>> what I'd really like to see are some press releases >>
So Greg, you mean something like this??
BIG NEWS !!!
MRV to provide over 400 custom Optiswitches for nation’s first Broadband Network
10-Apr-03
National Broadband to Build Wireless {using MRV communications switches} along WilTel’s Fiber Routes
National Broadband, a start-up carrier based in Aspen, Colorado, unveiled plans to rollout out wireless broadband services to communities along the fiber network footprint of WilTel Communications. Using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, National Broadband will deploy a master base station at each of 422 optical regeneration stations, which are located at 40 mile intervals along the nationwide WilTel fiber network. At each of the stations, National Broadband will install a customized optical switch from MRV Communications that is capable of adding/dropping up to 1 Gbps of traffic onto the network. WilTel is providing two fibers to National Broadband for its exclusive use in the deployment. National Broadband uses point-to-point radios to serve regional ISPs, cable companies, independent telcos and large businesses. It also plans to offer point-to-multipoint residential services in some areas. National Broadband also plans to differentiate its network by deploying a new generation of “content processors” from Tariri (an Intel spin-out), telco servers from IBM, and Microsoft 2003 Servers with .NET capabilities. The network will have over 1 petabyte of local storage capacity at start-up. The Tarari processors will offload computationally intense security and media functionality from end-user devices. The .NET functionality will support forthcoming media and presence applications from Microsoft and others.
<http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=7076>
SO who are these guys??????????????
Big rollout by National Broadband last week
shorecliffcommunications.com
<http://www.nationalbroadband.com>
Technology Network:
At each of the 422 existing access points on the WilTel network, NBB will install an optical switch manufactured for NBB by MRV Communications. Each switch is capable of dropping and inserting up to 1 gigabit of data onto the NBB network which consists of two fibers that WilTel has provided exclusively to NBB, For the first time, communities located in between metropolitan centers, have cost effective access to Tier 1 fiber optic capabilities without the need for local telco facilities.
<http://www.nationalbb.com/technology/>
Strategic Alliances:
Utilizing the $6 billion WilTel nationwide network and MRV Communications OptiSwitch technology, National Broadband is enabling business and residential subscribers to access national fiber every 40 miles along the WilTel fiber network. National Broadband is combining WilTel's backbone and MRV's switching capabilities with wireless technology to offer data transport and internet access without telephone company copper lines. ISPs, utilities, carriers, hospitals, agencies, businesses and others can contact us for broadband transport and internet access.
<http://www.nationalbb.com/strategic_alliances/>
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