TelAlaska Picks Aktino

IRVINE, Calif. -- TelAlaska, a rural Alaska communications service provider, has selected equipment from Aktino, the industry leader in delivery of business-class broadband services over embedded copper loops, to meet surging bandwidth demands among its DSL customers. Aktino announced the deployment today.

Aktino’s MIMO on DMT-based AK4000 Ethernet platform backhauls Ethernet traffic from a remote IP DSLAM back to the central office. Like most telcos in the competitive residential broadband market, TelAlaska needs significant increases in capacity in response to increasing customer numbers and bandwidth demands. This growth is straining the carrier’s legacy copper transport technology.

In one particular situation with TelAlaska, the AK4000 delivers 10 Mbps of symmetric Ethernet bandwidth over a long (19,800 feet) run over six pairs of 24-gauge copper. This reach of more than three and a half miles is accomplished without repeaters. The binder containing the six loops also contains several other disturbers, including T1s. Aktino’s MIMO on DMT technology performs in a completely T1.417 compliant mode and protects other services like ADSL in the binder.

“We were concerned that with a DSLAM that remote we weren’t going to be able to deliver the higher backhaul capacity with T1s on HDSL on the few available pairs or we would have to undertake an expensive fiber construction project,” said Jim Mathe, Telecom Network Director for TelAlaska. “The Aktino equipment outperformed our expectations, providing more than ample bandwidth on the few available pairs at such a long distance without repeaters. Aktino’s footprint advantage is a real benefit to our business”