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OC48

High-speed provisioning at speeds up to 2.5 gigabytes per second.It is most often used by large enterprises or as an Internet service provider (ISP) backbone. See OC3.

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It supports up to 64 OC48 or 16 OC-192 interface cards per rack.

IP explosion pressures core backbones

AT&T said the expansion of AVOICS includes increased capacity in the VoIP network infrastructure to meet customer traffic demand; and increased connectivity from T1 to T3 through to OC48. It also includes moving from an AT&T Managed Router Model to a Customer Managed Router Model to monitor the circuit; and native and non-native IP traffic on the same circuit with unique IP signalling addresses.

AT&T expands AVOICS availability to all US-based wholesale customers

-- Transport Services -- high bandwidth transport over a SONET network; interconnects with local, regional, national, and global carriers -- Local Fiber Access -- constructing fiber access to customer premises -- Private Line -- T1, DS3, OC3, OC12, OC48

HICKORYTECH COMPLETES ENVENTIS TELECOM ACQUISITION

The products include single-mode EFM, GE, FC and 2xFC transceivers to support distances from 10 km to 80 km, and OC3, OC12, and OC48 transceivers with various reaches at SR1, IR1, IR2, LR1 and LR2.