Tel Aviv-based Spediant Systems, a developer of multi-loop DSL products that enable delivery of higher capacity broadband services over copper, announced today that Wightman Telecommunications has selected Spediant's equipment to provide fiber-speed last-mile connectivity for its data services.
"We needed a bonded DSL solution to get from wireless to the collocated equipment in the ILEC central offices," said Tom Sullivan, general manager of Wightman Telecom. "We chose Spediant's EML 8000 solution after trying other DSL bonding products. We found that Spediant's EML systems were the most reliable, had greater reach and bandwidth, and were more user-friendly than other systems. Most importantly, they were manageable."
Wightman, an independent telephone company in Canada, is using Spediant products to connect its wireless nodes to collocated central offices of other telephone companies in the Ontario towns where it provides competitive services. Wightman has connected Spediant's equipment to its existing management and support system in order to remotely monitor and troubleshoot the service.
Wightman was founded in 1908 by Robert Wightman in Clifford, Ontario, continues to be independently owned and operated by the Wightman family. In addition to operating one of Ontario's leading independent telephone companies, the Wightman group also includes Maitland Cable TV Limited, Wightman Contracting Limited, Wightman Communications Limited and Wightman Internet. Among its offerings are DSL, dial-up and dedicated Internet access, website design, development, and hosting, and e-commerce and networking solutions.