Case Study: Town of Dryden delivers rural broadband growth with Ciena

Town of Dryden to become one of New York’s first municipal broadband providers

The Town of Dryden partnered with Ciena to address a major rural broadband gap affecting residents, businesses, schools, and public services. Like many rural communities, Dryden needed reliable high-speed internet to support economic development, remote work, education, and healthcare, but building a profitable fiber network on its own was a challenge.

Ciena helped the Town of Dryden and HUNT-EAS design a municipally owned fiber-to-the-home network using its Universal Aggregation (UA) solution, which supports both active Ethernet and PON and is built to scale for future needs. The result is a future-proof broadband platform that can expand to 400G, support residential and business services, and evolve toward services like private 5G and wholesale mobile backhaul, giving Dryden a flexible foundation for long-term growth.

Town of Dryden

Jason Leifer

Town Supervisor