Texas Lone Star Network Chooses Texas 1 as the Austin Hub for Their Long-Haul Fiber Network
November 13 2012 - 12:43PM
Marketwired
Data Foundry has announced that Texas Lone Star Network (TLSN), a
consortium of 40 Rural Telecommunications Carriers in Texas, has
made Texas 1 the Austin hub for their long-haul fiber network. The
fiber node TLSN installed within the Texas 1 data center allows
customers unparalleled network access through a highly
comprehensive Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) backbone with
multiple Ethernet rings. TLSN operates over 4,500 fiber route miles
lit with DWDM offering 10Gig and 40G optical wavelength, Gigabit
Ethernet (GigE) and SONET transport services via Cisco 15454 ONS
Multiservice Transport Platforms (MSTP).
"We're very excited about the options Texas 1 provides us and
our customers," states Brad Seymour, General Manager at TLSN.
"Installing our Point-of-Presence in Texas 1 allows us to make
Austin one of the major hubs for our network which connects over 35
cities in Texas and an additional 6 cities in New Mexico."
TLSN offers point-to-point wavelengths throughout their DWDM
backbone network. DWDM combines data from different sources
together with each signal carried simultaneously on its own
separate wavelength. Since each channel is demultiplexed back into
the original source, different data formats can be transmitted
together. Ethernet, IP data, Synchronous Optical Network data
(SONET), and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) data can all be sent
at the same time. TLSN offers several unique services such as TLSN
Texas Waves®, a unique service offering of multiple 10Gig or 2.5Gig
optical wavelengths bundled together. This creative offering is the
perfect alternative solution for Service Providers who are faced
with the high cost of a dark fiber IRU, maintenance and DWDM
electronics. TLSN Ethernet Express® is another unique Ethernet ring
aggregation service for connecting multiple locations providing
customers the ability to add or change sites as their business
needs change.
"TLSN's installation at Texas 1 furthers our goal of offering
our customers unmatched network choice," explains Edward Henigin,
CTO of Data Foundry. "Fiber optic hubs such as this are the
backbone for many service offerings, and we're excited about the
opportunities this provides our clients and the customers of
TLSN."
Texas 1 is the most redundant and secure data center and
disaster recovery solution available in Texas and is located in an
area of dense fiber-optic connectivity. From this strategic
location, TLSN is able to create a long haul network that reaches
more metro areas than any other telecommunications group in Texas.
For more information about TLSN, visit www.tlsn.net. For more
information about Data Foundry or Texas 1, please visit
www.datafoundry.com.
About Texas Lonestar Network TLSN is a
consortium of 40 Rural Telecommunications Carriers in Texas. Its
Member Owners have been providing quality services to rural Texas
customers for 50 to 100 years. TLSN was established in 1998 to
coordinate the completion of the Member owned statewide fiber optic
network. TLSN provides Private Line Transport, Internet Bandwidth,
and CALEA Compliance services for its customers and TLSN Members.
Its Member Owners support TLSN with technicians and outside plant
personnel across the entire network.
About Data Foundry Data Foundry is a
global provider of wholesale data center outsourcing, retail
colocation, network services, Internet bandwidth, managed services
and disaster recovery services. Data Foundry's services are
supported by experienced onsite engineers, technicians and support
personnel 24/7/365. The company serves thousands of enterprise
customers across a variety of industries including energy,
technology, healthcare and financial services. Founded in 1994,
Data Foundry was the first Internet Service Provider in San Antonio
and one of the first 50 Internet Service Providers in the United
States. Today, Data Foundry owns and operates carrier-neutral data
centers in Austin and Houston and manages global colocation
facilities in the Eastern and Western United States, Europe and
Asia. The company also owns and operates private network
deployments in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Ashburn, Los
Angeles, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. For more information, visit
www.datafoundry.com or call 1.888.839.2794.
Data Foundry, Inc. 1044 Liberty Park Drive Austin, Texas 78746
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