Rural Broadband

Online & In Touch: Broadband for All

Rural communities are essential for the well-being of a nation based on their proximity to food generating areas, resource development, and tourism locations. The promise and opportunity of new communications technologies to foster economic development and provide a more effective tie-in with a connected, global population for rural communities is of particular importance.

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BTI Rural Broadband Solutions

Deliver a converged packet-enabled Middle Mile infrastructure for rural broadband providing high speed internet access, VoIP, video, and wireless backhaul services
Consolidate disparate networks onto a common infrastructure; reduce the physical number of elements to manage and spare. Save power and rack space and simplify network operations
Leverage Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), with its efficient use of physical infrastructure and virtual fiber capacity, as a strategic Middle Mile network technology
Combine Carrier Ethernet switching and aggregation functionality with WDM to provide rapid service provisioning and delivery of Ethernet connectivity as part of an integrated platform
Have technical acceptance from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) which authorizes solutions for use in the telecommunications systems of RUS borrowers

The network you need

Network capacity and flexibility is a major requirement for the Middle Mile, the connections between Central Offices (COs) and Points of Presence (POPs). Network build outs to address new rural bandwidth requirements, connectivity changes, and new market-oriented service offerings are occurring at an increased rate.

Leverage a standardized deployment model with a common management platform for core and fibered access/aggregation networks to simplify management. BTI’s modular platforms offer Layer 0/1/2 integration to address network convergence, capacity augmentation, optical and packet service delivery, and reach extension to provide low first-in deployment costs, flexibility, and the ability to adapt to future network requirements easily.

Middle Mile packet optical networking solutions from BTI Systems provide an optimum foundation for rural broadband service delivery networks by combining Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Carrier Ethernet service delivery. WDM, with its efficient use of physical infrastructure and virtual fiber capacity, is a strategic network technology. It offers transport for a broad range of applications and services and adapts easily to capacity and reach requirements. Carrier Ethernet is the service delivery layer standard for service provider networks. Carrier Ethernet is purpose built for providing increased service scalability and simplified demarcation between client and provider. It also offers strict Service Level Agreement (SLA) enforcement leveraging extensive service metrics, policing and metering capabilities.

The BTI 7000 Series combines WDM and Carrier Ethernet in a single platform, enabling a networking infrastructure that empowers administrators. BTI solutions provide service and network management simplicity, immense scalability, and rapid response capabilities to service and capacity growth. Packet optical networking reduces capital and operational costs. By eliminating the time, expense, and potential community disruption of laying new fiber, packet optical networks increase connectivity using a flexible all-in-one solution. BTI network solutions combine a full suite of network building blocks to support multiprotocol optical and packet connectivity, integration of legacy network solutions, and extended reach requirements making it a comprehensive solution for rural broadband networks.

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Rural Broadband Solution Brief