Cleveland, Ohio-based provider Everstream operates a 27,000 fiber mile network that stretches from Duluth, Minnesota to Washington, DC. It consists of more than 5,000 online locations with connectivity in 63 Tier 1 to Tier 4 data centers in 10 states, including major markets such as Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit and Philadelphia.
The company's focus on the enterprise market meant that it needed a robust, scalable and highly flexible transport network to deliver high-speed fiber services. They partnered with Ekinops to adopt the Ekinops360 platform with FlexRate coherent transport as part of their network upgrade.
The solution is designed to increase transmission capacity for fiber-to-the-tower (FTTT) backhaul services as well as enterprise transport applications. ekinops also offers multi-distance capabilities from access to ultra-long distance for its PM 200FRS02 FlexRate module, as well as flexgrid ROADM-based optical line systems to provide the optical layer needed to quickly reconfigure capacity based on customer demand. Flexibility.
According to Chuck Girt, Everstream's Chief Technology Officer, "From 5G wireless backhaul services to enterprise cloud applications, the demand for bandwidth continues to rise. and low-latency connectivity solutions that our customers need.
Kevin Antill, Vice President of Sales for North America at Ekinops Group, added, "We are pleased to be working with Everstream to build such a robust network. The fact that they were built so quickly speaks not only to the performance of Ekinops equipment, but also to our ability to execute and deliver in response to our customers' requirements.
