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MAKING THENEWS Washington’s Metro fiber optic network

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.

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.

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

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