{"id":239274,"date":"2016-10-28T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=239274"},"modified":"2016-10-28T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:00:54","slug":"ite-begins-testing-new-fiber-optic-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ite-begins-testing-new-fiber-optic-network\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#038;E begins testing new fiber optic network"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_239278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239278\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fiber-Test-Photo-1-300x225.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IT&amp;E personnel begin to test the new fiber optic network for homes and businesses. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As it begins to test its new fiber optic network for homes and business, IT&amp;E said yesterday that its customers will soon be benefitting from enhanced data speeds and substantially improved network performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initial testing of the new fiber optic network is going very well and we\u2019re already seeing very positive results,\u201d said John Compton, IT&amp;E chief operating officer. \u201cWe are looking forward to rolling out the next generation of enhanced fiber services that will provide our customers ultra-fast speeds and better network reliability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Compton, IT&amp;E will begin offering fiber-based services in the very near future to both homes and business as the fiber network is completed in each village. <\/p>\n<p>This new fiber optic network will allow download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second (1,000 megabits per second). Among other features, the new service will also allow customers to access high-definition media content simultaneously from multiple devices. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, IT&amp;E announced the expanded coverage of its 4G LTE network coverage to ensure that the company continues to meet customers\u2019 ever-increasing broadband needs. The expanded coverage area was made possible by the installation of new wireless sites throughout the island of Saipan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur customers are increasingly reliant on high quality service and faster Internet speeds for their home and business needs,\u201d Compton said. \u201cTo keep pace with this evolving demands, we are making multi-million dollar investments in the CNMI to improve the data infrastructure like the fiber-based network that will soon be available throughout the islands.\u201d <strong>(IT&amp;E)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it begins to test its new fiber optic network for homes and business, IT&amp;E&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":239278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[56,7147,250,492],"class_list":["post-239274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business-3","tag-john-compton","tag-network","tag-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}