Juniper enables 100G down under.(CONTRACTS)

Juniper Networks announced that its routers are being used by iiNet, a Australian DSL Internet service provider. iiNet migrated its backbone to Juniper Networks T1600 Core Routers at the beginning of this year and started a two-month trial of Juniper's 100GbE interface cards in May -- the first 100GbE deployment in the Asia-Pacific market.

The Australian ISP market is entering a new era with the initial rollout of the government-owned National Broadband Network (NBN), an A$35.7 billion project aimed at making Gigabit per second (Gbps) Internet access, via fiber-to-the-premises connections, available to 93 percent of the population. While, in the long term, this will eliminate the need for broadband ISPs to provide the "last-mile" connection to customers, it places a much greater burden on their backbone networks.

"We're passionate about providing our customers with the very best service and technology," said Greg Bader, chief technology officer at iiNet. "Rather than waiting for the NBN to be rolled out around the country, we're continuously upgrading the iiNet network so our customers can have the very best experience.

Partnering with Juniper Networks gives us confidence in the fact that we're using the most advanced technology as we expand our services around the country."