wiredInUSA November 2016

Crossing the Rockies

Windstream has announced plans to add fiber routes across the Rockies, bringing the markets of Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas and Silicon Valley onto its physical network, and further plans to add additional western routes and markets next year. The initial expansion leverages dark fiber to expand its 100G network to California from Denver by the end of 2016. With the initial buildout completed, Windstream plans a second phase to add a southern

route built on dark fiber between its Texas markets and Los Angeles via El Paso and Phoenix which, together with connectivity along the California coast, the company expects to finalize by the end of 2017. The work will add 4,800 route miles to the company’s network. Windstream’s current long-haul backbone, and its new routes, use Infinera’s DTN-X technology.

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