Verizon 100 Gbps Switched Ethernet Access Trial Completed

Verizon said that it successfully tested a 100 Gbps switched Ethernet access link using a network interface device from Canoga Perkins.

Previously the carrier had done “extensive testing in a lab,” but “it was important to validate [this] in the field,” said Vin Alesi, Verizon director of regional Ethernet product technology. Deployments of 100 Gbps Ethernet are becoming increasingly common in carrier backbone networks and even in some metro networks, but 100 Gbps speeds haven’t been widely available as switched access links, if at all.