Parker FiberNet Chooses Terawave PON for CLEC Voice and Data Services in Athens, Georgia.HAYWARD, Calif. -- Terawave Communications (www.terawave.com) today announced that Parker FiberNet is using Terawave Passive Optical Networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. (PON (Passive Optical Network) An optical point-to-multipoint access network. There are no optical repeaters or other active devices in a PON, hence the name "passive. ) solutions to provide voice, data, and private line services to business customers in and around Athens, GA. Parker FiberNet, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , (www.parkerfibernet.com) is a registered 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) ) with a 75-mile SONET fiber ring around the city. The Terawave PON solution replaces their original fiber modem solution, providing more services on fewer fibers, at a lower cost. "The Terawave solution is extremely flexible, allowing us to offer Ethernet, DS1 and voice services on one platform," said David Parker David Parker is the name of:
Parker FiberNet places Terawave TW-600 OLTs at their SONET nodes, delivering broadband services over 622 Mbps symmetrical PON to multiple subscribers on a single fiber. "The system is very easy to manage, and allows us to offer our services at an extremely competitive price," states Jason Ware, Director of Technology for Parker. "The QOS and bandwidth shaping Same as traffic shaping. replaces several other pieces of gear, and provides seamless management of the network," adds Donald Bing, Director of Engineering. "This is our first experience with PON, and we couldn't be happier with the system or the vendor." Parker FiberNet, LLC, headquartered in Summerville, GA, was formed to build fiber optic network infrastructure for commercial and public applications. It has installed hundreds of miles of 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 throughout the Southeast, and has interconnect agreements with the major regional ILECs and other providers. Parker provides and builds fiber systems and bulk encryption for enterprises and military installations around the world. Parker FiberNet's continued success can be attributed to providing implementation from start to finish, including in-house design, engineering, construction, system turn-up, operation and monitoring. Terawave Communications is a leading, global manufacturer of converged access solutions for service providers, government, and enterprise customers. Terawave multi-service aggregation and PON products provide the industry's most economical data, voice, video, and circuit service convergence solutions, for unparalleled service velocity, management, bandwidth, and capital efficiency. Headquartered in Hayward, California Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County. The sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, it is one of the larger suburbs of Oakland. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 140,030. The estimated population in 2007 is 155,312. , and with offices in the USA, Canada, Asia, and Europe, Terawave has shipped over 10,000 nodes to more than 80 networks on 5 continents. |
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