MONTREAL and SECAUCUS, N.J. – Bell announced Tuesday, in partnership with Albany, N.Y.-based FirstLight Fiber, it will soon offer unique wavelength data routes with speeds up to 400G (400 Gbps) enabling triple redundancy (or so-called triversity) between Secaucus, N.J., Toronto and Montreal, starting in the first quarter of 2024.
Launched by Bell in April 2021, 400G wavelength technology “delivers significantly increased speeds and the capacity required by large cloud and data centre providers, offering reliable, secure fibre-optic networks for the transport of voice, data, and video,” reads a Bell press release.
Adding triversity to its network capabilities enables Bell to reliably offer resilient business continuity, the release says.
Secaucus, N.J. is considered to be a major data centre hub “with explosive growth and customer demand,” according to the release, which adds the new routes will terminate in Equinix’s data centre campus in Secaucus and will allow traffic flow into the U.S., fortifying the networks for Bell customers requiring connectivity between Canada and the U.S.
The following routes will provide triple redundancy into Secaucus, bypassing New York City for two routes:
- Toronto – Secaucus
- Montreal – Secaucus, via Albany
- Montreal – Secaucus, via the Maritimes, going through Manhattan
In addition to existing routes to New York City, these new routes will also enable triversity into New York City:
- Toronto – Secaucus – New York City
- Montreal – New York City, via Albany
- Montreal – New York City, via the Maritimes
“With continued growth in data demand — particularly because of cloud technology and AI delivered by leading telecom networks like Bell Canada — we are excited to fortify Bell’s extensive footprint further with these new routes, which will enable faster and more reliable data transport between the major hubs in Secaucus, Toronto, and Montréal,” Ivan Mihaljevic, Bell’s senior vice-president of wholesale, said in the press release.
“Given the vast amount of bandwidth we expect AI will require, coupled with the criticality of network resilience, we are delighted to work with Bell Canada to offer these unique routes that provide bandwidth up to 400G, diversely routed between Canada and the United States,” said Patrick Coughlin, chief development officer for FirstLight.
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