MAKING
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The expansion of AiNET’s current
regional network with a 3-ring, 9,600
fiber-route mile, DWDM fiber optic
network will increase bandwidth in the
nation’s capital and give commercial
and Government users access to a range
of mission-critical applications residing in
AiNET
®
data centers.
Construction of the new fiber optic
network, intended to span the entire
downtown Washington DC area, has
already begun. Utilizing the latest DWDM
(dense wave division multiplexing)
technology, the AiNET network is said
to have the potential to bring virtually
limitless capacity to many underserved
users. Areas to be served by the extensive
new network include Georgetown, the
lower Wisconsin Avenue district, the
West End, Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle,
the K Street corridor, Penn Quarter, and
the Central Business District (CBD) – with
special focus on high concentrations of
federal office buildings, surrounding the
Capital, and south of the National Mall.
Notably, the network will be completed
underground and offer a high degree of
diversity from the fiber routes already in
place.
AiNET
®
specializes in design, construction,
operations, and technology solutions
for Internet data centers and fiber optic
networks supporting critical applications.
Washington’s Metro fiber optic network
