INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- via PRWEB - Indiana Fiber Network, LLC (IFN), the leading Indiana statewide Network Service Provider, announces a major multiyear network expansion plan. The plan upgrades IFN's statewide core network to support 100GE transport bandwidth and improves network reliability through the utilization of a meshed architecture.

"Our financial investment within the State of Indiana is truly noteworthy. IFN has over $75 million dollars of Capital Investment in Indiana. We expect to increase that in the next five years to over $100 million dollars in fiber plant and equipment." said Ron Galle, IFN Chief Financial Officer.

According to IFN Vice President of Sales and Marketing, August Zehner, IFN has a history of providing fiber broadband not only in the urban areas but in some of the most rural parts of Indiana and currently provides commercial services in 52 Indiana counties. "This expansion plan leverages current fiber routes with improved fiber and electronic technology. It is a significant step in our ongoing strategy to construct a statewide footprint to support the growing broadband needs of our customers," said Zehner.

Architected for network modernization; IFN's core network electronics upgrade will be implemented in two phases. The first phase covers over 1,200 fiber route miles in Northern Indiana. The fiber route goes through Lafayette, Merrillville, South Bend, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Warsaw, Marion, Kokomo, Anderson, and Indianapolis. The second phase will address over 1,300 fiber route miles in Southern Indiana with an expected completion date by 2016. It includes routes through Terre Haute, Jeffersonville, Columbus, Shelbyville, Bloomington, Greenwood, and Indianapolis.

According to Tom Bechtel IFN Vice President of Operations, A key component to IFN's core technology upgrade is the use of Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) technology which adds the ability to remotely switch traffic from a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) system at the wavelength layer.

"Customers will become aware of the benefits of our core optimized bandwidth utilization and network efficiency because it enables IFN to provide very cost effective solutions. This deployment coupled with the deployment of multi-terabit optical switches which will be configured to provide a meshed protection scheme, allows IFN to offer an enhanced range of high-speed Fiber Transport services including 1GE, 10GE, and 100GE to Carriers, Service Providers, and Enterprise customers," said Bechtel.

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