 long-haul segment to the criti- cal metro access and metro core segments of the market where there is a void and a major continuing opportunity. The products are not principally focused on increasing raw bandwidth (although that may be achieved as consequence), but are focused on achieving cost-effective connectivity instead, which continues to be a real need in the industry. The developer's flagship set of metro edge products (specifically, advanced OADMs) provides low-cost, right-sized access vehicles, including vehicles based on WDM and CWDM. The goal of the products is to support ubiquitous broadband line-rate Ethernet Connectivity Anywhere™ data/ Internet service. With Ethernet Connectivity Anywhere, the customer has access to an end-to-end IP-ready connectivity/internetworking service over a more native interface that is tailored to his or her needs, and the customer is able to secure Ethernet-based access speeds, rather than the traditional lower speeds (such as 1.5 Mbps). The goal is to develop a service-optimized metro edge suite of smart access systems over advanced optics. This fiber- multiplication, multicustomer-per-edge, optical, metro core, carrier-class technology enables service providers to economically relieve the bandwidth scarcity and connectivity bottlenecks that now exist in the access segment of the public service backbone. This legacy bottleneck environment is partially due to entrenched costs of metro area networking. Today you would need a carrier to deploy a building-resident mux that could cost $40,000, $80,000, or even $120,000. It follows that the monthly recurring charge (MRC) to the customer has to be high. This area is now beginning to change with the widespread adoption of technologies such as GbE and WDM. However, DWDM remains relatively expensive and is best suited for long-haul rather than access applications. EtherCarrier's products are targeted to access applications, where tech- nologies such as CWDM may be better suited. Using metro DWDM, a ser- vice provider can provide