XO Communications accelerates service introduction and improves operations

IDC predicts Internet traffic to grow by nearly 700 percent from 2011 to 2015. In addition to the increase in network traffic, unpredictable spikes in data driven by global events are causing waves of stress from the service provider edge to the network core. As service providers deploy new customer services and applications, their infrastructures need to be agile and scalable enough to respond immediately to varying types of network traffic.

Operational Benefits – Increasing the top line revenue while reducing operational costs is a critical success factor for XO Communications. Together, the PTX5000 and MX2020 routers reduce 10G edge and 100G backbone transport costs. The PTX5000 packet optical design allows XO Communications to cost-effectively interconnect sites more than 1200 miles apart, the equivalent distance between San Francisco, Calif. and Denver, Colo. while the MX2020 provides the massive capacity and performance to scale service delivery by providing customers with more bandwidth using fewer routers. This cost control lets XO Communications be more agile and improve the customer experience while also reducing customer fees.

Scaling from the Services Edge to the Core – The PTX5000 and MX2020 MPLS-based routers provide XO Communications with the massive performance, reliability and service delivery for enterprise cloud services that customers need during times of peak traffic. The PTX5000 allows XO Communications to remove network layers, saving money in operations and reducing core network provisioning costs. With Juniper, the company expects network CapEx cost savings up to 65 percent compared to traditional architectures and up to 35 percent savings compared to a pure IP routing solution. Together with the 80 Tbps of capacity in a single MX2020, XO Communications has enough bandwidth to deliver high-definition video to every household in New York and still have capacity left over for all of New Jersey.