When it comes to Ethernet service, Windstream, like any incumbent service provider, advocates fiber as the best medium. In fact, the Tier 2 service provider has a robust Ethernet over fiber and MPLS network solution built with a Juniper/Cisco-based IP/MPLS backbone and standard Ethernet optical switches.

Still, Windstream realizes that as compelling as fiber-based Ethernet service solutions are, fiber reach is far from ubiquitous.

In fact, research from Vertical Systems Group points out that only 13.4 percent of U.S.-based buildings are lit with fiber, leaving 86.6 percent of buildings without the ability to get Ethernet service.

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