Tag Archives: Lower Peninsula

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. is pleased to announce the deployment of ADVA Optical Networking equipment at 16 nodes on the Merit backbone. The equipment, which consists of routers, switches and optical transport gear, will improve service to…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the award of federal stimulus funding to construct 1,270 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in the Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan. The fiber, which enables access to high-performance broadband, will…

In January 2010, Merit Network, Inc. and its REACH-3MC project partners were awarded a $33.3 million federal grant from funds allocated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The broadband infrastructure project will create a 1,017-mile fiber-optic…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the award of federal stimulus funding to build a 1,017-mile extension of the research and education provider's fiber-optic backbone. The fiber will extend critical broadband service to rural and underserved communities…

ANN ARBOR - In the blink of an eye, packets of information are now zooming across hundreds of miles of fiber networking at gigabit speeds from the Upper Peninsula to the Lower Peninsula thanks to new connections provided by Merit…