Buckeye Deploys Turin

PETALUMA, Calif. -- Turin Networks, a global provider of metro transport and switching solutions for wireline, wireless, MSO and private networks, today announced that Buckeye TeleSystem, a facilities-based carrier serving northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan, has deployed Turin’s Traverse® 2000 multiservice transport switches to reduce costs, improve service agility, and facilitate management of IP/Ethernet and TDM services for business and residential customers throughout its network.

Buckeye TeleSystem is a subsidiary Block Communications, Inc (BCI). Buckeye CableSystem, also a subsidiary of BCI, is one of the nation's top 25 cable multiple system operators (MSOs), which operates a large regional fiber optic network. Buckeye is using the Traverse 2000 platform as a next-generation digital cross-connect system (DCS) to interconnect, groom, and transport TDM voice as well as IP/Ethernet data over the same optical infrastructure.

“Our network had grown to the point where we needed a DCS to simplify service provisioning and management,” said Doug Ward, director of network operations at Buckeye TeleSystem. “We found Turin’s Traverse platform to be the most scalable and cost-effective DCS solution available. With it’s visibility down to the DS1 level, the Traverse platform allows us to ensure optimum quality of service for our customers. That was a key feature for us.”

Turin Networks Inc.

Buckeye TeleSystem Inc.