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tion (3CDC), one of whose subsidiaries manages Fountain Square, entered into an agreement with Cincinnati Bell to provide these services via its new Fioptics product line, which is now available to about 50,000 households. “Cincinnati Bell is playing a pivotal role in the successful revitalization of downtown and Fountain Square, our city’s premier civic space,” says Steve Leeper, president and CEO of 3CDC. will ultimately serve the entire city. Texas Hill Country telco GVTC achieved another milestone in its $35 million FTTH project. In July, GVTC made fiber to the home available to more than 1,000 houses, with the capacity to immediately provide service to another 900 lots. Nineteen subdivisions are part of this latest expansion. New fiber-tothe-home customers can receive cable TV, Internet access, voice and security monitoring services from GVTC, which currently offers the fastest Internet connection in South Texas – 40 Mbps. When GVTC’s fiber expansion project is complete in 2013, it will make fiber to the home available to more than 18,500 houses in the Hill Country. Four Telcos Reach Milestones Competitive provider Velocity Telephone broke ground on the Eagan (Minn.) Community Fiber Network in April with what it calls the “first metro ring fiber network in the country.” Metro rings, in which fiber lines form interconnected circular networks, are actually common; this type of redundant construction reduces deployment costs, increases network reliability and minimizes repair costs. However, a typical metro ring connects large business locations, while Velocity’s ring connects businesses of all sizes as well as residences. “High-speed Internet is essential in today’s fast-paced, media-heavy world, which is why high-speed Internet access for all Eagan residents and businesses is among the City Council’s top priorities,” says Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire, who participated in the groundbreaking. “We’re very excited that Velocity chose Eagan as the first community to extend this fiber optic offering to and that Velocity is the first telecommunications provider to capitalize on making this competitive step forward in our community.” “Having reliable, cost-effective high-speed Internet is a necessity and a competitive advantage in today’s marketplace,” says Todd Kerin, president of Machine Tool Supply, the first Eagan business to participate in the network. “I believe Velocity’s Eagan Community Fiber Network will enhance our ability to provide superior service to our diverse customer base and, as a result, improve our profitability.” Phase I of the Eagan network includes a 4-square-mile optical fiber ring in the northwest quadrant of the city that takes advantage of Velocity’s existing colocation facility. Additional phases will create more interconnected fiber rings that People WHERE FIBER MANAGEMENT COMES TOGETHER. Information Technology Join the conversation with your network peers at www.FiberPuzzle.com. New at Clearfield: Clearview xPAK Advances small count fiber deployment. @ClearfieldFiber www.ClearfieldConnection.com 800.422.2537 August/September 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 29
optimum lightpath’s Business Customers Prosper With Fiber Services Competitive provider Optimum Lightpath, whose fiber network serves businesses in the New York metropolitan area, announced new connections with CENX and Telx, operators of Carrier Ethernet exchange services. The CENX connection enables Optimum Lightpath to directly connect its customers to more than 10 million Ethernet service locations worldwide – a requirement for global organizations looking to establish Ethernet-based, lowlatency, high-bandwidth connections between the New York metro area and other key locations. Telx, an interconnection and colocation provider in strategic North American markets, serves some of the world’s most advanced algorithmic trading service providers and financial exchanges. Many of these businesses now have access to Optimum Lightpath’s services in New York City and Northern New Jersey, which provide them with low-latency and route-diversity advantages. Optimum Lightpath also reports on several recent customer success stories: home health care provider expands care with Secure Network Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is using Optimum Lightpath services to cut costs by more than $150,000 per year while expanding patient care. VNSNY’s staff and clinicians use Web-based applications and also need to communicate securely with other health care providers from the office and the field. The organization wanted to expand access to more clinicians and staff, roll out a teleworker initiative and support its 24/7 contact center. To meet these needs, VNSNY relocated its data center and turned to Optimum Lightpath to double its Internet bandwidth and improve circuits to support high-quality VoIP services. When Optimum Lightpath rolled out an all-Ethernet, all-fiber telecommunications network that was scalable, stable and cost-effective, the clinicians, who access the Internet primarily via mobile devices from patients’ homes, felt the benefits immediately. VNSNY’s teleworker initiative also went into high gear, allowing the organization to scale up its contact center without the expense of a dedicated physical location. “We couldn’t be more pleased with how VNSNY has been able to grow and deliver an enhanced experience to patients, staff and clinicians as a result of rolling out smarter telecommunications services,” says Randy Cleghorne, VNSNY’s vice president of information technology services and support. “We rely so heavily on this network, and downtime isn’t an option. With Optimum Lightpath, we know the service is stable and problem calls have been virtually nonexistent. ” Students Gain Better Access to Information Brooklyn Law School, a 100-year-old graduate educational institution, more than doubled its Internet bandwidth capacity and greatly improved voice service and reliability while cutting costs. “Access to information is at the heart of what allows our students and teachers to be successful every day, and in a 24/7 access environment, with bandwidth needs increasing all the time, it’s important that we work with a service provider that can help us meet these growing network demands,” says Phil Allred, chief information officer, Brooklyn Law School. Brooklyn Law School increased its Internet capacity from 45 Mbps to 100 Mbps and implemented an improved voice service that is more feature-rich and reliable than its previous copper-based solution. The institution also has greater flexibility to employ new digital learning tools and methods in the classroom and across campus. Fiber Services Attract Business Tenants Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a commercial real estate leader in the Northeast, has brought Optimum Lightpath’s services into more than 70 buildings to meet the demands of its financial services, health care and enterprise tenants. Mack-Cali, which operates primarily class-A office and office/flex buildings, has buildings lit by Optimum Lightpath in Morris County, N.J.; Jersey City, N.J.; and Westchester County, N.Y., where its clients are seeking low latency, high bandwidth, disaster recovery, business continuity and other benefits. “Mack-Cali’s relationship with Optimum Lightpath has emerged as a competitive differentiator, empowering us to attract and retain business while assuring our tenants that they will always have access to highquality telecommunications services,” says Nicholas Mitarotonda Jr., vice president of information systems for Mack-Cali. “Optimum Lightpath has successfully met the demand that our tenants have for cost-effective, high-bandwidth services with fast turn-up times. “At Mack-Cali, we put strong emphasis on our ‘tenant first’ philosophy, which Optimum Lightpath shares and has demonstrated time and time again,” adds Mitarotonda. “Whether getting telecommunications services to a tenant in a brand-new location within just 24 hours following a devastating tornado, or beating quoted turnup times when a customer needed to be up and running fast, we have always been able to count on Optimum Lightpath to be a true partner for us. The bottom line is that when Optimum Lightpath is involved, we know that our tenants are in good hands.” 30 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | August/September 2010
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