tw telecom's High Speed Internet Service to Connect Lousiana's 12 Major Research Universities

tw telecom today announced the deployment of a dedicated 600 Megabit Ethernet connection to the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI). LONI will deploy and manage tw telecom’s Internet solution to connect Louisiana's 12 major research universities in order to greatly improve collaboration on research projects and deliver results faster, with greater accuracy.

"The business relationship we have with tw telecom is integral to LONI’s success," said Charles McMahon, executive director of LONI and Louisiana State University deputy chief information officer. "LONI relies heavily on our communications providers to build capacity for the state’s researchers. tw telecom’s addition of a 600 Megabit Ethernet connection will positively impact our state’s research and academic missions."

"Our researchers are involved in hurricane modeling and forecasting efforts as well as advancing biotechnology and other extensive high performance computation projects that are dependant on high bandwidth connections," said Les Guice, LONI management council chair and Louisiana Tech University vice president for research and development. "tw telecom provides our member institutions with the bandwidth that enables these research collaborations that are so important to our state."

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