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| | 40 Gbit/s link enjoys success in real-world trial (June 2004) - News & Analysis - fibers.org |
 | | The trial was conducted on MCI's 1200 km ULH DWDM optical network, between Sacremento, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This route was chosen because it contains a mix of fiber, including dispersion-shifted fiber, long-span fiber, and single-mode fiber, illustrating MCI's claims of real-world scalability of its network. |
 | | The 40 Gbit/s system was commissioned in less than an hour, and then performed error-free on the same optical fibers already carrying 10 Gbit/s transmission throughout the trial. |
 | | And Mintera president and CEO, Terry Unter, commented that the 40 Gbit/s system "will allow service providers such as MCI to gain a significant bandwidth boost from installed infrastructure, thus delaying capital investments in equipping new dark fibers and, at the same time, permitting the deployment of new, bandwidth-intensive services." |
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