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David Allen, Vice President of Infrastructure, GWI

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

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David Allen, vice president of infrastructure of Maine-based GWI (Great Works Internet), is in an interesting spot right now.
A 14-year veteran of GWI, Allen knows the challenges of serving rural markets. Working under visionary CEO …

GWI incorporates Cyan into its middle mile, business services initiatives

Published on October 13, 2011 By Don

GWI, the Maine-based service provider best known as the lead sponsor of the Three Ring Binder middle mile network, has selected Cyan’s packet‐optical transport platforms (P‐OTPs) and management system for three key network initiatives.
Specifically…

Corning Helping Build Upstate NY Fiber Ring – Will Provide $10 Million Of $12 Million Projected Cost

Published on February 17, 2011 By Don

Telecompetitor directs our attention to the fact that fiber optic vendor Corning plans to foot the bill for a new 235-mile fiber optic ring in upstate New York (pdf). The effort is being led by the Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Developmen…

Want to work on Allied’s system?

Published on December 1, 2010 By Don

Allied Fiber is the most asked about project. I have talked to them about making it easy for FiberToTheWhatever readers to get some of the work. While the construction projects are not planned to come up for bid, there are opportunities to work for Allied’s customers. They need to get connection from their premise to [...]

NextGen Telecom Services to help build Maine Fiber Co.’s Three Ring Binder network

Published on November 29, 2010 By Don

Now that Maine Fiber Company has overcome legal challenges by the area’s dominant service provider FairPoint Communications (Other OTC: FRCMQ.PK) for its Three Ring Binder middle mile network, it has employed NextGen Telecom Services Group to buil…

Allied Fiber

Published on November 24, 2010 By Don

As I said yesterday, Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber took a few minutes out to chat with me. As is relevant to FiberToTheWhatever.com (FTTw), I asked how I can make the work that is sure to come from their 11,500 mile fiber ring more available to the mid to small contractors. Mr. Newby told [...]

Genesis secures funding, carrier interest for DSL Ring technology

Published on November 7, 2010 By Don

It would seem that Genesis Technical Systems’ debut of its 400 Mbps DSL Rings technology could be ho-hum news, especially in light of claims by Huawei and Nokia Siemens’ claims of transmitting 700 Mbps and 825 Mbps over existing copper, …

Maine’s Three Ring Binder network gets underway

Published on October 13, 2010 By Don

With its $25.4 million broadband stimulus grant in hand, the Maine Fiber Company is now taking out their shovels to build its Three Ring Binder middle mile network. As reported by Bangor, Maine NBC affiliate WLBZ Channel 2, leaders of the Maine Fiber Company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Brunswick Maine to celebrate the buildout of [...]

Maine Begins Construction Of Massive Fiber Network – $32 million and 1,100 miles of dark fiber

Published on October 12, 2010 By Don

Local Bangor, Maine NBC affiliate WLBZ2 notes that Maine has begun construction of their “Three Ring Binder” fiber optic network. Using a combination of $25 million in federal stimulus funding and $7.5 million in private investment, the state is building a 1,100 mile fiber optic network to make it easier to connect rural portions of [...]

AboveNet brings optical services to Virginia Tech

Published on September 28, 2010 By Don

AboveNet (NYSE: ABVT) has been tapped by Virginia Tech to connect the university’s data centers and research locations, including its new research institute in Arlington, Va. Built to deliver large amounts of data, AboveNet will provide fiber-based connectivity between the Virginia Tech research facility in Arlington and key data centers and campus sites in Northern [...]