Tallahassee Fiber Loop (TFL) is a 13 mile ring of dark
fiber that connects to multiple Educational and communications
entities in the capitol city. North West Regional Data
Center (NWRDC) operates the resource. The loop passes
by each of the following institutions and has dual entrance
connections into each of them. The educational connectors
are Florida State University (FSU-1) at Innovation Park,
North West Regional Data Center (NWRDC), Community College
Library Automation (CCLA), Tallahassee Community College
(TCC), FSU main campus (FSU-2), Florida Department of
Education, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
The telecommunications carrier ‘Level 3’ is
connected to TFL and also is a connection point to the
statewide Florida Lambda Rail (FLR) ring of Dense Wave
division Multiplex (DWDM) systems that connects at 10Gigabit
to multiple universities in Florida. The TFL is also adjacent
to other nation-wide telecommunications carriers AT&T
and Embarq and Qwest so that they can easily connected
to FLR in the future if desired.
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