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MCI Progresses with 40 Gbps Network

Nate Mook writes in BetaNews:

In order to bring on-demand video and other Internet based services such as VoIP to households around the world, the network infrastructure must first be in place. On Monday, MCI announced it had successfully transmitted 40 Gigabit per second over 3,040 km of fiber, moving one step closer to high-capacity Internet.

The field trial took place in October and November around the Dallas metro area and follows a test in 2004 in which MCI transmitted the world's first 40 Gbps traffic in San Jose. That feat was surpassed weeks later by MCI sending 40 Gbps 1,200 km between Sacramento and Salt Lake City.

To surpass the 3,000 kilometer mark and reach Ultra Long Haul (ULH) distances, MCI partnered up with Xtera, Mintera and Juniper.

posted by Fergie @ 12/12/2005 10:34:00 AM