A Perfect Synergy of Philosophy, Values, and Capacities: Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Aqua Comms on Partnership with Windstream Wholesale

This episode features a conversation with Joe Scattareggia, CRO of Windstream Wholesale, and Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Aqua Comms, as they discuss their business partnership and synergy. Nigel reveals details about Aqua Comm’s AEC-1 network – a subsea fiber-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin, and London – and elaborates on what his organization seeks within a partner, detailing why Windstream Wholesale’s philosophy, values, and network capabilities match their partnership criteria perfectly. 

August 15, 2022

  • Windstream Wholesale is revolutionizing the industry with nationwide Managed Spectrum – a new network architecture empowering customers to deliver their own wavelength services with increased flexibility, reduced costs, and faster deployment times.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of fast and flexible solutions, today announced it is among the first in the industry to offer nationwide availability of Managed Spectrum, a new network architecture solution that empowers customers to deliver high capacity with increased flexibility, reduced costs and faster deployment times.

Leveraging Windstream Wholesale’s nationwide Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON), the company’s Managed Spectrum solution provides customers with a dedicated block of photonic capacity measured in GHz. Customers then procure, install, maintain and monitor the service layer equipment, giving them a secure, private connection between two locations within a metropolitan area or across the U.S.

Managed Spectrum provides customers the scalability of a conventional dark fiber offering without the operational overhead that comes with building, managing and maintaining a network.

“Exponential end-user traffic growth is requiring carriers to operate with greater agility, automation, cost-optimization and network flexibility,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer for Windstream Wholesale. “The continuing evolution of Windstream Wholesale’s ICON network meets this need by enabling integration of new technologies. ICON’s innovative architecture makes it possible for us to simultaneously support emerging Spectrum services along with our traditional lit solutions, and that’s a huge advance for the high-bandwidth marketplace.”

In March 2021, Windstream Wholesale and Colt Technology Services, a leading provider of high bandwidth and on-demand connectivity, announced a successful trial of Managed Spectrum services.

Colt leveraged the Windstream Flex grid open line system between Chicago and Ashburn, Va., using their own coherent transmission system in that trial. Colt leveraged the Windstream-provided Managed Spectrum to deliver multiple 100GE and 400GE services, traversing nearly 1,800 kilometers between the business hubs.

Colt has recently purchased three routes from Windstream Wholesale – Chicago to New York; Secaucus, New Jersey, to Ashburn, and Ashburn to Chicago.

“Since the success of our trial with Windstream Wholesale in March 2021, Colt has continued to invest in its high bandwidth, agile, on-demand network – the Colt IQ Network – in the U.S. and pursue innovation and investment in our partnerships. We are excited to build on our collaboration with Windstream with this next step and leverage Windstream’s spectrum services to scale up our backbone capacity and capability in the region,” said Vivek Gaur, Colt’s vice president of Network Engineering.

Windstream’s ICON provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

To view the Windstream network map, visit https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Windstream-Wholesale-National-Network.pdf

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held Fortune® 1000 communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, and federal government agencies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

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Familiarity, Consistency and White Glove Service: Phil Cusumano, Head of Global Accounts, on Windstream Wholesale’s Unique Culture

This episode features a conversation with CRO, Joe Scattareggia and Phil Cusumano, Head of Global Accounts, at Windstream Wholesale. Phil reveals what intrigued him to join Windstream Wholesale, and how the business unit’s three strategic pillars: flexible partnerships, network expansion, and technology leadership, support his customer base. Discover the unique elements that allow Windstream Wholesale to be a fast and flexible provider.  

August 1, 2022

  • Windstream Wholesale supports local & regional business needs in growing communities with latest data center connection.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of fast and flexible solutions, announced today that it has connected to its second DC BLOX data center at 433 6th St. South in Birmingham, Alabama. Windstream Wholesale is now taking orders at the location for diverse Wave Services, Ethernet Solutions, and Dedicated Internet Access.

“We are very excited for an additional DC BLOX facility to join our growing portfolio of on-net data centers,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer of Windstream Wholesale. “DC BLOX is an outstanding provider of secure, reliable tier III data centers, and Windstream Wholesale is pleased to support its mission of meeting the local and regional needs of businesses in growing communities. We look forward to expanding this valuable partnership with additional DC BLOX locations in the future.”

“DC BLOX believes that reliable, high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity is the essential cornerstone of all digital acceleration, and Windstream’s quality offerings will bolster all capabilities of our customers and partners,” said Jeff Wabik, chief technology officer for DC BLOX. ”Windstream’s service velocity and quality support further improve all aspects of the partnership. We are excited to welcome Windstream Wholesale further into the family of DC BLOX’s Edge-Connected Data centers, now also at our facility in Birmingham.”

DC BLOX’s Birmingham facility is the first multi-tenant data center in the state of Alabama to receive Uptime Institute’s Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF). The certification confirms that the data center is concurrently maintainable, requiring no shutdowns when equipment needs maintenance or replacements and no impact to IT operations.

The data center is located in downtown Birmingham, near the University of Alabama campus and the Innovation Depot.

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

To view the Windstream network map, visit https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Windstream-Wholesale-National-Network.pdf

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held Fortune® 1000 communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, federal government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

From Fortune. ©2021 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. Fortune and Fortune 1000 are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. Fortune is not affiliated with, and does not endorse products or services of, Windstream.

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Source: Windstream Holdings

At Windstream Wholesale, we’re committed to technology leadership, network expansion, flexible partnerships… and Relentless Leadership.

