National LambdaRail, Inc. (NLR), a consortium of leading U.S. research universities and private companies, has lit the optical-network path between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. The path completes the route between Atlanta, D.C., Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Chicago.
NLR installed Cisco Systems' DWDM extended long-haul platforms approximately every 100 kilometers on intercity dark fiber purchased from Level 3 Communications. Cisco deployed eight 10 Gbps Ethernet lambdas for NLR along the 766 fiber miles (1532 strand miles) between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. Overall, the system supports expansions up to 40 10 Gbps lambdas.
Phase one installation is complete with the path between Chicago to Atlanta fully operational. The remaining paths are in final testing, with operational roll-outs scheduled on the paths from Seattle to Sunnyvale, California by mid-May; Denver to Chicago by the end of June; Atlanta to Jacksonville, Fla. by mid-July; and Seattle to Denver by late August. \http://www.nationallambdarail.org/
- National LambdaRail, Inc. (NLR), a consortium of leading U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies, named Professor David J. Farber as Chief Scientist for the project. Farber is Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University with secondary appointments in the Heinz School of Public Policy and the Engineering Public Policy Group.
