Welcome to Fiber Network Solutions (Circa 1995 - 2003). Kyle Bacon explains in his own voice how Dave Koch built the company: ‘Going through those eight years with you. I couldn’t have done it without you.’ Kyle acknowledges that Dave was his mentor and father figure: ‘I looked up to you as a father figure.’ Kyle admits he was a child and that Dave turned him into a businessman: ‘You took a child and turned him into a businessman.’
For over two decades, there has been confusion about what happened at FNSI. Why was Dave absent for the last six months, beginning September 2002? Was Dave dismissed? Was it an illness?
Throughout this website, as you listen to the plethora of comments from Kyle, you can ask yourself - Do these comments from Kyle align with various narratives that have circulated for two decades? This website offers no opinions or allegations. You decide for yourself. Kyle explains, in his own voice, precisely who did what—who was instrumental in building this company, who was the Mentor and who was the Mentee, and who tried to sabotage it every step of the way. Who was the visionary that built the company? Who was the leader that built the team? Why was Dave absent from September 2002 until Dave learned in February 2003, it was all for nothing.
Finally, we have the answers.
Kyle Bacon (Left) and Dave Koch (Right)
Fiber Network Solutions' Headquarters Lobby
Remember the Fiber Network Solutions' Network Operation's Center? It was one that rivaled the AT&T NOC - so we were told directly by AT&T.
An enormous amount of planning went into that project. The space, the build-out, the financing, the contractors. It was a project that required significant experience ad expertise. Who in the company had such experience and Experience?
Let's let Kyle tell us who that might have been...
Kyle Bacon (Left) and Dave Koch (Right) in Fiber Network Solutions' Network Operation's Center
Kyle Bacon, VP & COO FNSI, / CIO Cogent Communications
"I remember telling you to live to fight another day... that I'll take care of it. Stop worrying about your little kid, ...Kyle... and live. Your doctors said don't come back before it's done. Because you surviving and enjoying the past twenty years of your life is way more valuable to me... than anything else." — Kyle Bacon
Fiber Network Solutions Corporate Headquarters – Documentary Record (1995–2003)
Fiber Network Solutions’ corporate headquarters and Network Operations Center (NOC) represent the physical and operational core of a Tier One telecommunications network built during the company’s peak years from 1995 through 2003. This page presents contemporaneous images, facility context, and recorded statements that document how the company was constructed, who was responsible for its development, and how its infrastructure compared to industry leaders at the time.
Who was the real visionary that built Fiber Network Solutions?
Fiber Network Solutions' Network Operations Center