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Windstream, Infinera Upgrade Transport Networks to 100-500 Gbps

Windstream is partnering with Infinera to extend 100 Gbps "Wave transport service" across the country, the companies said in a news release Wednesday. Deploying Infinera's Intelligent Transport Network, Windstream this year has brought 100 Gbps service to 12 new markets…

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-- including Buffalo, Denver, Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Tulsa -- and has added Infinera's 500 Gbps "super-channel technology" to 3,900 miles of fiber, they said. Windstream plans to expand 100 Gbps service to another seven markets by year-end, including Minneapolis and Louisville in September. In total, Windstream plans by year-end to have 1 Gbps-100 Gbps service on 121,000 miles of fiber with 100 Gbps service in 44 markets.