wiredinUSA May 2014

Advanced Control Systems (ACS), with its fiber optic partner PCS, Inc, has completed a three-year network installation project with the Marietta Board of Lights and Water. ACS and PCS designed, installed and maintained a fiber optic network to provide high-speed connectivity between the utility's ACS PRISM™ SCADA system and its 17 electrical substations and 144 automated switches. The project delivered Marietta with a 120-mile, fully digital 48-fiber backbone ring, managed and maintained using PCS’ FiberTrak asset management system. Primarily designed for utility SCADA functions, the network also provides critical fiber use for the city's traffic, IT, police, fire and other public works entities. Georgia network installed

Lightower Fiber Networks has completed a 400-mile fiber expansion in the Washington DC metro area. The expanded network delivers increased density between key cities, commercial centers, and data centers in the region. The new fiber is a response to increasing demand in the region for high performance bandwidth, driven by the growth in industry, educational institutions, government, wireless, social media, and cloud services. In a recent industry report, Bell Labs stated that total metro area traffic is expected to increase by 560 percent by 2017. This growth will be driven by IP video, cloud services and the need to reach data centers, which will increasingly be located within the metro areas. Washington’s fiber expansion

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