FORT WORTH, Texas, -- Aug. 10, 2006 -- C I Host has deployed a scalable, flexible infrastructure -- featuring MRV's LambdaDriver dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) fiber optic transport system -- in order to meet the explosive growth in its optical network.
The system, which cost more than $100,000 to build and connects C I Host's main facility in Bedford, Texas, to Dallas' largest Telco Hotel, located at 2323 Bryan Street, will provide the network agility the company will need to efficiently and cost-effectively support future broadband service developments.
"We are pleased to partner with Xspedius on this mission-critical network," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "Our significant infrastructure investment in this network and fiber solidifies our attention to the growing needs of our customers."
The new C I Host network integrates best-in-class wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), packet, and time division multiplexing (TDM) capabilities all on a single platform. That configuration will help reduce both capital and operational costs for operators by supporting true convergence of previously distinct network types.
"The new network enables the instant delivery of rich, high-bandwidth media such as video, music, games and downloads, to globally located audiences of any size," Faulkner said. "This is one more step to provide the best services for our customers and fill the needs of the growing marriage of the entertainment industry and technology."
In fiber optic telecommunications, wavelength-division multiplexing is a technology that multiplexes multiple optical carrier signals on a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light to carry different signals. This enables a multiplication in capacity and makes it possible to perform bi-directional communications over one strand of fiber.
About C I Host
C I Host ( www.cihost.com ), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) hosting 330,000 domains in 190 countries worldwide.
