The Superbowl is Sunday and that means a lot of excitement at work.  Preparations have been going on for quite some time in many departments within Level 3.  I did the graphics for a binder we distribute internally but other than that it’s been pretty relaxed in transmission.  I anticipate a bit more activity tomorrow and lots of fun on Sunday.  Vyvx has been carrying the Superbowl on our network for 20 years.  Isn’t that cool?  I think it’s awesome!

NBC will backhaul feeds using a mix of Level 3 Communications’ Vyvx fiber and SES Americom satellite links. Level 3′s Vyvx unit has backhauled Super Bowl traffic for 20 years and will handle 27 feeds out of Tampa, including a backhaul to NFL Films in New Jersey. Level 3 will have 10 staffers on-site along with an additional mobile switching facility, and its network operations center in Tulsa, Okla., will be even more heavily staffed than usual for a weekend, with more than 50 personnel monitoring the video traffic.

“It’s a big event for us,” says Level 3 senior VP Mark Taylor. “We do thousands of feeds a month, but this one’s very visible.”
[read the entire article at B&C]

If you are football fans, enjoy the game!  If you aren’t, you should be!