HWT@bnr.ca (Henry Troup) (12/21/90)
Edited for length... CONTEL OF VIRGINIA INSTALLS NORTHERN TELECOM SONET TRANSPORT SYSTEM ATLANTA, December 17 -- Contel of Virginia is among the first telephone operating companies in the U.S. to transport live, commercial traffic at 2.4 gigabits-per-second using the Northern Telecom S/DMS TransportNode. The four-terminal OC-48 system is in service between Contel central offices in Hoadly, Dale City and Occoquan in northern Virginia. It is being used to provide for growth in these high traffic corridors according to George Edwards, director of Network Design for Contel of Virginia. Introduced last year, the S/DMS TransportNode is the first in Northern Telecom's synchronous optical network (SONET) family of products. Several other telephone operating companies and interexchange carriers in both the U.S. and Canada have tested the S/DMS TransportNode and are expected to place systems in service in the near future. Henry Troup - BNR owns but does not share my opinions P.O. Box 3511, Stn. C. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4H7 uunet!bnrgate!hwt%bwdlh490 HWT@BNR.CA +1 613-765-2337