According to Adtran, its Total Access 5000 ethernet aggregation platform, NetVanta 800 Series of intelligent network termination units (NetVanta 818, 838 and 873), will be used to provide the copper based metro ethernet extension for US Signal’s 4,000 mile fiber-based Midwestern data network servicing customers in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Dan Olrich, executive vice president of operations at US Signal, said: Adtran’s ethernet services offer capabilities that allow us to reach customers with next-generation services, and enable our customers for benefits in terms of both higher bandwidth and ethernet network.
Earlier in April 2008, US Signal, announced the release of Virtual Ethernet Services (VES). US Signal Virtual Ethernet Service (VES) is a way to connect customer sites over US Signal’s Ethernet network. VES employs Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) technology utilizing Cisco network architecture to provide multipoint connectivity.
US Signal connects to customers using technologies like fiber builds, Ethernet over Copper (EoCu), Ethernet over T1 and DS3 (EoTDM), Ethernet over SONET, partner Ethernet networks, and direct carrier hotel or colocation hand-offs to the network. VES is also available with Quality of Service (QoS) for customer prioritization of critical traffic such as voice and video.
US Signal is a fiber optic service provider, offering a wide range of telecommunications services to wholesale customers and channel partners.
