Company Profile for American Fiber Systems.American Fiber Systems, a provider of metropolitan fiber optic network infrastructure and wholesale transport services, is dedicated to enabling wireline, wireless carriers and large enterprises achieve a competitive advantage from optical broadband communications technology. AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System has deployed over 90,000 miles of high-capacity, high-bandwidth metropolitan fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power since 2000 in several cities, including Atlanta, GA; Cleveland, OH; Kansas City, KS/MO; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, Nashville, TN and Salt Lake City, UT. They connect to a city's most important points of communications presence, including ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. central offices and wire centers; 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) POPs; Internet Service Providers (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) and data center locations; Inter-exchange "carrier hotels;" wireless providers and cable company head ends; and Fortune 1000 companies. AFS has over 500 capacity enabled on-net buildings. AFS' unique metropolitan fiber optic network footprint supports an addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be market teledensity of over $9 billion in annual telecommunications services.
Company: American Fiber Systems
Headquarters Address: 100 Meridian Centre
Rochester, NY 14618
Main Telephone: 585-340-5400
Website: www.americanfibersystems.com
Type of Organization: Private
Industry: Technology: Telecommunications
Key Executives: CEO: Dave Rusin
Public Relations
Contact: Rita Mahan
Phone: 678-454-1403
Email: rmahan@afsnetworks.com
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