Benefits Realized by the Customer: ADC’s above ground cross-connect enclosures and FEC products provided the CATV company with the fiber flexibility they needed to keep up with rapidly changing services. The company expects both its subscription rate and its revenues to increase in the coming year as a direct result of the new services they are now able to provide to customers. | Increase Network Flexibility case study Customer A national cable television company needs to increase their headend fiber flexibility and add to their existing OSP network as their business grows beyond traditional CATV to encompass competitive access CAP data and video distribution services. The Existing Network Serves approximately million cable subscribers Services over fiber at SONET rate in point-to-point architecture Utilizes a variety of SONET digital video and fiber distribution frame equipment Requirements They must be able to reroute redirect change or add services only when and where needed as subscription rates vary dramatically. They have also experienced difficulty getting inside locations at major junctions in one of their major metropolitan fiber builds. ACE-100 Cabinet ACE-400 Cabinet FEC Cabinet ADC Solution By implementing four of ADC s fully loaded high density above-ground fiber cable management systems ACE-400 with FMS-30000 fiberglass mounting sleeves they were able to reconfigure their fiber drops within the urban core quickly and easily without having to open splice closures or thaw frozen ground. The company also implemented ADC s ACE-100 enclosures for above-ground easy access fiber splicing of OSP cable and fiber entrance cabinets FEC for similar access to indoor cables. Benefits Realized by the Customer ADC s above ground cross-connect enclosures and FEC products provided the CATV company with the fiber flexibility they needed to keep up with rapidly changing services. The company expects both its subscription rate and its revenues to increase in the coming year as a direct result of the new services they are now able to provide to customers. Web Site From North America Call Toll Free 1-800-366-3891 Outside of North America 1-952-938-8080 Fax 1-952-946-3292 For a complete listing of ADC s global sales office locations please refer to our web site. ADC Telecommunications Inc. . Box 1101 Minneapolis Minnesota USA .