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Carrier Services
XO is high on Ethernet access
Expands footprint via copper, fiber and wireless facilities
by Sean Buckley
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XO Communications continues to expand its Ethernet prowess. Just this month, the Tier 1 CLEC launched a number of enhancements to its optical, wireless and even copper delivery methods for Ethernet services. In this Audiocast, Telecommunications' Editor in Chief Sean Buckley talks to Don MacNeil, vice president of carrier services operations at XO Communications about the state of the Ethernet services market.
MacNeil addresses the following questions in this Audiocast:
• XO obviously serves a broad range of SMBs to large enterprises nationwide. What are you hearing from your enterprise customers in their own migration or adoption of Ethernet services?
• XO just recently just launched a number of enhancements to your Ethernet portfolio with a set of new speeds and offerings that can ride over fiber, copper and fixed wireless facilities. Talk about the upgrades and what benefits they will bring to your customer base.
• Ethernet over copper certainly has gained momentum in recent years with various enhancements in bonding and even DSL techniques; however, the very medium that CLECs like XO depend on is being threatened by the telco’s increasing retirement of copper loops in favor of fiber. Can you touch upon your work with Ethernet over copper and how the current regulations affect future rollouts, if at all?
• To power your Ethernet network, XO has been using various technology platforms, including those from Ciena and others. How does Ciena fit into the Ethernet mix and what do they bring to the table for XO?
• Although XO has built a sizeable Ethernet footprint, the reality is no one service provider can reach into every location. With that in mind, how do you see the MEF’s (Metro Ethernet Forum) standardization of Network-to-Network Interconnection (NNI) playing out and what are the current challenges for service providers?
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