wiredinUSA June 2013

Optelian gear for Alabama network

Troy Cablevison Inc has installed Optelian’s MPX-9110 100Gbps platform in its fiber network, providing FTTH and FTTB services to Alabama. The network covers six counties across the south east of the state, connecting Montgomery, Troy, Dothan, and the markets in between. Troy Cable funded the network enhancement with an award from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Optelian says the addition of its 100G LightGAIN optical transport and reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) technologies will enable Troy Cable to support the expected jump in bandwidth demand via

a low-latency, high capacity fiber backbone. It also will support such advanced services as alternate disaster recovery and scalable offsite storage, as well as providing greater reliability through the creation of diverse network paths. “This 100G enhancement to our network delivers a major expansion throughout the region,” explains Conley Freeman, CTO of Troy Cable. “Never before has there been a contiguous network from Dothan to Montgomery. In delivering this critical inaugural connection, we wanted a high capacity platform that would allow us to easily scale, but still efficiently use, our fiber.”

wiredInUSA - June 2013

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