Columbus, OH – February 25, 2020 – Horizon, a regional fiber broadband company based in Ohio, has announced a new connection to the Equinix Data Center on Cermak Road in Chicago, IL, a major Internet on-ramp hub for the Midwest. By…
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Everstream Eyes 5 New Markets in $250M Fiber Network Expansion
Competitive business-only regional fiber network operator Everstream said today that it will enter five new markets and invest more than $250 million during 2020. The moves, which are part of a strategy that includes both organic growth and acquisitions, are…
Bluebird Network Completes Springfield, MO Expansion
Bluebird Network has completed a 61 mile fiber expansion in Springfield, MO. The project interconnects major business areas in the city to both the Bluebird Underground Data Center, which also is in Springfield, and the company’s Midwestern fiber network. That…
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Awards CenturyLink $1.6 Billion EIS Network Services Win
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced that it won a task order, worth up to $1.6 billion, to provide secure network services and IT modernization solutions to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) via the General Services Administration’s Enterprise…
Horizon Cloud Express Provides Direct Connections to Cloud Providers
Regional fiber broadband carrier Horizon today announced the launch of Horizon Cloud Express, which will enable businesses to connect directly to more than 300 cloud service providers. Horizon now offers a direct fiber Ethernet connection from a business to their…
White Boxes Underlie AT&T 400 Gbps Network Connection
AT&T said it has deployed 400 Gbps connectivity on its backbone network between Dallas and Atlanta using white box hardware – which the company said is believed to be a first. “This isn’t a proof of concept, but a significant…
MEF19: We See the Future and Its Got SD-WAN Written All Over It
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is holding its annual conference this week in Los Angeles and the focus is abundantly clear. SD-WAN, the emerging enterprise connectivity application standard, is all the rage here and MEF leadership outlined the organization’s intention…
Comcast Gigabit Ethernet Enables Movie Theater Transformation
Comcast Business and NetLevel are partnering on an ambitious movie theatre transformation project. NetLevel is a two-year old company that offers a “nationwide, fiber-optic and wireless based, Out of Home Entertainment Network for theater operators,” according to a press release….
Zayo Announces Largest Capacity Wavelengths Deal
October 28, 2019 — BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zayo Group Holdings (NYSE:ZAYO) announces that it has signed a deal for the largest amount of capacity sold on any route in a single deal in the company’s history. The deal will provide the customer…
The Power of Unified Gateways
Imagine the ability to deliver the diversity of services your subscribers demand in this fast-paced digital world, that is tailored to your network, while providing the high-speed performance necessary to ensure a winning customer experience. Unified gateways accomplish these high-order…
Comcast Business Gains International Opportunities Through AIRX Deal
Comcast Business said today that it is the provider of choice in the United States for AIRX Technologies, a global network integrator with an interesting business model. AIRX, which is based in the United Kingdom, delivers last mile connectivity to…
Frontier Communications Launches Managed Wireless LAN
8/14/2019 — NORWALK, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) announced the launch of Managed Wireless LAN for medium businesses and large enterprises, which combines hosted and managed technology with extensive, one-stop-shop network installation, management, maintenance and analytics. The solution is a…
