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A collection of metro fiber maps for networks in the region often called the Rust Belt. In this case, the Rust Belt is defined as the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. but not including the Tier-1 Chicago Metro Area which has its own page.

Company	Maps	Lit/Dark	Comments
American Fiber Systems	Cleveland	both
Fibertech	Columbus, Indianapolis	both
First Communications	Akron, Cleveland Downtown, Cleveland Metro, Toledo, Youngstown	dark
Independents Fiber Network	Toledo and NW Ohio	lit
Indiana Fiber Network	Columbus, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Kokomo, South Bend, Terre Haute, Warsaw	both
Intellifiber	Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Grand Rapids	both	Google Earth format
Level 3	Detroit, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Akron, Cleveland,	both
US Signal	Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Lansing, Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Bloomington, Fort Wayne, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Grand Rapids, Lafayette	Lit	Interactive map, click on desired city
Zayo	Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Akron, Cincinnati, Youngstown	both

Access Fiber Group	Milwaukee	dark
Arialink	Lansing, Grand Rapids	both
Cogent	Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis	lit	on-net buildings tool
KDL	Extensive tier 2/3/4 coverage	lit	PoP List
Paetec	Detroit, Madison, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids	lit
TW Telecom	Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Dayton	both
Waypoint Telecom	Detroit, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids	?
XO	Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus,	both

All links are to material offered on the websites of the company operating the fiber, I do not usually host them locally and generally will not link to third party maps – not that there are many of those. Where available, links to on-net building lists are also given.

Additional maps of metro fiber networks that ought to be on this list are very welcome, as are corrections to the above links. Please just leave a comment below or send an email to info@telecomramblings.com.