FirstLight, a provider of fiber-optic data, internet, data center, cloud, unified communications and managed services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, announced it has deployed its first 400 Gbps connection on its fiber optic network.
This capability was accomplished in part with support from LightRiver, the premier optical network integration solution provider for next generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks and netFLEX Optical Domain Orchestration and Control Software solutions.
With high network capacity and ultra-low latency at the center of FirstLight’s fiber philosophy, this upgrade is a notable milestone for the company. FirstLight’s network is designed to support the ever-increasing need for bandwidth, optimizing today’s technologies and providing elite performance to businesses across its footprint.
Not only does this enhancement enable FirstLight to keep pace with customer demand, it also further-positions its network to support 5G technologies.
“Launching a 400 Gbps connection on our network is a landmark achievement for the FirstLight team,” said Brandon Peyton, FirstLight’s Chief Network Officer. “Businesses’ increased reliance upon collaboration and 5G has fed the growing need for bandwidth across industries. Given the projected growth of these technologies, I am confident this is just the beginning of deployments of this scale for FirstLight as the network can easily scale to 800 Gbps and beyond.”
Ciena’s VP of Americas Sales Systems Engineering Scotty Benda added, “Ciena’s 6500 platform powered by WaveLogic coherent optics will make it possible for FirstLight to provide 400-800 Gbps connectivity over its existing backbone and metro networks, allowing for rapid rollout of high-capacity, low-latency services to quickly and reliably satisfy customers’ needs.
Additionally, with Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) and Liquid Spectrum apps, FirstLight gains real-time visibility into performance and the ability to proactively optimize the network and protect it from potential faults.
