Connecting North Georgia to the World
Posted by Steve Fravel on Monday, November 21, 2011 · 
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Described as one of the nation’s leading providers of mission-critical, high-performance fiber optic networks, FiberLight LLC has announced that it will provide a connection path along 108 miles of its backbone for North Georgia Networks (NGN) to connect to the multi-carrier facility 56 Marietta in downtown Atlanta.
North Georgia Networks has built a 1,000 mile ring connecting 42,000 residential, 9200 business and 245 instiutions in its eight county North Georgia service area. The connection via FiberLight to 56 Marietta — and its 35,000 connections to carriers, enterprises and service providers — are key elements to connecting NGN’s customers to the world.
Researchers Set Record for 100 Terabits per Second via Fiber
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, May 2, 2011 · ·
Two separate research groups have set a world record by sending more than 100 terabits of data per second through a single optical fiber. To give you some perspective, that’s enough to deliver three solid months of HD video or the contents of 250 double-sided Blu-ray discs.
Clearly this is far beyond today’s commercial data needs. Tim Strong of Telegeography Research notes that total capacity between New York and Washington D.C., one of the world’s busiest routes, is currently a few terabits per second; but Strong also points out that traffic has been growing at about 50% a year for the last few years, and with new, bandwidth-hungry video-streaming services, network engineers are searching for ways to expand the capacity of our existing fiber investment.
The New Scientist has the details on these breakthrough innovations: Read more
RUS Loans $40 Million for FTTP Projects
Posted by Jesse Ward on Thursday, April 21, 2011 · ·
Yesterday, the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced support for telecommunications projects in seven states to improve broadband service to rural residents and businesses.
RUS will loan $40 million for projects in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, Montana and Oklahoma. The telephone companies and cooperatives that have been selected to receive the financing will construct more than 1,000 miles of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) systems. Read more