Cox Communications, the fourth largest cable operator in the US, has deployed Juniper Networks T-series routing platforms in its national IP backbone. Juniper’s T320 platforms serve as peering points in Cox’s new IP backbone. The peering is used to manage bandwidth growth at regional data centers by re-directing IP traffic. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Juniper Networks’ T320 Router is a 320 Gbps platform designed for high density OC-3 ATM and SONET/SDH aggregation, and for transporting ATM and Frame Relay traffic over MPLS. It also supports dense Gigabit Ethernet aggregation for metro Ethernet and hosting applications. The T320 router supports 16 OC-192c/STM-64 ports in a chassis occupying one third of a rack. It also supports dense OC-48 and 10 Gigabit core applications.
During Q1 2003, Cox added 154,433 high-speed Internet customers, ending the quarter with 1.6 million high-speed Internet customers, representing year-over-year growth of 56%. Penetration in California is now 24%, despite heavy marketing of SBC’s DSL service in the region. The company believes it is capturing 7 out of every 10 high speed Internet customers in the markets it serves. Cable modem service is available in 96% of the Cox footprint. The company also added 64,126 Cox Digital Telephone customers, ending the quarter with 782,546 telephone customers, representing year-over-year growth of 52%. Cox said it will continue to push its circuit-switched technology in the markets it serves, while continuing to evaluate VoIP for its expansion markets.
