ALPHARETTA, GA, March 6, 2003. Rochester Telephone will deploy the Wave7 "Last Mile Link" (LML) system to build a new multi-million dollar "broadband" network with up to 300 times more capacity and "speed" than existing broadband systems offered by cable television and telephone companies, primarily cable modem and DSL (digital subscriber line), respectively.
Rochester plans to deploy the LML over the next 24 months, with 1,500 homes and business connected by year-end 2003. The LML is known as a "fiber to the home/business" (or, FTTx) architecture, which features a fiber optic line "premises connection," instead of a traditional telephone or cable line. Because of the inherent high-bandwidth capabilities of fiber optic and Wave7's exclusive architectural cost advantages, Rochester can provide each of their customers access speeds from 256 kbps up to a maximum of 500 Mbps at an installation price comparable to using existing cable or telephone lines.
And, unlike the vast majority of competing broadband systems, these figures are symmetrical - meaning a user can send information at a rate equal to the "download" speed. The LML accommodates all existing home and business telephone and computer systems, meaning customers do not have to buy new equipment to get on the new network.
The LML is a standards-based advanced optical access system that provides
all traditional "carrier-grade" telephone services (including fax), high-speed data (e.g., Internet service) and both analog and digital video (including IP streaming video).Featuring industry-leading privacy and security encryption techniques and industry-leading "quality of service" mechanisms designed for business applications, the LML overcomes the high-fiber counts, limited distance range and high "central office" equipment costs that have stymied the growth of FTTx systems.
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