Verizon expects better economics, lower latency with US 100 G deployment

Verizon expects 100 Gb/s connectivity, which it plans to deploy on certain IP backbone routes in the US by the end of June, to reduce costs and make its IP network operate more efficiently. Previously the company would have had to use as many as 15 individual 10 Gb/s connections to achieve the same throughput, Verizon Director of Optical Transport Glenn Wellbrock said. Verizon expects to see lower latency using the 100 Gb/s network.