Technical Details

Regional Network

For MBC’s regional network in Southside Virginia, Nortel’s Optical Multiservice Edge (OME) 6500 Platform has been deployed, offering a robust, reliable and scalable infrastructure. MBC supports all OC-x services as well as DS1/DS3 services through the Nortel system. The network is owned and managed by MBC.

  • 144 Fiber Strand Backbone
  • OC-192 SONET/TDM Backbone
  • TDM, Metro Ethernet, Wavelengths
  • Carrier-Class Colocation Nodes

Long Haul Network

For Long-Haul Transport Services, MBC has purchased IRU fiber from Atlanta to McLean, Virginia and has purchased redundant fiber from McLean, Virginia to Equinix-Ashburn. MBC has deployed Infinera’s Digital Transport Node (DTN) system, providing 200Gig of capacity between Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Richmond, McLean and the Equinix facility in Ashburn, Virginia.

  • 200Gbps Network
  • 1Gig, 2.5Gig, 10Gig, 40Gig Services
  • Infinera DTN System

For more information, contact Tad Deriso, MBC General Manager, at tad@mbc-va.com or call Tad at 804.855.4057.


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