FairPoint Communications, a rural telecommunications provider headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, selected Occam Networks’ BLC 6000 System to provide voice, video and data services to subscribers. FairPoint maintains more than 250,000 access lines across 18 states. It owns and operates 29 rural local exchange companies. Occam’s BLC initially is being deployed to deliver voice, video and DSL in Yelm, Washington. IP is being used to deliver all three services. FairPoint will also use the BLC 6000 in an edge out application, where it will be providing competitive services in selected markets in Idaho. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Last month, Occam Networks announced that it was supplying its BLC 6000 System to SureWest Communications, an integrated communications provider based in Roseville, California, to deliver video service to telephone subscribers. Occam’s broadband loop carrier platform supports an IP-service delivery model in which Gigabit Ethernet is used to provide feeder bandwidth. It also provides IGMP multicast capabilities at every node and delivers IP integration with digital head-ends, middleware and set top boxes.
In May 2003, Occam Networks introduced its new BLC 6000 Broadband Loop Carrier System for delivery of voice, data and video services using Gigabit Ethernet transport. Occam’s BLC 6000 is a modular loop carrier system designed to eliminate the need for additional pieces of access equipment such as a DSLAM, Ethernet switch, Optical Add Drop multiplexor and VoIP gateway. The platform supports TDM services, such as lifeline POTS and T1s, as well as an IP Service Delivery model for the delivery of video and softswitch-controlled voice services. IP support includes Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) and Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP). The BLC 6000 System can scale from 24 to thousands of subscribers, sharing blades across a variety of chassis sizes.
