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    1. Comcast lands a sweet Metro Ethernet deal with Sarris Candies

      Explore cedmagazine.com (May 9 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Comcast lands a sweet Metro Ethernet deal with Sarris Candies

      Comcast continues to rack up customer wins for its Metro Ethernet service, with the latest addition being Pennsylvania-based Sarris Candies. Sarris Candies, which is based in Canonsburg, Pa., is using Comcast Business Class Ethernet services to expedite the transfer of company data and improve its overall customer experience. The service remained intact during a February fire at the company’s main headquarters that resulted in the loss of 50,00 pounds of chocolate. With more than 350 full-time w

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      Mentions:   Comcast Business Services

    2. Hargray to acquire Charter system in South Carolina

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Apr 10 2012) Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO

      Hargray to acquire Charter system in South Carolina

      Hargray Communications has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Charter Communications’ Beaufort County cable system in South Carolina that serves about 7,000 subscribers.  “businesses served by Charter will be able to purchase advanced business communications services, including dedicated symmetrical Internet, Metro Ethernet and business-grade IP voice services from Hargray.”

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    3. Comcast Business Services' Metro Ethernet passes test with school district

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Mar 19 2012) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Comcast Business Services' Metro Ethernet passes test with school district

      Comcast Business Services is providing its Metro Ethernet services to the Farmington, Conn., Public School District in order to help the district’s 4,000 students meet a statewide online test-taking initiative ahead of schedule.

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      Mentions:   Cox Business

    4. Cox Business, IO Data Center connect with Carrier Ethernet for disaster recovery

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Mar 19 2012) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Cox Business, IO Data Center connect with Carrier Ethernet for disaster recovery

      Cox Business has teamed up with IO Data Center to provide a robust data recovery solution for the International Genomics Consortium (IGC) in Phoenix. The Cox Business Metro Ethernet connection serves as a disaster recovery option and backup network connecting IGC to IO.

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      Mentions:   Cox Business

    5. Comcast snags another customer for its Metro Ethernet service | News | CED Magazine - Communications, Engineering and Design Magazine

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Jan 31 2012) Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO

      Comcast snags another customer for its Metro Ethernet service | News | CED Magazine - Communications, Engineering and Design Magazine

      Comcast Business Services continues it march into the mid-size market with its Metro Ethernet service with the latest customer win coming from Widener University in Pennsylvania. In addition to cloud computing and Web-based educational tools for its 7,800 students and faculty, Widener University's use of Comcast's Ethernet service gave it a...

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      Mentions:   Comcast Business Services

    6. Latisys adds Comcast's Metro Ethernet to Chicago data center

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Jan 19 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Latisys adds Comcast's Metro Ethernet to Chicago data center Today's top stories for broadband professionals - Sign up now! Comcast Business Services' Metro Ethernet service is now being offered by Latisys in the latter's Chicago-based data center. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast Business Services

    7. Comcast's metro E service easy as 1, 2, 3

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Nov 29 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Cable / MSO

      Comcast's metro E service easy as 1, 2, 3 With its metro Ethernet offerings, Comcast can deliver bandwidth from 1 Mbps up to 10 Gbps that can be remotely scaled in increments of 1 Mbps, 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps, and it's offered with three different classes of service. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast Business Services

    8. BendBroadband digs in on fiber ring build out

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      BendBroadband digs in on fiber ring build out Frank Miller, BendBroadband's CTO provided additional details on the project via e-mail. The project details include: middle-mile infrastructure to Madras, Prineville, LaPine and Sunriver; last-mile fiber connectivity to community anchor tenants, such as hospitals, municipalities, and education and public safety entities, with optical Ethernet; and last-mile fiber connectivity to rural business via GEPON (Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network.) (Read Full Article)

    9. Sidera Networks extends fiber reach into data centers

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Jul 15 2011) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Sidera Networks extends fiber reach into data centers Sidera Networks has a fiber-rich network that services financial institutions in New York City and New Jersey with colocation and metro Ethernet offerings. Sidera's network also stretches to Portland, Maine; Washington, DC; Chicago; and Toronto. ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   sidera

    10. Comcast rolls out metro Ethernet services to more than 20 markets

      Explore cedmagazine.com (May 16 2011) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Wholesale / Exchange

      Comcast rolls out metro Ethernet services to more than 20 marketsCED Magazine(For more on carrier Ethernet, including market projections, check out this recent CED wallchart.) "Our fiber-rich network powers our metro Ethernet services and provides a secure, reliable and cost-effective solution for mid-size businesses' data ...and more » (Read Full Article)

    11. Sidera Networks up for sale?

      Explore cedmagazine.com (May 13 2011) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Sidera Networks up for sale? Sidera Networks has a fiber-rich network that services financial institutions in New York City and New Jersey with colocation and Metro Ethernet offerings. Sidera's network also stretches to Portland, Maine, Washington, DC, Chicago and Toronto. ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   sidera   Sidera Networks

