Tag Archives: Network Upgrade

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the completion of approximately 43 miles of their REACH-3MC network build-out between Muskegon and Hart. Merit has completed construction on the segment and activated optical network equipment that is used to…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the completion of approximately 135 miles of their REACH-3MC network build-out between Berrien Springs and Muskegon. Merit has completed construction on the segment and activated optical network equipment that is used…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today the upgrade of optical equipment at several key locations on its network. The upgrades increase capacity at four Merit Member sites on Merit's core backbone in Michigan and three locations on…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network engineers have finished installing new ADVA Optical Networking equipment that provides dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) service in Monroe, Southfield, and Toledo. Merit now has 10 gigabit-per-second (GBps) connectivity between the three locations, as…

ANN ARBOR, MI — Just two months after announcing the completion of the 500-mile, facilities-based "Blue Line" fiber-optic network, Merit Network, Inc. has announced that they have made another significant upgrade to America's longest-running research and education network. The most…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - After four years and hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cable, Merit Network engineers lit the fiber-optic cable between Mount Pleasant and Big Rapids on December 12, 2009, to complete the "Blue-Line" portion of the Merit backbone…

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has completed upgrades to two spans on its fiber-optic network. The Ann Arbor to Jackson link and the Jackson to East Lansing link have been upgraded to 10 gigabits connections, providing improved connectivity to Merit…

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network understands that in order to remain on the leading-edge of networking and services it is essential to consistently refresh hardware and components. The Equipment Refresh Schedule Process is at the center of Merit's service initiative,…

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has reached a new commodity service agreement that simplifies backbone routing. The new service agreement minimizes the number of egress points where Merit traffic accesses the commodity Internet. Whereas traffic of this nature on Merit's…

ANN ARBOR - On the morning of March 24th, Merit Network's team of engineers lit a fiber-optic cable that connects Ferris State University to the high-speed "Blue Line" portion of Merit's backbone network. The new link between Howard City and…