Level 3 Provides Dark Fiber to Michigan Universities

Level 3 Communications is providing its (3)Link(R) Intercity Dark Fiber and (3)Link Metro Dark Fiber services in the Chicago and Detroit areas to Michigan's three largest public universities -- Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University -- to create a high-performance network to support advanced collaborative research.



The multi-year, million-dollar-plus IRU contract was signed with the National Research and Education Fiber Company (FiberCo). The new research network, called the Michigan LambdaRail (MiLR), is slated for operation by January 2005. DWDM will be used to provide up to 200 wavelengths per fiber pair, with each wavelength capable of supporting data transmission at 10 Gbps. http://www.Level3.com