Time Warner Telecom Delivers IP Services to U of Washington and [...]

📅 January 24, 2002 - Time Warner Telecom Inc. (twtelecom.com), a provider ofmetro and regional optical broadband networks, has announced contracts withthe University of Washington (washington.edu) and Streaming MediaTechnologies, Inc. (streamingmediatech.com) to provide fiber and IP services.

"Selecting vendors is always a rigorous procedure for the University ofWashington," said University of Washington associate vice provost JacquelineBrown. "In addition to rigorous technical requirements that must be met, wescrutinize each vendor's reliability, history, responsiveness, technicalcompetence, and the extensibility of their network offerings. Time WarnerTelecom came through this analysis with high marks."
The University of Washington's Pacific Northwest Gigapop is the point ofpresence for the Internet2 Abilene research and testbed gigabit network.Time Warner Telecom's OC-3 network connection joins Pacific NorthwestGigapop facilities in Seattle and Portland and extends the Internet2 pointof presence to both cities. This circuit allows the research and educationcommunity located in the Portland area to make their connection to Internet2locally. This new connection offers data flow protection not previouslyimplemented between these two cities. The result is greater Internet2reliability for the Gigapop partners in Portland.
This circuit connects the Portland Research and Education Network with otherPacific Northwest Gigapop partners such as Microsoft Research, the DefenseResearch & Engineering Network, Children's Hospital, the Arctic RegionSupercomputing Center, and the Australian Academic Research Network.
Time Warner Telecom also provides high capacity IP connections for nextgeneration digital media platforms. Streaming Media Technologies, Inc.provides the management, encoding, storage and distribution of digitalvideo, audio and images across the world. The company is integrating a TimeWarner Telecom OC-3 IP network connection, operating at 155 Megabits persecond, as a foundation for its streaming media services.
"Time Warner Telecom was the one company bidding on this job that has astable foundation, cutting-edge network architecture, and a nationalfootprint that fits well with our future expansion plans," said JasonTurner, CEO and president of Streaming Media Technologies. "Our businessrequires a great deal of bandwidth and our customers expect flawlessservice. Time Warner Telecom was able to provide us with both."