Verizon Claims To Light Up First 100-Gig Backbone Link in US

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Touting the development as an industry first in the US, Verizon said it has deployed 100-Gigabit-per-second technology on a portion of its backbone network -- connecting Chicago and New York -- with an ultra-long-haul optical system from Ciena. The telco said it plans to deploy the technology on more than 10 routes before the end of 2011, including Sacramento to Los Angeles and Minneapolis to Kansas City. Verizon is using Ciena's 100G coherent optical transport solution, which the telco used for its 100-Gbps deployment in Europe linking Paris and Frankfurt earlier this year.


Verizon Claims To Light Up First 100-Gig Backbone Link in US