The two companies have been beta-testing for a year in the U.S. and are close to a worldwide release. As business moves to glass instead of copper this is a part of a step in that direction. The new service is enabled by LuxN's WavSystem platform. To get a perspective on the change, Strudwick draws an analogy between optical connections and Starbucks coffee. It can especially be hectic the more people try to buy coffee.
More people can buy coffee faster.
That is very similar to what we are doing for Metromedia. As the need for broadband increases, the optical market has been expanding exponentially, driven by such big name players as Cisco, Lucent and Nortel Networks. Metromedia works its angle with their subsidiaries AboveNet Communications and PAIX.net. LuxN's solution helps distribute Metromedia's customers as if they were co-located at the AboveNet Internet Service Exchange. LuxN's solution allows us to expand into all of our major markets quickly and cost-effectively.