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Cambrian Communications, High Bandwidth Internet Networking As the Internet becomes a larger part of our daily lives many homes and businesses are using online services for a growing variety of tasks. The ever-growing number of Internet users is putting a great strain on existing methods of providing customers with access to the web. This strain causes severe decreases in the rate at which information can be delivered to the end user. This log jam of information is called a "bottleneck." New applications that require higher bandwidth, such as streaming video and music, only serve to exacerbate the bandwidth problem. Cambrian Communications, located in Fairfax Virginia, is making a significant investment into Baltimore's Internet infrastructure. The company is developing a solution to the "bottleneck" by building an all fiber optic network, that uses pulses of light to transfer large amounts of data at extremely high rates of speed. The network will stretch from southern Virginia all the way to New York, delivering high-speed bandwidth to the growing metropolitan areas in between. Founded in 1999 by Brian Oliver, CEO, and Joe Cecin, COO, Cambrian will provide the solutions needed by communication companies to reach their customers with flexibly priced and scalable bandwidth that can grow with demand. The main component of Cambrian's network is its fully redundant backbone. What this means to the user is that if part of the network is severed, information will continue to flow around the break in the network, eliminating the possibility of service loss. The backbone will connect individual rings that will be built around rapidly growing metropolitan areas. Companies and residential developments within these rings will have access to the high bandwidth services Cambrian will provide. Groundbreaking on the first fiber optic ring, which is being built in Baltimore County, took place yesterday, April 25, and is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2001. This ring will connect Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, Cockeysville, Towson and Pikesville. Additional rings will be constructed in other counties in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Once the Cambrian network is fully operational, information will be able to travel from New York to Virginia in a fraction of a second.
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