* Qwest expands wholesale Gigabit Ethernet services to 10 Gigabits
By Brian Santo
Qwest Communications is preparing to offer, on a wholesale basis, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) over Ethernet with speeds from 2 Gbps up to 10 Gbps within key U.S. metropolitan markets. The bandwidth is available to any service provider in increments of 1 Gbps.
* Rim Semi finds provider to test new IPSL technology
By Brian Santo
Canby Telcom of Canby, Ore. has volunteered to test the latest generation of Rim Semiconductor’s Internet Protocol Subscriber Line (IPSL) technology. Rim Semi’s Cupria IPSL technology is a means of optimizing DSL to provide as close to the theoretical maximum of bandwidth allowable with DSL technology.
* Verizon’s FiOS services expand in Fla., Mass., Pa.
By Traci Patterson
Verizon’s FiOS services have expanded in Florida, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
The company’s FiOS voice, Internet and TV bundle is now available to a total of 67,000 households in Sarasota County, Fla.; FiOS TV is now offered to the residents of Braintree, Mass., which is the 58th community in the state to receive the service; and FiOS TV is also available in parts of Pennsylvania, including Indiana Township, O’Hara, McCandless, Millvale, Reserve, Ross, Shaler, Sharpsburg and West View.