However, the demand for additional fiber strands between the campus MDFs is anticipated to increase. In addition, only some of the MDFs are served by redundant fiber routes. The desire is to position the campus network infrastructure so that if any one MDF is taken out of commission due to unforeseen disaster, all other MDFs may remain functional. The project involves reinforcing some existing fiber routes and adding some new redundant routes using 144 strand and 36 strand single-mode fiber optic cable. Additional redundant routes from other sources may also be investigated.
Materials are currently on order.