Ontario "leapfrogs" ahead to 100G network

TORONTO - Ontario's advanced research and education network Orion has deployed a 100G operational network, becoming the first research and education network in the world to do so.The $6.5 million project is the first phase of a major upgrade of the entire network infrastructure, which spans the province along more than 5,800 kilometers of fibre. Orion said that its strategy is to build on the network foundation as Ontario's enabling innovation backbone, with greater capacity to support research and commercialization, advanced teaching and learning, public and private sectors partnerships and global-scale science and research collaborations."The upgrade means that Ontario is...