Arapahoe Library District Books Its Converged Voice and Data Services with Qwest.DENVER -- Qwest Communications
See: New York Stock Exchange : Q) today announced it has signed a three-year contract to be the exclusive provider of converged voice and data services to the Arapahoe Library District in Englewood, Colo. Qwest will support the district's 200,000 users and the nearly five million items they check out each year by connecting five of the library district's locations with Qwest metro optical Ethernet services, a metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. networking service. The new Qwest services will provide additional voice and data capabilities to support the library's circulation and reference functions, as well as allow the library district to conduct video training between branches. The ability to increase bandwidth quickly is one of the key benefits of Qwest metro optical Ethernet services. "In addition to the excellent service we've received from Qwest, one of the important factors in our decision was scalability," said Austin Healy, Arapahoe Library District's network administrator. "As our needs change, we can call Qwest and within 10 days, we can have anywhere from 5Mbps to 1,000Mbps additional bandwidth - without the need to invest in additional network equipment ourselves." Qwest's metro optical Ethernet combines the power of Ethernet and optical technologies across metropolitan area networks. This provides low cost, scalable and secure bandwidth and local area network (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. )-to-LAN connectivity between two or more customer locations within a metro area. "At Qwest, we focus on not just serving the current needs of our customers across the country, but on providing them with the tools they need to grow," said Tom Richards Tom Richards may refer to:
QMOE can be less expensive than traditional time division multiplexing (communications) time division multiplexing - (TDM) A type of multiplexing where two or more channels of information are transmitted over the same link by allocating a different time interval ("slot" or "slice") for the transmission of each channel. I.e. (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) services, eliminating the need for specialized wide area networking (WAN) support expertise and reducing the cost of WAN equipment with lower-cost Ethernet switches A device that connects clients and servers to each other in an Ethernet network. See switched Ethernet. and routers. Because its bandwidth is available in easily scalable increments, customers can pay only for what they need, with the option of upgrading quickly to add capacity. About Qwest Qwest offers a unique and powerful combination of voice and data solutions for businesses, government agencies and consumers - locally and throughout the country. Customers coast to coast are turning to Qwest's industry-leading national fiber optic network and its Spirit of Service for quality products and superior customer experience. For more information on Qwest, and its various operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. , please go to www.qwest.com. The Qwest logo is a registered trademark of Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. |
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