Allied Telesyn Inc. Announces Its First Commercial Implementations of ADSL2+ in Live 'Triple Play' Voice, Video and Data Networks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004 Benefits of Breakthrough Technology Include Increased Revenue for Service Providers, Enhanced Services for Customers Allied Telesyn, Inc, a global leader in IP-based networking solutions for the access edge, today announced the deployment of ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 2+ technology in "Triple Play" voice, video and data networks at Vernon Telephone Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin Westby is a city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,045 at the 2000 census. History Westby is named after general store owner and Civil War Union soldier Ole T. and Coon coon: see raccoon. Valley Telephone Company in Coon Valley, Wisconsin Coon Valley is a village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 714 at the 2000 census. Arboretum & Museum
"Implementing ADSL2+ is a win for customers of Vernon Telephone and Coon Valley, who'll get faster access to services and access to new voice, video and data services, and a win for the service providers, who get a new source of revenue," said Bill Allen, Vice President, Network Service Provider Operations for Allied Telesyn. ADSL2+ is a breakthrough technology that dramatically increases the amount of data service providers can stream to their customers. It also increases a carrier's flexibility in increasing ADSL services. This technology allows service providers to enable more video set top boxes per subscriber and generate incremental VoIP services revenues. Allied Telesyn delivers the performance of ADSL2+ in both its 9400 and 9700 Multiservice Access Platforms. These devices use an "Any Service, Any Slot" architecture that simultaneously supports ADSL, ADSL2+ and Fiber To The Home (FTTH (Fiber To The Home) See FTTP. ) connections. The 9400 and 9700 are complemented by the RG-634 residential gateway, which provides an ADSL2+ modem, VoIP ports, Layer 3 routing and IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) The protocol that governs the management of multicast groups in a TCP/IP network. To sign up for a multicast group, a Host Membership Report is sent by a user's machine to its nearest routers, which forward that data to , in one cost-competitive integrated solution. The combination, used at Vernon Telephone Cooperative and Coon Valley Telephone Company, makes Allied one of the few vendors to provide a complete end to end ADSL2+ solution. "ADSL2+ is a key to the future of Triple Play," said Rod Olson of Vernon Telephone Cooperative. "Allied Telesyn extended their already advanced solution with ADSL2+ performance, and backed it up with unmatched service and support." Although the higher frequency signals of ADSL2+ increase the possibility of crosstalk, Allied Telesyn's solution includes innovative design and wiring and specific installation recommendations to minimize it. "Running rich video services over ADSL2+ requires know how beyond specifications and standards," said Lenny Leis of Coon Valley Telephone. "The cable plant, splitter design and wiring practices need review. Allied Telesyn showed unique expertise, ensuring that these critical components were up to spec." About Allied Telesyn's Products Allied Telesyn's Multiservice Access Platforms are Carrier Class IP-based solutions that can be installed in central offices or remote enclosures. The 9400 supports up to 168 ADSL subscribers while the 9700 supports 408 ADSL subscribers. Both are NEBS-3 compliant. Allied Telesyn's RG600 series Residential Gateways complete the complete ADSL Triple Play solution. With support for IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping is the process of improving IGMP. IGMP snooping, as implied by the name, is a feature that allows the switch to "listen in" on the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers. for efficient video delivery, programmable Rate Limiting In computer networks, rate limiting is used to control the rate of traffic sent or received on a network interface. Traffic that is less than or equal to the specified rate is sent, whereas traffic that exceeds the rate is dropped or delayed. , VoIP support for IGMP Snooping, SIP, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol and H.323, the AT-RG600 series improves ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for Service Providers. About Allied Telesyn, Inc. Founded in 1987, Allied Telesyn, Inc. is a worldwide leader in IP-based networking products for carriers, service providers, enterprises, and educational institutions. With wholly-owned manufacturing facilities that deliver superior quality, Allied Telesyn delivers more than 1200 products to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. The company has comprehensive lines of high-quality access, aggregation, and core transport products for fiber and copper networks. In addition, Allied Telesyn has extensive global professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and support organizations to back them up. With approximately $500 million in annual revenue, Allied Telesyn operates in more than 30 countries on five continents. For more information, please see www.alliedtelesyn.com. |
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