| Custom Private Optical Network
A financial institution makes a no-risk investment in a custom private optical network.
Challenge
A financial institution with multiple campuses throughout New England was looking for a better way to connect their locations and carrier POPs. Their current network was made up of SONET rings and circuits provided by multiple carriers. Expensive and hard to scale, they also learned that using multiple providers didn’t afford them the level of diversity they thought it would, since many of these carriers delivered service along the same routes.
What they needed was a private network to provide true diversity. One that would be flexible, enabling them to choose the right service providers. Additionally, it needed to be scalable and expandable so that they could increase their bandwidth as demand arose, and have the ability to add future locations and applications.
Solution
As the RCN Metro Optical Networks account team began to look at the needs of this financial institution, it became evident that a Private Optical Network would provide the flexibility they needed. RCN Metro Optical Networks was able to design, build, and manage a SONET network that not only connected their multiple campuses, but also connected them to their carriers. Scalable and cost-effective, this solution was ideal because it would grow with the institution as needed.
Benefits - Diversity – Utilizing our unique ROWs, RCN Metro Optical Networks was able to provide the financial institution with a network that was truly diverse
- Cost-Effective – The RCN Metro Optical Networks solution provided more functionality and allowed the financial institution to reduce their costs by more than 50%
- Scalable – This network will quickly scale in order to continue to meet this customer’s bandwidth requirements
- Carrier Neutral – Because RCN Metro Optical Networks has connections to multiple carriers and most major POPs throughout New England, the financial institution can decide which carrier they want to connect to on a location-by-location basis
 
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