Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Cablevision Teams With Narad to Deliver Fastest Two-Way Broadband Experience in the New York Metropolitan Area
Cablevision Teams With Narad to Deliver Fastest Two-Way Broadband Experience in the New York Metropolitan Area: "Cablevision's Advanced Network Delivers 100 Megabit Dedicated
Access Services Over Existing Network Facilities
BETHPAGE, N.Y. and WESTFORD, Mass., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Cablevision Systems Corp., (NYSE: CVC) and Narad Networks, Inc., a provider of
business class broadband access solutions using switched Ethernet over cable,
today announced the completion of a successful trial and targeted deployment
of a new 100 megabit-per-second (Mbps) data service using the Narad Broadband
Access Network (NBAN) and Cablevision's existing network facilities that pass
more than 4.4 million homes and hundreds of thousands of businesses in the New
York metropolitan area.
In the initial targeted deployment of this high-speed service in Oyster
Bay, Long Island, Cablevision is providing a committed information rate of 50
Mbps, out of the available 100 Mbps, symmetrical services. The installation
leverages and further extends the capabilities of Cablevision's existing
state-of-the-art fiber and coaxial (HFC) network, and reflects the superior
speed, features and functionality Cablevision is delivering today to both
business and residential customers through its robust consumer offering and
Lightpath suite of business services.
'This initial deployment of a 100 Mbps data service is a powerful and
unmistakable indication of the enormous capacity of our state-of-the-art
network,' said Wilt Hildenbrand, Cablevision's executive vice president of
technology and engineering. 'Our operations people are extremely pleased with
how fast and easy the process was, and our product and marketing people are
excited to have the Narad technology available to tap more of the intrinsic
capabilities of our network to serve very high capacity demands. This
demonstrates that our HFC networks, in addition to ou"
Access Services Over Existing Network Facilities
BETHPAGE, N.Y. and WESTFORD, Mass., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Cablevision Systems Corp., (NYSE: CVC) and Narad Networks, Inc., a provider of
business class broadband access solutions using switched Ethernet over cable,
today announced the completion of a successful trial and targeted deployment
of a new 100 megabit-per-second (Mbps) data service using the Narad Broadband
Access Network (NBAN) and Cablevision's existing network facilities that pass
more than 4.4 million homes and hundreds of thousands of businesses in the New
York metropolitan area.
In the initial targeted deployment of this high-speed service in Oyster
Bay, Long Island, Cablevision is providing a committed information rate of 50
Mbps, out of the available 100 Mbps, symmetrical services. The installation
leverages and further extends the capabilities of Cablevision's existing
state-of-the-art fiber and coaxial (HFC) network, and reflects the superior
speed, features and functionality Cablevision is delivering today to both
business and residential customers through its robust consumer offering and
Lightpath suite of business services.
'This initial deployment of a 100 Mbps data service is a powerful and
unmistakable indication of the enormous capacity of our state-of-the-art
network,' said Wilt Hildenbrand, Cablevision's executive vice president of
technology and engineering. 'Our operations people are extremely pleased with
how fast and easy the process was, and our product and marketing people are
excited to have the Narad technology available to tap more of the intrinsic
capabilities of our network to serve very high capacity demands. This
demonstrates that our HFC networks, in addition to ou"
# posted by dark master : 6/29/2005 09:53:00 AM
