telecommunications founded 1993 as national fiber network 1997 as metromedia fiber networks 2003 as abovenet headquarters white plains new york united states key people william g. laperch president and ceo ; robert sokota svp general counsel and chief administrative officer ; john jacquay svp of sales and marketing ; rajiv datta coo ; douglas m. jendras svp of operations ; joseph p. ciavarella cfo ; john donaldson uk managing director abovenet communications uk ltd. products man wan number of employees approximately 600 website http www.above.net primary asn 6461 peering policy restrictive traffic levels 100 gbps abovenet inc. provides high bandwidth connectivity primarily for large corporate enterprises and communications carriers in the united states canada and europe . 1 abovenet operates private metro area and long haul optical networks and offers services including high bandwidth metro access to wdm metro ethernet vpn and ip networks and managed services . the company is headquartered in white plains new york with european operations based in london . abovenet nyse abvt shareholders approved the company s purchase by zayo group in 2012 . 2 contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1993 as national fiber network inc. the company initially focused on providing dark fiber to communications carrier customers in the u.s. and europe . in 1997 the company changed its name to metromedia fiber network inc. mfn and was a member of the nasdaq 100 index . in 1999 mfn acquired abovenet communications inc. a data center facility and internet connectivity provider as well as its subsidiary paix.net inc. paix an operator of internet peering exchanges . in 2000 mfn acquired m.i.b.h. inc. a networking consultancy operated by paul vixie for 51 million in cash and stock . in 2001 mfn acquired sitesmith inc. a provider of managed web hosting services . the combined entity provided a range of services for the internet market including metropolitan area networks data centers and ip network services with former m.i.b.h. employees taking key engineering and operational positions . as a result of the collapse of the dot com bubble mfn like many other similar companies entered a severe liquidity crisis . the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in may 2002 . as part of the chapter 11 process the company sold off non core assets including its data centers in the u.s. and mainland europe retaining a smaller but more viable footprint . the reorganized company changed its name to abovenet when emerging from bankruptcy in september 2003 and traded on the new york stock exchange as abvt . june 6 2012 abovenet was acquired by zayo group for 2.2 b 13 % premium . 3 services edit man metro area network solutions abovenet offers several varieties of man services including metro wdm core wave dcxchange metro ethernet and customer managed private fiber connectivity . 4 wan wide area network solutions wan services include metro ip ip transit vpn and long haul optical transport . 5 references edit holverson austin 28 march 2012 . abovenet launches high bandwidth network in toronto . telecom carrier updates . retrieved 18 april 2012 . m & a . fortune . abovenet acquired by zayo group for 2.2 b 13 % premium . benzinga . oborn patrick . carrier profiles abovenet . telarus industry news briefs . retrieved 25 february 2012 . christian bruce . road to recovery pdf . channel vision magazine . retrieved 7 july 2009 . external links edit official website light reading abovenet s rajiv datta . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title abovenet & oldid 727166618 categories companies based in westchester county new yorkcompanies that filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002telecommunications companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 27 june 2016 at 03 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view