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Verizon recently completed a field trial with 100 gigabit-per-second Ethernet (100GE) on a metro Ethernet infrastructure. The trial used Alcatel-Lucent gear deployed in Verizon’s switched Ethernet services (SES) network in Dallas, with data successfully transmitting data over 12.7 kilometers (7.9 miles) over field fiber. Verizon SES is a next-generation switched Ethernet service allowing customers to easily interconnect [...] Verizon Global Wholesale (www.verizon.com) is touting VoIP this wek. The company announced VoIP minutes grew more than 200 percent in 2009 as compared to the previous year. New VoIP enhancements and features planned this year include the development of “more robust” VoIP network interfaces in Europe, caller-provided CLI and greater integration into customer portals. Caller-provided CLI is [...] Verizon Global Wholesale (www.verizon.com) is adding a bunch of enhancements to its Optical Wave Service, including OWS to SONET ring services and 40Gbps on OC768C point-to-point links The OWS to SONET ring services enable the simple provisioning of OWS circuits without having to add nodes. The new 10G OWS Facilities with multiplex wave services on one [...] Verizon (www.verizon.com) Global Wholesale has added IPsec tunneling to its SIP Gateway Service, toll free IP termination, and carrier IP termination transport. All three services can share a single IPsec connection. According to Verizon, it is the only “major provider” offering IPSec, adding an additional layer of standardized security goodness without requiring vendor-specific security protocols. Verizon says [...] Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) announced enhancements to its cloud computing offering and dedicated delivery pipes for large content providers; Verizon is bragging about “flowing” up to half a terabyte per second from Internet and video content owners directly onto its network. Verizon Computing as a Service (CaaS) now supports server cloning for rapid deployment of multiple services [...] No sooner than the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) talked up formalizing Net Neutrality policy than did Verizon CTO Dick Lynch appear a week later and talked smack about metered bandwidth options. Hmm, could these items be related? Hmm… In the past, Verizon lobbyists have left the option of a metered plan open, prefacing it with the [...] This week, word came out that Verizon is pulling the plug on its Hub media phone and VoIP service — all the more ironic given a report out this week saying media phones will be big business in the future. In retrospect, Verizon’s Hub product was doomed from its launch for three reasons. 1) Hub was [...] Net neutrality had been relatively dormant under the previous administration, but an all-Democratic Congress and Administration has put the issue front-and-center. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski drew a line in the sand this week to carriers and they’re reacting with their usual party lines. In a Monday speech at the Brookings Institute, Genachowski indicated the FCC would [...] Having recently gone through my own personal quest to get Verizon to repair my landline, I feel compelled to share five tips to get better information and results out of the phone company. Business owners may want to note 3-5 in case they run into problems since they apply equally well. I know I’m not alone [...] Clone-Wars DIGEX colleague John Todd had some issues with his Comcast service a couple of days ago and posted his difficulties on social media (Facebook, Twitter). Within a few hours, Comcast’s “hit squad” was following up on John’s post, and Tweeting back to me on a comment I made to John about the existence of the [...] |
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