Transcript Building and Maintaining Regional Optical Networks

Building and Maintaining
Regional Optical Networks
Randy Brogle, Level3 Communications
Gregg Shepperd, Fujitsu Laboratories of America
Jeff Marshall, Ciena
Christian Todorov, Internet2, Moderator
April 25, 2007
FiberCo
• FiberCo is an LLC of Internet2 that was initially
created in partnership with Level 3
Communications to put dark fiber resources in
the hands of our member community
• FiberCo was successful in placing over 13,000
route miles of dark fiber
• FiberCo has expanded its services to a suite of
services designed to assist R&E optical
network operators build and maintain their
networks
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So, You want your own optical network…
• As the community has taken the step towards building
and operating its own optical networks, the expertise
required and complexity of deployment and operations
have increased.
• Some members may not have the available resources
to accomplish their goals in the desired timeframes
• FiberCo in cooperation with corporate members now
offers a number of professional services to assist
members with the unique challenges of deploying and
operating optical networks
• http://www.fiberco.org/
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