Bell and FirstLight to offer high-speed routes with triple redundancy between Toronto and Montreal

Bell and FirstLight to offer new high-speed routes with triple redundancy between Secaucus, NJ, Toronto, and Montréal (CNW Group/Bell Canada)

MONTREAL and SECAUCUS ­— Bell Canada, in partnership with FirstLight Fiber, will offer new wavelength data routes with speeds up to 400G that will enable triple redundancy – between Secaucus, NJ, Toronto and Montreal, to be available in Q1 of 2024.

Launched by Bell in April 2021, 400G wavelength technology delivers increased speeds and the capacity required by large cloud and data centre providers, offering reliable, secure fibre-optic networks for the transport of voice, data, and video. By adding triversity to its network capabilities, Bell can reliably offer resilience to the business continuity.

As Secaucus, NJ is a major data centre hub, this move supports Bell’s plan to increase network resilience, fulfilling needs of customers requiring connectivity between Canada and the US. The new routes will terminate in Equinix’s data centre campus in Secaucus and will allow traffic flow into the US, fortifying the networks for Bell customers.

These routes will provide triversity into Secaucus, bypassing New York City for two routes:

Toronto – Secaucus

Montreal – Secaucus, via Albany

Montreal – Secaucus, via the Maritimes, going through Manhattan

In addition to existing routes to New York City, these new routes will also enable triversity into New York City:

Toronto – Secaucus – NYC

Montreal – NYC, via Albany

Montreal – NYC, via the Maritimes

“With continued growth in data demand, – particularly because of cloud technology and AI delivered by leading telecom networks like Bell Canada – we are excited to fortify Bell’s extensive footprint further with these new routes, which will enable faster and more reliable data transport between the major hubs in Secaucus, Toronto, and Montreal,” said Ivan Mihaljevic, SVP, Bell Wholesale.