Now
that it's finished upgrading its Dallas and Denver POPs into full
border gateway interconnects (BGI) -not to mention adding a new POP
BGI in St. Louis, MO- United Network Services, Inc. is looking to the
future of Carrier Ethernet in the Midwestern United States.
UNSi
has been expanding all summer. Back in June, in order to strengthen its position in the enterprise and carrier markets, UNSi acquired IPNetZone
Communications. That acquisition gives UNSi a total of 18 POPs in
the United States, along with more than 150 NNIs and partnerships
with almost 2,000 network providers.
UNSi
is optimistic about the markets for MPLS and Ethernet services.
According to Allan Schwartz, UNSi senior vice president of strategic
planning and business development, the company sensed significant
opportunity in establishing connection locations throughout the
Midwest.
Cell
site backhaul has been determined to be a growth market for Carrier
Ethernet. Customers have realized how flexible and affordable
Ethernet services are, and they're now demanding Ethernet services
starting at 50 Mbps. Most operators are actively rolling out
4G/LTE as fast as they can to keep up with demand.
Mr.
Schwartz explained that UNSI's network was built with Carrier
Ethernet in mind. Instead of rebuilding TDM networks from scratch,
UNSI chose to augment existing networks with next-generation
Ethernet and VPLS capabilities.
James
Karimi, SVP and CTO, cited future challenges that UNSi would
encounter as its networks grew. One of them is simplifying the
implementation of OAM (Operations, Administrations, and Maintenance.) The complicated process can be a bother for
monitoring services that need to cross carrier networks. And when you're a company like UNSi, who has partnerships with thousands of network operators...
To that end,
SVP Karimi was of the opinion that Carrier Ethernet equipment manufacturers should
perform RFC 2544 testing all types of switches, be they core switches or premise switches.
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