Florida-based fiber optic telecommunications provider Summit Broadband launches 400G services after network upgrade with Ciena. Summit Broadband leverages Ciena's WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) to provide 400 Gbps wavelength services to business customers in Central and Southwest Florida, Respect said last week.
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Summit Broadband's 400G services
Summit Broadband owns and operates more than 4,300 fiber route miles of infrastructure, serving industries and communities across the state with voice, video, data, Internet and Ethernet services, as well as dark fiber transportation.
Respect noted that the Summit Broadband has rolled out a 400 Gbps wavelength to support the increase in data consumption of high-bandwidth applications such as cloud computing, IoT devices, video streaming and enterprise services. This upgrade builds on the long-standing relationship between the two companies, with Ciena powering Summit's optical network.
“Bandwidth demand shows no signs of slowing, and our new 400 Gbps service ensures our enterprise customers have the high performance and scalability essential for applications such as data center interconnection, which require high speeds and low latency,” said Summit Broadband.
Additionally, the upgrade will enable Summit to deliver more data per unit of energy over our existing infrastructure, maximizing network utilization and delivering capex and opex savings. Summit Broadband added.
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Expansion in Leesburg
Early April 2024, Summit Broadband announced the expansion of its fiber optic network to more than 5,000 homes in the city of Leesburg. The company said this expansion will bring high-speed Internet access directly to Leesburg residents for the first time, with options starting at 1 and 2 Gbps, with the potential for even faster speeds in the future.
According to the company, construction started in September last year and more than 3,000 homes will be ready for occupancy in April, while the remaining homes will continue throughout the summer.