We’re a culture of collaboration and inclusivity, each driven to provide exceptional products and services. We’ve adopted the mindset of ‘One Team’ and are supported by ‘Best in the Business’ leaders, driven to achieve industry-leading results. Tune in as our leaders define what Relentless Leadership means to them, highlighting the importance of Collaboration, Culture, Empowerment, Encouragement, Perseverance, and Trust, and shedding light on the ‘fast & flexible’ culture we’re so proud of.

“A Relentless Leader is one that’s always looking to improve him or herself, and the organization.” Joe Scattareggia, CRO, Wholesale Services

JUNE 06, 2022

  • Windstream Wholesale now offers its industry leading 400G wave services coast to coast as it continues to expand and enhance its network.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced optical solutions, with its first 400G customer turned up in August 2020, now offers its industry leading 400G wave services coast to coast as it continues to expand and enhance its high-capacity, low-latency transport network.

Currently available 400G routes are:

  • Ashburn, Va., to Chicago, Denver, San Jose and Los Angeles
  • Atlanta to Dallas, Phoenix, San Jose and Los Angeles
  • Seattle to Portland, San Jose and Los Angeles
  • Chicago to Dallas and Atlanta

“The bandwidth demands facing large enterprise and hyperscale customers are expanding and evolving rapidly as the transition to cloud services and cloud computing accelerates, and Windstream Wholesale is enhancing our long-haul network to ensure we meet their needs,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer of Windstream Wholesale. “We are cascading a phased approach that gives our customers time to plan as we continue to invest and enable 400G services across our entire core long-haul network.”

Windstream Wholesale is also taking orders now for the following routes, which will be 400G capable in the second half of 2022:

  • Chicago to Atlanta and Miami
  • Chicago to Newark and New York City
  • Atlanta to Ashburn, Newark and New York City
  • McAllen, Texas; to Dallas, Memphis, Ashburn and New York City

The company will begin accepting orders for the third phase of its 400G expansion starting in the third quarter of 2022.

Windstream Wholesale has been an industry leader in testing and deploying 400G services. In August 2020, Windstream and Everstream, the business-only fiber network, announced the turn-up of long-haul 400 Gigabit Ethernet Wavelength Services, one of the industry-first deployments for a business-optimized service provider.

The enhancements are being made to Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON), which provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

To view the Windstream network map, visit https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Windstream-Wholesale-National-Network.pdf

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held Fortune® 1000 communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, and federal government agencies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

From Fortune. ©2021 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. Fortune and Fortune 1000 are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. Fortune is not affiliated with, and does not endorse products or services of, Windstream.

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Source: Windstream Holdings

MAY 04, 2022

  • Windstream Wholesale is extending its previously announced Tulsa-to-Little Rock high capacity 432-count fiber route to Memphis, TN.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced optical solutions, today announced that it is extending its previously announced Tulsa-to-Little Rock high capacity 432-count fiber route to Memphis. The Tulsa-Little Rock link, dubbed the “T-Rock Express,” is on schedule to be ready for service in August. The Memphis extension is expected to come online by the second half of 2023.

Additional fiber construction projects underway are two dark fiber routes in high-demand corridors:

  • A 432-count fiber route from New York City to Montreal (CanAm2) is expected to be ready for service by the second half of 2023.
  • An 864-count fiber route from Raleigh, N.C., to cable landing stations in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., (the “Beach Route”) is expected to be ready for service by the first half of 2024.

Meanwhile, Windstream Wholesale has completed its Hillsboro fiber ring and is selling diverse, dark fiber “extensions” between EdgeConneX, Flexential, Stack, DRT and QTS data centers in Hillsboro and multiple data centers in Portland.

Taken together, these construction projects add approximately 1,600 miles of fiber to Windstream’s network.

“As we continue to lead the way in ultra-fast optical transmission, Windstream Wholesale is excited about these three major construction projects that will further our commitment to providing customers with high-capacity, diversity and redundancy,” said Joe Scattareggia, executive vice president of Wholesale Sales at Windstream. “The rapidly escalating demand for cloud services is only going to continue to grow, and Windstream Wholesale is positioned to provide both lit services and dark fiber to meet our customers’ needs for years to come.”

Windstream Wholesale is a Silver Sponsor of International Telecoms Week, May 9-12, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at the National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington D.C. Representatives will be available (and easy to find in purple attire) in Annapolis Meeting Rooms #1 & #2 and in area #419 in the exhibit area.

Windstream Wholesale recently announced a new brand identity to capitalize on its “fast and flexible” approach to technology leadership and service delivery. The new brand identity features a graphical element logo that symbolizes fluidity in motion and will proudly be presented at the upcoming ITW event.

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held Fortune® 1000 communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, and federal government agencies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

From Fortune. ©2021 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. Fortune and Fortune 1000 are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. Fortune is not affiliated with, and does not endorse products or services of, Windstream.

Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]

Source: Windstream Holdings

Windstream Wholesale provides connectivity between all major domestic data centers in the US. Windstream also provides route diversity as well as large Nx100G capacity. Its strategy is to make it easy for customers to interconnect and provide MEF e-line services for lower-speed applications. Windstream has built into over 150 on-net data centers in the US and will continue to do so based on customer requirements.

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Industry Investments and Innovation for 2022: A Conversation with Windstream’s Chief Network Officer, Buddy Bayer.

Connect the Dots with Windstream Wholesale is back—tune in as Joe Scattareggia talks with Buddy Bayer, Chief Network Officer for Windstream. Discover why the investment community is drawn to Windstream, some of the areas that Windstream plans to invest in for 2022, and so much more.