Optical Solutions Wins in Colorado

MINNEAPOLIS -- Residents outside of Vail, Colo., will have a new attraction in store for them later this year, as local San Isabel Telecom prepares to launch an all-optical voice, video and data communications system from fiber-to-the-home equipment leader Optical Solutions Inc.

San Isabel Telecom, a service provider serving portions of the Eagle Valley, is using Optical Solutions' FiberPath* 400 solution to wire three new developments in Gypsum, a community of 3,000-plus residents located 35 miles west of Vail and 120 miles west of Denver. The developments include Chatfield Corners, Buckhorn Valley and Valaqua. "Gypsum has become one of the fastest-growing communities along the Front Range and Central Rockies, and newcomers to the area are ideal candidates for state-of-the-art communications services," said Brian Wagner, vice president of operations at San Isabel Telecom. "Our subscribers will receive a complete package of voice, video and data services, including multiple phone lines, Internet access, and hundreds of channels of analog or digital television." Construction of the passive optical network (PON) has already begun, and service will be available to Chatfield and Buckhorn later this month. Valaqua will follow in 2003. Optical Solutions Inc.