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
100 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 100 Gbps - capable of over 1 Tbps
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