Pedestal Networks, a start-up based in Fremont, California, raised $20 million in Series C funding for its line-powered DSLAMs. Pedestal Networks’ platform combines patent-pending power technology, automated provisioning, and an environmentally hardened and waterproof enclosures that enable a remote DSLAM to be deployed anywhere in a carrier’s outside plant, including underground, underwater, in a buried hand-hole, mounted on poles, inside pedestals or crossboxes, or in any similar unconditioned enclosure in the field.
Pedestal Networks has raised $34 million to date. The up-round was co-led by new investor Duff Ackerman & Goodrich LLC (DAG LLC) as well as all existing investors, including Benchmark, Doll Capital Management, and Skymoon Ventures. http://www.pedestalnetworks.com
- In October 2003, Pedestal Networks introduced a Universal Broadband Server (UBS) DSLAM that features a proprietary line-power technology, automated provisioning, and an environmentally hardened “brick�? design. The platform incorporates 24 ADSL modems, built-in line splitters and protection, and an internal digital cross-connect in a 12�? x 14�? x 2.5�?, hermetically-sealed enclosure. The small packaging enables the remote DSLAM to be deployed anywhere in a carrier’s outside plant, including underground, underwater, in a buried hand-hole, mounted on poles, inside pedestals or crossboxes, or in any similar unconditioned enclosure in the field. Power is provided through standard HDSL2 or HDSL4 connections. Pedestal’s adaptive power technology automatically configures the UBS to use appropriate power for the distance and quality of the links. Carriers can also install the UBS behind “loaded pairs,�? copper pairs that use load coils to enhance voice signals over long loop distances. Only the backhaul T1 need be “unloaded�? to support the UBS.