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To: Tweaker who wrote (1963)	7/27/1998 9:00:00 AM
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[Frontier Builds First Coast-to-Coast OC-48c IP Network] Frontier's Advanced Optronics Network Demonstrates Commitment To Business Needs of the Future SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier GlobalCenter, the data and Internet arm of Frontier Corporation (NYSE:FRO), announced today plans to deploy Internet Protocol (IP) over a nationwide OC-48c network. Built as a segment within the Frontier Optronics network, the OC-48c IP network layer is expected to be the fastest and most efficient coast-to-coast IP network in the communications industry, moving data at 2.56 gigabits per second (Gbps) on a single strand of fiber. The OC-48c IP segment will be completed in the fourth quarter this year. Until now, carriers have not been able to deploy a coast-to-coast OC-48c IP network due to technology limitations caused by dependency upon legacy networks. Frontier is succeeding because of its commitment to deploy Internet Protocol, its expertise in managing an industry-leading data architecture -- digital distribution -- and its "future proofing" approach to building the highly scaleable and flexible Optronics network. Connecting 120 markets in the United States, the Frontier Optronics network uses the most advanced fiber optics with dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) creating "liquid bandwidth," a scaleable design that gives the network virtually unlimited capacity. Upon completion, the entire Optronics network will exceed a capacity of 460 Gigabits per second (Gbps). Such capacity can service any applications customers can deploy to support their business goals, now and well into the future. "This landmark OC-48c buildout of our IP infrastructure will dramatically improve the performance of data applications for our customers," said Doug Hickey, president of Frontier GlobalCenter. "By deploying IP over OC-48c, the fastest IP network technology possible today, Frontier is helping our customers take the quantum leap into a next era of data communications. Our customers will be light years ahead of their competition." Frontier's revolutionary OC-48c IP network layer will operate directly over the Optronics DWDM platform, bypassing network management layers that slow traffic on conventional networks. By running IP, the most robust communications protocol, directly over DWDM, Frontier takes full advantage of OC-48c capacity providing customers a faster and more effective network to support their current and future wide-area applications. Immediately upon deployment, the OC-48c IP network layer will become part of the Frontier GlobalCenter digital distribution architecture. This industry-leading data distribution backbone is used by thousands of Web sites, including more than 200 of the most popular World Wide Web destinations. The Frontier GlobalCenter digital distribution architecture currently handles over 500 million Internet hits a day and delivers more than 4.5 billion page views per month. Frontier GlobalCenter is complimenting its Optronics IP network with a comprehensive IP strategy that includes construction of "MegaCenters" or large scale state-of-the-art media distribution centers (MDCs), metropolitan OC-48c rings, and high-speed OC-12 connectivity to new public peering ATM switches at the MAEs. Frontier GlobalCenter is already integrating its eight domestic MDCs and digital distribution architecture with the Optronics network to provide customers the most efficient, reliable and cost effective platform to deliver Internet-based content and applications. "Forget all the acronyms and industry jargon," said Jonathan Heiliger, Frontier GlobalCenter's chief technology officer. "Basically we are future-proofing our network for customers, ensuring ultimate scalability."