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How can a rural operator get an estimate of middle-mile bandwidth requirements for their situation? Things just got easier. With Ciena’s Middle-Mile Capacity Forecast calculator, you can finally remove the guesswork and ensure your middle-mile network can deliver the broadband demands of tomorrow. Checkout the calculator, and receive a full report based on your inputs.

With once-in-a-generation public and private investments, the time is now for CEFs to rethink how to design a next-generation broadband network for their customers. With an open, modular, and scalable design, Ciena’s Residential Broadband Solution enables CEFs to help their customers build a sustainable best-of-breed network, integrate multiple vendors and technologies, develop operational expertise, and focus on long-term sustainability.

Ciena’s approach to residential broadband is designed to deliver the scalability, flexibility etc. required by new and established network operators to thrive.

Hear from the team behind Dryden Fiber, a municipal fiber network being deployed in the town of Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. We discuss the digital divide in Dryden, how the decision to create a municipal broadband network came about, the timeline for this project and much more.

Ciena’s middle mile aggregation solution addressed Cullman Electric’s challenges to deliver scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.

Dryden and HUNT chose Ciena’s Universal Aggregation (UA) solution, including the 5164 Router, pluggable XGS-PON uOLT, 3801 XGS-PON ONU and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller.

Alcorn County Electric Power Association was the first rural co-operative in the USA to bring electricity to its members. Over 80 years later it's leading the way again, with a plan for a world class 2Gb/s broadband service for its rural Mississippi community.

This collaborative project between Ciena and ACG Research explores the pressures facing networks as capacity requirements grow at unprecedented rates.

Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In today’s technology driven world, how people live, work, and play is becoming increasingly dependent on reliable and fast access to information and services enabled by a high-speed broadband network.

Ciena’s middle mile aggregation solution addressed Cullman Electric’s challenges to deliver scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.

Utilities need a modern, sustainable network that can deliver both residential broadband and smart grid services to the communities they serve. Ciena’s Residential Broadband Solution helps bridge the digital divide by supporting latency-sensitive smart grid traffic and broadband traffic by leveraging an open, modular, and scalable approach.

How can a rural operator get an estimate of middle-mile bandwidth requirements for their situation? Things just got easier. With Ciena’s Middle-Mile Capacity Forecast calculator, you can finally remove the guesswork and ensure your middle-mile network can deliver the broadband demands of tomorrow. Checkout the calculator, and receive a full report based on your inputs.

Ciena’s approach to residential broadband is designed to deliver the scalability, flexibility etc. required by new and established network operators to thrive.

Dryden and HUNT chose Ciena’s Universal Aggregation (UA) solution, including the 5164 Router, pluggable XGS-PON uOLT, 3801 XGS-PON ONU and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller.

Alcorn County Electric Power Association was the first rural co-operative in the USA to bring electricity to its members. Over 80 years later it's leading the way again, with a plan for a world class 2Gb/s broadband service for its rural Mississippi community.

Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In today’s technology driven world, how people live, work, and play is becoming increasingly dependent on reliable and fast access to information and services enabled by a high-speed broadband network.

This collaborative project between Ciena and ACG Research explores the pressures facing networks as capacity requirements grow at unprecedented rates.

How Ciena is helping Openreach revolutionize connectivity services for UK carriers

Ciena’s Residential Broadband Solution is flexible and sustainable—open, modular, and scalable by design—providing Communications Service Providers with a competitive edge while protecting their network investment and bridging the digital divide.

When it came to satisfying increasing demand for high-speed broadband, Cherry Capital knew that fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) was the answer.

Ciena’s Residential Broadband Solution—which is flexible, cost-effective, and sustainable—enables Internet Service Providers and regional and rural providers to close the digital divide and transform communities by building a better next-generation broadband infrastructure that is open, modular, and scalable.

Ciena’s approach to residential broadband is designed to deliver the scalability, flexibility etc. required by new and established network operators to thrive.

How can a rural operator get an estimate of middle-mile bandwidth requirements for their situation? Things just got easier. With Ciena’s Middle-Mile Capacity Forecast calculator, you can finally remove the guesswork and ensure your middle-mile network can deliver the broadband demands of tomorrow. Checkout the calculator, and receive a full report based on your inputs.

Hear from the team behind Dryden Fiber, a municipal fiber network being deployed in the town of Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. We discuss the digital divide in Dryden, how the decision to create a municipal broadband network came about, the timeline for this project and much more.

Ciena’s middle mile aggregation solution addressed Cullman Electric’s challenges to deliver scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.

Alcorn County Electric Power Association was the first rural co-operative in the USA to bring electricity to its members. Over 80 years later it's leading the way again, with a plan for a world class 2Gb/s broadband service for its rural Mississippi community.

Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In today’s technology driven world, how people live, work, and play is becoming increasingly dependent on reliable and fast access to information and services enabled by a high-speed broadband network.

This collaborative project between Ciena and ACG Research explores the pressures facing networks as capacity requirements grow at unprecedented rates.

Ciena has helped build a carrier-grade, responsive, middle-mile network that underpins connectivity for remote communities across ten counties in northwest Colorado.

Ciena’s Residential Broadband Solution—open, modular, and scalable by design—leverages innovative broadband architecture and proven expertise in deploying ultra-high-capacity networks to enable municipalities to deliver cost-effective sustainable residential broadband and ensure digital equity for all.

Ciena’s approach to residential broadband is designed to deliver the scalability, flexibility etc. required by new and established network operators to thrive.

How can a rural operator get an estimate of middle-mile bandwidth requirements for their situation? Things just got easier. With Ciena’s Middle-Mile Capacity Forecast calculator, you can finally remove the guesswork and ensure your middle-mile network can deliver the broadband demands of tomorrow. Checkout the calculator, and receive a full report based on your inputs.

Ciena’s middle mile aggregation solution addressed Cullman Electric’s challenges to deliver scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.

Dryden and HUNT chose Ciena’s Universal Aggregation (UA) solution, including the 5164 Router, pluggable XGS-PON uOLT, 3801 XGS-PON ONU and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller.

Alcorn County Electric Power Association was the first rural co-operative in the USA to bring electricity to its members. Over 80 years later it's leading the way again, with a plan for a world class 2Gb/s broadband service for its rural Mississippi community.

With a spate of federal funding available, states and localities are considering new fiber network builds to address urgent challenges within their jurisdictions. One of the top priorities is closing the digital divide so all residents, businesses, healthcare providers, schools, agencies, and others have equitable, affordable access to broadband.

Network optimization is an essential tactic for ensuring organizations have the on-demand connectivity and performance that modern applications require.

Broadband service deployment has historically been limited in rural communities, creating challenges for residents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Networking technology offers an opportunity to provide better service with lower taxpayer cost. A modern, converged network utilizes advanced optical and...

Ciena offers governments a means to evolve their networks to improve operating efficiency and public benefit.

The Brazos Valley Council of Governments has deployed a new private network with Ciena and CenturyLink that is now live and providing services.

In today’s technology driven world, how people live, work, and play is becoming increasingly dependent on reliable and fast access to information and services enabled by a high-speed broadband network.