JUNE 11, 2008 -- Turin Networks Inc. (search for Turin Networks) says that GCI of Alaska has deployed the Traverse Multiservice Transport Switch to launch flexible new business Ethernet service offerings for its customers.
GCI, a Turin customer since 2003, first installed Turin's Traverse platform to light a redundant, approximately 1,700-mi transoceanic OC-192/10G network connecting Anchorage and Seattle. Upgrades to GCI's first transoceanic system and expansion of the service provider's terrestrial long-haul capacity added Alaska's capital (Juneau) and second largest community (Fairbanks) to the list of locations using the Traverse platform.
GCI recently expanded its relationship with Turin Networks by deploying Traverse systems to deliver flexible Ethernet services throughout the Anchorage metropolitan area. Other expansions, including communities as far north as Prudhoe Bay, are currently underway.
"Our business customers require high speed Ethernet connectivity that offers increased bandwidth flexibility without compromising reliability or security," said Shawn Fitzpatrick, director of transport and data at GCI. "We selected Turin's Traverse platform to deliver our new Ethernet services because it provides a versatile and carrier-grade solution that allows us to leverage our existing transport infrastructure to deliver a broad portfolio of business Ethernet services."
GCI's Ethernet service offerings include private line (E-Line) services for high-speed point-to-point transport as well as multipoint transparent LAN (E-LAN) services. E-LAN services allow businesses to interconnect different sites distributed throughout Alaska's major metropolitan areas over GCI's optical backbone using standard Ethernet technology. Ethernet services are available at both 10/100- and 1,000-Mbit/sec rates, with bandwidth flexibility in 1-Mbit/sec increments.
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