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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