North Carolina Information Highway: megabits driving gigabits

Author

Ransom, M. Niel

Author_Institution

BellSouth Services, Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

788

Lastpage

792

Abstract

The North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) is the first large-scale commercial deployment of a broadband ATM network. Starting with initial service in August 1994, the NCIH will eventually provide 155 Mb/s ATM service to thousands of high schools, colleges, universities, libraries, hospitals, prisons, police stations, and other government facilities throughout North Carolina. Fully deployed, the NCIH is expected to have a total access capacity of over 500 Gb/s

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; computer aided instruction; digital communication; government data processing; information networks; teleconferencing; 155 Mbit/s; 500 Mbit/s; North Carolina Information Highway; broadband ATM network; colleges; distance learning; government facilities; high schools; hospitals; large-scale commercial deployment; libraries; police stations; prisons; universities; video conferencing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Large-scale systems; Local government; Proposals; Rendering (computer graphics); Road transportation; Switches; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.391752

Filename

391752