Cox Business has deployed gear from Calix in several of its markets to provision Ethernet-based services to small- and medium-size businesses.
Cox Business, which is ranked as the fourth-largest provider of Ethernet business services in the United States by Vertical Systems Group, is deploying Calix’s E7 Ethernet Services Platform (ESAP) and a variety of of Calix 700GX optical network terminals (ONTs).
The E7 and 700GX ONTs, along with a Calix cabinet package called the Fiber Access Node, provide Cox Business with the flexibility to deliver commercial-grade, fiber-based Ethernet services over both point-to-point Ethernet and passive optical network (PON) technologies.
“Fiber-based Ethernet services deliver efficient, flexible and robust business data transport at a significantly lower cost than competitive solutions,” says Dan Estes, executive director of technology at Cox Business. “The modularity of the E7 is well-suited to our operational model, allowing us to pay as we grow as we pull fiber to Fiber Access Nodes deeper in the network and incrementally add new customers.”