Picture a brand-new motorway, perfectly paved and ready for traffic, but with all the lights turned off. This is the essence of dark fibre—physical fibre optic cables that have been laid in the ground but aren't currently being used, or "lit," by a...
Think of it this way: instead of getting a single lane on a crowded public highway, you get your own private, multi-lane superhighway. You set the speed limit, decide what vehicles can use it, and never, ever get stuck in traffic. That's the fundamental idea...