Metro Bytes: MidAtlantic Broadband, MDC, Comcast Business, Covage

Three bits of regional and metro news from the US, and one from across the pond:

Mid-Atlantic Broadband has extended its regional fiber eastward to the shores of the Atlantic. The expansion adds a unique fiber route and both 100G and 400G circuit options between the QTS facility in Richmond and Globalinx’s data center in Virginia. From there, MBC’s southern Virginia depth will gain a direct path to the subsea cables coming ashore in Virginia Beach from Europe and Latin America.

MDC says it has added two more cross-border routes between the US and Mexico. The crossings are fully underground and sub-river, one between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, and the other between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Each crossing features 3 conduits and starts with 144 strands of G652D fiber. The Laredo crossing will be ready for service this quarter, the El Paso crossing in Q4 of this year.

Comcast Business has picked up a regional connectivity deal in the Mid-Atlantic in the financial vertical. American Heritage Credit Union will be using Comcast Business’s voice and data services to connect 37 locations across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including two recently opened locations in South Jersey. American Heritage serves some 300K customers across the region.

And over in Europe, Covage is introducing a new dedicated internet access service. The French wholesale carrier is looking to target other carriers and service providers that want to reach enterprise and government customers via Covage’s network infrastructure. Covage’s network reaches 13.5K towns across the country, enabling FTTx and mobile connectivity for the business marketplace.

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