    12. Optimum Lightpath expands fiber network, wins award

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Apr 13 2011) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Optimum Lightpath expands fiber network, wins award Optimum Lightpath serves a variety of commercial services sectors, including education, government, finance, health care, and media and entertainment, in its New York City metropolitan footprint with its high-speed metro Ethernet services. ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Lightpath

    13. Bright House signs backhaul deal with MetroPCS

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Mar 8 2011) Mobile Backhaul

      Bright House signs backhaul deal with MetroPCS Bright House Networks recently landed a deal to provide Ethernet-based backhaul services to MetroPCS Communications' networks in Orlando and Tampa Bay, Fla. With the agreement, MetroPCS is using Bright House Networks' fiber-based Ethernet services at its cell tower sites as it rolls out its 4G LTE network Click here!. Financial terms of the deal weren't available. (Read Full Article)

    14. MEF launches Carrier Ethernet professional certification program

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Feb 11 2011) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      MEF launches Carrier Ethernet professional certification program The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is now offering a Carrier Ethernet Professional Certification program for telecommunications professionals. The program certifies expertise in Carrier Ethernet technologies, standards, services and applications. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

    15. CableLabs holds first DPoE interop testing event

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Feb 4 2011) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      CableLabs holds first DPoE interop testing event Version 1.0 of the DPoE specifications provided the basis for the interoperability event. DPoE specifications provide requirements for Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) equipment to be provisioned using current DOCSIS provisioning systems and service concepts. The specifications also define requirements and functionality to support Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Ethernet Private Line (EPL) service for business customers. (Read Full Article)

    16. Cox Business connects Okla. health care facilities with Carrier Ethernet

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Dec 14 2010) Cable / MSO

      Cox Business connects Okla. health care facilities with Carrier Ethernet Cox Business was able to lure Cancer Care Associates away from a competitor's data network to its Cox Business Ethernet service Click here!. The Ethernet service is being used to securely send radiology images between sites. As part of the deal, Cancer Care also picked Cox Business for all of its voice services, as well. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cox Business

    17. Level 3 includes Carrier Ethernet Services in Latin American Referral Program

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Nov 17 2010) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Global

      Level 3 includes Carrier Ethernet Services in Latin American Referral Program Available services to these carriers include high-speed Internet Protocol (HSIP), transport and Carrier Ethernet services. "The growing demand for data and the ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Level (3)

    18. Optimum Lightpath snags North American MEF award

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Nov 11 2010) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Global

      Optimum Lightpath snags North American MEF award The Metro Ethernet Forum recently announced the winners of its MEF Carrier Service Providers Awards for North America, and Cablevision's Optimum Lightpath took first in the Best Marketing Award category Click here!. MEF said this year's service provider awards, with revised categories designed to reflect the increasing evolution of the Ethernet Services market, attracted a record number of entries from service providers that were judged by panels of industry analysts. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cablevision   Lightpath

    19. Carrier Ethernet boosts Cablevision's Q3 revenue increase

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      Carrier Ethernet boosts Cablevision's Q3 revenue increase The improved results, the company said, were driven primarily by a 33.1 percent increase in revenue from Carrier Ethernet services, offset in part by higher ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cablevision

    20. NetLogic intros 40G packet processor

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Jul 7 2010) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      NetLogic intros 40G packet processor NetLogic Microsystems has introduced a multi-core processor designed to handle multiple simultaneous packet-handling processes in network equipment. Created for use in switchers, routers, gateways and other network systems, the new chip can simultaneously control deep packet content inspection, application-aware switching and routing, intrusion prevention system (IPS), anti-virus/malware, network service management, packet ordering, parsing, IPv6/IPv4 forwarding, classification, IPSec/SSL encryption, ACL security, compression/decompression and quality of service – in networks operating at up to 40 Gbps. (Read Full Article)

    21. TW Business Class hooks up school district with Carrier Ethernet

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Jun 4 2010) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Cable / MSO

      TW Business Class hooks up school district with Carrier Ethernet Time Warner Cable Business Class, a division of Time Warner Cable, will be providing fast Carrier Ethernet services to a Charlotte, N.C., school district after submitting a successful bid proposal. Time Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC) said it has invested more than $3.4 million to install a fiber-optic network and other equipment for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District Click here!. The system is slated to go live July 1. (Read Full Article)

    22. Carrier Ethernet boosts Cablevision's Q1

      Explore cedmagazine.com (May 6 2010) Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO

      Carrier Ethernet boosts Cablevision's Q1 Cablevision groups its Lightpath business services arm in with its cable network operations in Telecommunications Services. Lightpath net revenue increased 6.1 percent to $68.1 million, driven primarily by an increase in revenue from Ethernet services offset in part by a slight increase in operating expenses to support the increase in Ethernet installations, the company said. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cablevision

    23. Ethernet Comes of Age

      Explore cedmagazine.com (Mar 16 2010) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet

      CED MagazineEthernet Comes of AgeCED MagazineCarrier Ethernet is often transported using other technologies, such as SONET or IP/MPLS. But it is difficult for Ethernet services to achieve the 99.999 ... (Read Full Article)