Williams Network (Tulsa, OK) will build a new fiber-optic segment between New York City and

Williams Network (Tulsa, OK) will build a new fiber-optic segment between New York City and Washington, DC, by the end of the year. The 250-mi route extends an 1800-mi construction project that is currently nearing completion between Houston and Washington, DC. Another effort has begun to bring into service 4500 mi of new fiber between Los Angeles and New York. Williams plans to expand its national fiber-optic network to nearly 22,000 mi by year-end 1999, 25,000 mi by year-end 2000, and 32,000 mi by the end of 2001. During those years of expansion, more than 100 cities are expected to connect to the network. Williams deploys transport systems using dense wavelength-division multiplexing to deliver up to 80 Gbits/sec on a single-fiber OC-192 (10-Gbit/sec) system.