City of Manassas Plans Broadband over Power Line / EPON

The City of Manassas in Virginia selected Alcoa's AFL Telecommunications' EPON solution to provide backhaul for a planned Power Line Carrier/Broadband over Power Line (PLC/BPL) network. Originally developed by Fujikura Ltd. of Japan, the AFL's E-PON portfolio consists of Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and Optical Network Unit (ONU) equipment. The network delivers 625 Mbps of symmetrical bandwidth and offers a reach of up to 20 km. The third generation platform, which is currently deployed in Japan's FTTx networks, is now part of OFN (OF Networks Inc.) -- Fujikura's joint venture with OKI.


The City of Manassas is using a Broadband over Power Lin system supplied by Main.net Powerline Communications, Inc. http://www.alcoa.com/afl_tele/en/home.asp