APRIL 23, 2007 -- ADTRAN Inc. (search for ADTRAN) today announced that Horizon Chillicothe Telephone Company, ATC, and Citizens-Brevard Telephone have selected ADTRAN's Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform for deployment in their networks. The Total Access 5000 provides a competitive advantage for carriers of all sizes by enabling them to use existing infrastructure in support of both legacy and next-generation services, say ADTRAN representatives.
"The ADTRAN Total Access 5000 was the most economical solution for ATC," reports Kevin Eason, manager of Network Operations for ATC, wholly owned subsidiary of the Alma Telephone Company. "We wanted a solution that could offer 100% DSL/POTS and ADTRAN delivered. This will reduce both OPEX and CAPEX on our future DSL deployments. We look forward to adding additional Total Access 5000s and replacing our embedded base of legacy DLCs," he says.
"The Total Access 5000 is now being accepted as the next-generation Broadband DLC for fiber and copper delivery connectivity in new networks," confirms P. Steven Locke, vice president of sales, service providers, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division. "Not only does the Total Access 5000 allow Independent telephone companies to move to new Ethernet service applications, but it also enables service migration in existing ATM networks."
According to network design engineer Paul Wooldridge, Horizon Chillicothe Telephone Company needed an IP-based architecture that would support both legacy T1 and GR-303, plus IPTV and GPON services in a scalable platform. "When you combine the system's scalability with a 10-year warranty and ADTRAN's outstanding customer support the Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform was a perfect fit," he contends.
The ADTRAN Total Access 5000 is a carrier class multi-service access and aggregation platform that bridges the gap between existing and next-generation networks. It supports both legacy and emerging service interfaces over copper and fiber, easily scaling to support bandwidth-intensive applications, claims the company. The Total Access 5000 provides a clear migration path for traditional services like voice but is also designed to enable new service deployments such as Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN), Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP), and Ethernet-over-Copper (EoCu).
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