GST telecom from latest newsletter
A new CIENA customer is GST Telecommunica-
tions, a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC)
that has extensive regional networks in the
Western United States and Hawaii.
CIENAOs order represents the _rst DWDM installation
in GSTOs network, says GST spokeswoman Lisa Miles.
GST will be using CIENAOs MultiWave Sentry 1600
equipment as part of its 500 mile Los Angeles-San
Francisco network build. GST is the only CLEC to install
optical _ber along the popular and important California
route to this time. The carrier is swapping some _bers
with IXC as part of a cooperative arrangement along the
S.F.-L.A. route. In return, GST has secured _ber on a
route connecting Los Angeles with Las Vegas and
Phoenix. The company has also connected its Phoenix
and Tucson operations via a long-haul _ber network.
OWe selected CIENA because it met or exceeded all
of our technical requirements,O says Kevin Wright,
GSTOs chief technical of_cer. GST will use eight wave-
lengths of OC-48 as part of its initial installation. When
demand warrants, GST will scale to 16 channels.
OCIENAOs equipment is compatible with various
brands of _ber optic terminal equipment,O says Wright.
OFlexibility is important to us and is one of the chief
criteria we use when evaluating any system,O he adds.
About GST Telecommunications
New CIENA customer GST Telecommunications,
headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., is a company on a
mission. The competitive local exchange carrier is deter-
mined to wire together with _ber optics its local phone
companies in the Western United States and Hawaii.
The carrier now provides local phone service to 14
markets, including Hawaii, California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Washington. GSTOs
product offerings include local dialtone, long distance,
data and Internet services.
GST has a 300 mile undersea _ber optic network
in Hawaii that GST is using to connect six of the
Hawaiian Islands. |
