Tech Specs

• Completely optical private network

• All locations are DWDM nodes on the network - equipment is the same at each site.

• Four diversely routed DWDM core rings.

• All rings terminate at Infomart in Dallas - One of largest interconnection hubs in the US.

• Fiber, equipment, and network operational support all delivered by Zayo; a Tier 1 fiber optic provider.

• 2nd-most-peered network in North America

• Design spans over 2000 fiber route miles.

• Architecture provides resiliency in case of failures in the network (e.g., fiber cut) and allows traffic to be protected around the rings in under 50ms switching times.

• 200 Gigs of Internet Access - Scalable to 500 Gigs.

• Potential direct connections to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, State testing environment.

• High-speed connections to other ESC and statewide networks.

• Scalable to long range goals of 1 Meg per student.

• DDOS scrubbing capability included.

Designed for Scalability 

• Each location will have 10G ports, non-throttled bandwidth.

• Districts can add bandwidth beyond 10G with ease.

• DWDM rings operate at 200 Gbps - capable of over 1 Tbsp.

• Rings upgraded simply by adding another wavelength.

• Since Fiber 10 will be a single-subscriber, private network, the consortium will bypass the “Carrier Cloud”, it will not be affected by aggregated network traffic of other customers.

• Free from outside interference, interception or interruption - the most reliable and secure network possible.

• Bandwidth availability far exceeds Region 10’s 1Mbps per student target and any foreseeable FCC requirements.