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Wabash Mutual Telephone, a subscriber-owned
telephone exchange in
western central Ohio, chose Occam
Networks’ BLC 6000 multiservice access
platform (MSAP) to expand its
broadband services. As part of a $4.3
million broadband stimulus-funded fiber
project, Wabash will provide digital
television, high-speed Internet and voice
services to Fort Recovery and the surrounding
area. Work on the project has
already begun, and the first services will
be turned up before the end of the year.
The project is expected to be completed
in less than three years.
“In addition to our residential customers,
Fort Recovery is home to several
major businesses, including a worldwide
distributor of farming equipment, one
of the top 10 egg production companies
in the United States, an automotive
parts manufacturer and a die cast facility,”
says Mike Boley, CEO of Wabash
Mutual Telephone. “What our customers
all have in common is the need for
higher-speed access.”
A long-time Occam partner, Wabash
Mutual began rolling out triple-play services
in 2005 and has been working with
Occam ever since to expand its service
footprint and migrate to an all-IP network.
For this deployment, Wabash will
use Ethernet technologies, including
GigE and 10GigE-capable Ethernet optical
line terminals (OLTs) and the ON
2342 optical network terminal (ONT).
Slic Network Solutions, a subsidiary
of Nicholville Telephone, also chose
Occam’s MSAP to serve more than
700 households and 39 businesses and
anchor institutions in remote western
Franklin County, N.Y. As part of a $5.2
million broadband stimulus fiber project,
Slic will offer triple-play services,
including three tiers of high-speed Internet
and IPTV.
“The local communities are both excited
and surprised that we are bringing
broadband into an area that has never
experienced the benefits of high-speed
Internet,” says Phillip Wagschal, Slic’s
CEO. “We are pleased to be part of a
project that bridges the digital divide
with communications services that promote
growth and development in both
the townships and the outlying areas.”
Slic has a long-standing reputation
for bringing advanced broadband services
to the north country. Past deployments
have included constructing lastmile
fiber networks to serve neighboring
communities, particularly to deliver
high-speed access to anchor institutions
that include hospitals, school districts
and government offices. This deployment
will include dedicated fiber optic
connections between hospitals and rural
clinics in Franklin County.
Slic has already begun working on
the Franklin County project and expects
the deployment to be fully under way by
fall. It will deploy 136 miles of fiber optic
cable across five townships and the
surrounding areas. Slic will use GPON
technology, including the BLC 6322
GPON OLT and the ON 2541 ONT.
Big Bend Telephone Company in
Alpine, Texas, has deployed Occam’s
BLC 6000 MSAP to transition from
copper to fiber broadband services. Big
Bend Telephone covers a territory larger
than the state of Rhode Island, serving
its customers with a mix of access network
technologies, including GigE and
GPON for anchor institutions such as
rural health clinics, a local university
and regional Homeland Security offices.
As part of a strategic shift to Ethernet
and a fiber infrastructure, Big Bend
will use the BLC 6000 MSAP to deliver
voice, high-speed Internet and data
backup services to residential and business
customers. In less demanding areas,
the BLC 6000’s DSL technology will
provide broadband coverage.
Central Scott Telephone, headquartered
in Eldridge, Iowa, deployed Occam
solutions in two significant upgrade
projects: an upgrade of its existing DSL
network and a competitive overbuild
that will make advanced FTTH services
available in the neighboring Quad Cities
area. In the Quad Cities, which offer a
high population density and more than
300,000 broadband-hungry consumers,
Central Scott deployed GPON in the
BLC 6000 MSAP and began delivering
high-bandwidth services, effectively positioning
itself against local competitors.
Central Scott also serves anchor institutions,
such as schools and government,
and it networks several medical
facilities with connections as fast as 100
Mbps. These new rings are connected to
Iowa Network Services (INS), an organization
of 127 independent telephone
companies that operates a statewide fiber
optic network.
Reducing Cost
and Complexity
LaWard Telephone Exchange in southern
Texas selected ADTRAN’s Total
Access 5000 MSAP and its 300 Series
ONTs for fiber-based GPON business
and residential services. LaWard plans
to extend fiber services to rural residents,
reaching previously underserved
areas and also bringing next-generation
services to existing customers.
Nick Strauss, plant manager for La-
Ward Telephone, says, “ADTRAN’s
unique technology allowed us to reach
all our customers without adding equipment
cabinets in the field, significantly
reducing the cost and complexity of
our fiber-to-the-home deployment.”
ADTRAN’s GPON system has a reach
of 30 km per PON with a full 32-way
split.
WNM Communications, formerly
Western New Mexico Telephone Company,
also selected ADTRAN’s Total
Access 5000 for enhanced broadband
deployment, Carrier Ethernet delivery
and next-generation services migration.
WNMC is an ILEC and CLEC service
provider that serves a 15,000-squaremile
area of southwestern New Mexico.
The ADTRAN solution will be used for
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