Alaska Railroad Corporation Chooses Actelis Networks MetaLIGHT Platform to Provide Broadband Services between Corporate Facilities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004 With an abundance of copper pairs embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. throughout their business enterprise, Alaska Railroad The Alaska Railroad (AAR reporting marks ARR) is a Class II railroad that extends from Seward, in the south of the state of Alaska, in the United States, to Fairbanks, in the interior of that state. selects Actelis Networks MetaLIGHT platforms to provide high-bandwidth Ethernet service between corporate buildings utilizing their existing copper infrastructure. Actelis Networks(R), a leading supplier of solutions that enable carrier-grade broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. over local-loop copper, today announced that Alaska Railroad Corporation has deployed its MetaLIGHT(R) Ethernet-over-Copper platform. This deployment allows the Alaska Railroad to provide high-bandwidth Ethernet services between corporate buildings connected only by copper. The Alaska Railroad is currently using the MetaLIGHT platform to deliver 65 Mbps of Ethernet service between multiple corporate buildings. The Alaska Railroad Corporation is a self-sustaining, full-service railroad serving ports and communities from the Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world to Fairbanks. Within their headquarters facility in Anchorage, Alaska, they have multiple buildings that require a seamless communications infrastructure. Prior to deploying Actelis' MetaLIGHT platform, they connected all their facilities using mixture of fiber, wireless and T1 solutions. Although the mixture of these broadband technologies broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. is suitable for many of their networked buildings, they also needed a solution which could bridge the gap between T1 and fiber, providing more bandwidth with higher reliability and a better quality of service than wireless solutions can deliver. With Actelis' MetaLIGHT platforms, the Alaska Railroad is now delivering a high quality 65 Mbps Ethernet service between multiple buildings that are only connected by copper. The MetaLIGHT solution has allowed them to extend LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. connectivity to copper-serviced buildings, while reducing IT costs by simplifying administration and eliminating costly, separate LAN servers. "The Actelis MetaLIGHT platform is ideal for business environments that own their own copper infrastructure and need to provide high-speed, high-quality broadband services to multiple buildings," said David Kampsen, network systems specialist, Alaska Railroad Corporation. "Actelis' MetaLIGHT platform allowed us to economically eliminate all barriers associated with delivering high-bandwidth broadband services throughout our facility." "Since the MetaLIGHT platform could utilize Alaska Railroad's existing copper plant to deliver high-bandwidth Ethernet services, they already had everything they needed to begin delivering services simply and cost-effectively," said Bruce Hammergren, vice president of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. sales, Actelis Networks. "Because it has been designed for easy deployment, the MetaLIGHT platform allowed them to deliver high-bandwidth services to multiple buildings quickly and without any large infrastructure investments." Utilizing standards-based G.SHDSL A DSL technology from the ITU (G.991.2) that provides symmetric transmission from 192 Kbps to 2.3 Mbps using a single copper pair, depending on distance from the central office (from 20,000 ft. to 6,500 ft.). With two wire pairs, 384 Kbps to 4.6 Mbps can be achieved. G. .bis Second version. It means twice in Old Latin, or encore in French. Ter means three. For example, V.27bis and V.27ter are the second and third versions of the V.27 standard. modems and designed to comply with the emerging copper bonding standards, Actelis' MetaLIGHT platforms can provide up to 67 Mbps of Ethernet services to customers and/or locations only served by copper. Additionally, the MetaLIGHT platforms are powered by Actelis' patented MetaLOOP(R) technology which provides far greater rate, reach and reliability, compared to other broadband over copper solution. The bandwidth capabilities and high reliability of the MetaLIGHT platforms make them ideal to support a wide range of broadband applications including transparent LAN services A service from a carrier that links remote Ethernets together. It is called "transparent" because the connected Ethernets are viewed as one Ethernet by the customer, regardless of the technology employed by the carrier in between. , LAN interconnection, voice and video over IP. They are also well suited to backhaul bandwidth to DSLAMs/NGDLCs, WiFi and cellular base stations. About Actelis Networks Actelis Networks is a leading supplier of solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to deliver carrier-grade, new broadband services using existing copper plant. With the superior rate, reach and reliability of Actelis' standards-based, award-winning MetaLIGHT products, service providers and enterprises can deliver high bandwidth, symmetrical services to their customers and/or locations without further infrastructure investments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Actelis Networks is backed by preeminent telecom investors, including New Enterprise Associates, The Walden International Investment Group, U.S. Venture Partners and The Carlyle Group  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. . Actelis is shipping generally available products to customers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , as well as in Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit the corporate website at www.actelis.com. Actelis Networks, MetaLIGHT and MetaLOOP are registered trademarks of Actelis Networks, Inc. One or more U.S. and foreign patents pending cover the product described above. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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