Kansas Fiber Network chooses Cisco for 100-Gbps upgrade

March 28, 2013
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) revealed last week that it is supplying 100-Gbps packet-optical transport technology to the Kansas Fiber Network (KFN), a consortium of 29 carriers across the state of Kansas. The network upgrade will leverage coherent transmission technology to improve KFN’s ability to support growing demand for Ethernet, mobile backhaul, and high-speed private line services, as well as delivery of mobile content.

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) revealed last week that it is supplying 100-Gbps packet-optical transport technology to the Kansas Fiber Network (KFN), a consortium of 29 carriers across the state of Kansas. The fiber-optic network upgrade will leverage coherent transmission technology to improve KFN’s ability to support growing demand for Ethernet, mobile backhaul, and high-speed private line services, as well as delivery of mobile content.

The 2700-route-mile KFN provides data, optical transport, and IP-based services to telecommunication carriers across the state. Cisco points out that the upgrade to 100G did not require re-engineering the existing infrastructure, which was originally designed to support a top data rate of 10 Gbps. The new DWDM capabilities leverages Cisco's nLight Silicon, advanced modulation formats, and enhanced forward error correction (FEC).

"Cisco's 100 G technology has allowed us to easily makeover our existing network, and provides a foundation to help fuel economic growth across the entire state with particular focus on rural areas,” said Steven Dorf, president of Kansas Fiber Network. “This DWDM technology provides high-speed Internet access and will help reduce the cost for Kansas businesses and organizations to offer increasingly popular mobile applications such as distance learning and telemedicine."

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