Cerent Speeds Transport Traffic for Buckeye Telesystems; World's First Evolutionary Optical Transport System Delivers Video, Data, and Voice Services on Demand.PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 1999-- Cerent Corporation today announced that Buckeye buckeye: see horse chestnut. buckeye Any of about 13 trees and shrubs of the genus Aesculus (family Hippocastanaceae), native to North America, southeastern Europe, and eastern Asia. Telesystems, a facilities-based, cable-affiliated regional competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) ), has selected the Cerent 454(TM), the first evolutionary optical transport system, to solve multi-service transport challenges, including the massive growth in Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. traffic caused by the increased use of cable modems cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. . Unlike existing digital transport solutions, the Cerent 454's innovative architecture supports video, data, and voice traffic on one powerful platform and does so at half the cost of traditional transport systems. Buckeye was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an efficient, reliable and flexible transport solution for increased data traffic traveling upstream from the hubs to the headend for processing. It also needed a solution that would support Buckeye's existing video, voice and data services and support the growth of future telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. . Buckeye chose SONET transport for its reliability, fault-tolerance, and interoperability with other systems. The Cerent 454 met Buckeye's transport needs with features such as the multi-service capability which helps Buckeye deliver video, data, and voice services on demand over an evolutionary optical transport platform. Buckeye is now deploying Cerent's innovative SONET transport technology in fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. OC-48 (2.4 Gbps) ring configurations, with plans to expand to five rings and 15 terminal nodes terminal node - leaf throughout Buckeye's Ohio and Michigan network. As traffic grows, Buckeye can speed up an existing Cerent SONET ring The architecture used in SONET technology. SONET rings, known as "self-healing rings," use two or more transmission paths between network nodes, which are typically digital cross-connects (DCSs) or add/drop multiplexers (ADMs). to 10 Gbps, OC-192 capacity with a simple card change. The Cerent 454 also acts as a digital cross connect and an IP and ATM switch - delivering both electrical and optical services on the same chassis. This provides for an unprecedented, compact footprint that reduces cost and eases co-location space restrictions. "We consider the Cerent 454 `revolutionary' because its flexibility helps us focus on our business - expanding our services offering," said Bill Zornow, Director of Network Operations, Buckeye Telesystems. "We chose Cerent for its unique advantages: It's fast, cost-effective and designed to adapt. The first systems we installed were operational within one-half hour of turning them on. Its affordable simplicity let us pass the savings on to our customers, and that makes us more competitive. We've found Cerent to be a solution you can grow on." "Simple, easy, fast - that's the formula our customers have taught us," said Carl Russo, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cerent Corporation. "We've engineered the Cerent 454 to deliver what service providers need to finish first in the world's most competitive race. And we're hearing from our customers that we've designed a whole new kind of transport vehicle that will support a new generation of networks." About the Cerent 454 Designed to help carriers evolve transport networks from today's rigid TDM-based architecture to the "all optical" networks of the future, the Cerent 454 is the first multi-service platform to deliver efficient data, video, and voice transport on SONET networks by aggregating and concentrating data services. System architecture supports any interface from DS1 to OC192 on general purpose card slots. Customers can increase bit rates with a simple card swap. The Cerent 454 delivers the highest bandwidth, highest port density, highest flexibility and lowest first cost in the smallest footprint in the industry. The system provides in one 18.5 inch platform what it traditionally took a seven-foot rack of equipment to deliver. These innovative features combined with ease of installation, provisioning and upgrade ensure that National Carriers, ILECs, CLECs, IXCs, Utilities and Cable TV providers can deploy equipment easily and cost-effectively today and future-proof their infrastructure at the same time. About Buckeye Buckeye Telesystems is a facilities-based, cable-affiliated regional competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). Certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is an agency of Federal State of Ohio that is charged with the regulation of utility service providers such as those of electricity, natural gas, and telecommunications as well as railroad safety and intrastate hazardous , Buckeye has customers in northwest Ohio Northwest or northwestern Ohio consists of multiple counties in the northwestern corner of the US state of Ohio. This area borders Lake Erie, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana. Some areas in northwestern Ohio are also considered the Black Swamp area. . Buckeye Telesystems offers services to small and medium-sized businesses including dial tone, private line and Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. services. Buckeye Cablesystems, the affiliated CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. provider, is currently upgrading its hybrid fiber-coaxial infrastructure and rolling out high-speed cable modem services. Buckeye delivers high-reliability, high-availability services for both businesses and consumers. About Cerent Cerent Corporation is the revolutionary network element delivering next-generation network transport solutions today. While demand for network access skyrockets and the core networks are rapidly expanding, SONET transport networks are the next critical bandwidth bottleneck. Traditional SONET equipment is designed for voice networks and cannot accommodate the surging data traffic unleashed by the Internet. The Cerent 454 is the first evolutionary optical transport platform that supports any network traffic type over any optical bit rate at 50 percent lower cost than traditional SONET solutions. Over 50 service providers throughout the U.S. and Canada have deployed the Cerent 454 since its introduction in December 1998. Cerent customers are service providers (such as National Carriers, ILECs, CLECs, IXCs, Utilities and Cable TV providers) who demand simple, scaleable and efficient transport systems that fit today's SONET infrastructure. Cerent products solve the transport bottleneck and evolve to the optical networks of the Internet era. Information about Cerent can be found at:http://www.cerent.com. |
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