April 7, 2006 Livermore, CA -- Alloptic, a provider of Gigabit Ethernet passive optical networks (GEPON), announced that PrimeLink (Plattsburgh, NY), a wholly owned subsidiary of upstate New York's Champlain telephone company, has selected the Alloptic GEPON platform to upgrade its access network.
"Growing customer demand for higher bandwidth services meant we needed to find a new solution to cost-effectively replace our existing GPON equipment," comments Steve Pinto, director of network operations for PrimeLink. "As we reviewed our options, only Alloptic had a proven, available, standards-based product operating at gigabit speeds. With the Alloptic GEPON solution, we are now able to provide the feature rich, higher bandwidth services our customers are now demanding."
"Alloptic is pleased to add PrimeLink to our growing list of CLEC customers," remarks Art Schultz, VP of worldwide sales for alloptic. "With Alloptic's solution, PrimeLink can quickly and easily upgrade their existing customer base to a rich set of new services.. Using Alloptic's Ethernet-based and IEEE-compliant solution allows PrimeLink to leverage the economics and operational efficiency of Ethernet, while providing their end customers the rich functionality and ease of use they expect."