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Jul122010
ROADMs: reconfigurable but still not agile

Briefing: Dynamic optical networks
Part 2: Wavelength provisioning and network restoration
How are operators using reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) in their networks? And just how often are their networks reconfigured? gazettabyte spoke to AT&T and Verizon Business.
Operators rarely make grand statements about new developments or talk in terms that could be mistaken for hyperbole.
“You create new paths; the network is never finished”
Glenn Wellbrock, Verizon Business
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