XO Communications Ethernet Expansion

XO Communications is currently undertaking major enhancements in regards to its Ethernet-based products in order to improve the quality and reliability of its services, and to further expand their Ethernet-over-copper footprint. Our team at T1Everywhere.com was able to get the scoop from XO Communications carrier account executive, Cory Tolliver; here’s what we found out:

XO Communications plans to add 28 EoC LSOs in 8 markets nation-wide, including:

• Los Angeles
• Las Vegas
• Austin
• Phoenix
• Atlanta
• San Francisco
• New York
• Boston

In the Los Angeles area, XO plans to roll out with an alternative vendor EoC offering in addition to the EoC LSO expansion that will triple the current LA EoC coverage. The new coverage is said to include an added 58 LSOs in the greater Los Angeles area; pricing will be somewhat higher than XO’s current EoC rates, but considerably less than Ethernet over DS1 service.

XO is also developing a collection of enhanced tools that will allow its network planning/capacity management team to correlate demands on its multiple network components, and should provide a better view of available Ethernet capacity in its LSOs. In the meantime, XO has appointed a dedicated Program Manager in order to propel network construction to meet XO’s rising demands, and has lessened the triggers for replenishing network capacity.

In regards to configuration management, XO plans to deploy a new element management system that provides a layer between the equipment and XO technicians. Currently, in any XO Ethernet circuit there are several different layers of equipment that can eventually (as the customer’s needs expand) increase the risk of potential configuration mistakes and impact customers from a single change. The new system will ensure all configurations are properly applied, decreasing the risk of configuration mistakes, and will prohibit service impacting configuration changes.

New remote Ethernet testing will permit XO to isolate problem areas and eliminat4e the need for field dispatches via sophisticated diagnostic capabilities and the ability to run current "state of the practice” Remote Call Forwarding 2544 testing in minutes. Furthermore, making the transition from traditional TDM services to the new Ethernet testing will improve trouble ticket and troubleshooting response times as well as allow XO to respond to testing requirements quicker and more efficiently.

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