  jumper service to connect to your equipment in another exchange.

Direct Fibre is available in the 24 Chorus UFB areas where shared or point-to-point fibre is available, as well as other designated areas. Use the pre-qualification tools to learn if your customer can receive this service.

Direct Fibre is a single dark fibre from your customer’s premises to a local Chorus exchange or your own data centre. From there, you can connect to a handover connection or colocation space at a local or remote Chorus exchange.

For a remote exchange you’ll need our Intra Candidate Area Backhaul Service (ICABS) and jumper service . You can also take the service to your own site or data centre by ordering a jumper service and a second Direct Fibre.
 

Pricing for Direct Fibre is published in the Chorus UFB services agreement price list. 

Since August 2018, retail service providers are able to amortise build costs higher than $10,000 for HSNS Premium and vDFAS in non UFB areas. This service is targeted at corporate or enterprise customers that want a point-to-point fibre service for greater security, bandwidth or diversity.

Commercial terms:

• Minimum contract period and early termination charges apply.
• Where a customer amortises, the premium (or interest rate) will be 6.8% per annum.

You can order Direct Fibre via a manual process in our self-service portal. See the operations manual for more information.