Fast, Economical, and Distinctive –
It
Must Be Metro Ethernet
Ethernet technology has been available for over 25 years and is the most
widely used local area networking (LAN) technology in the world today.
The vast majority of corporate networks are deployed using Ethernet technology.
Now, it's being leveraged to connect customer locations within a
metropolitan area (metro Ethernet) or between regional cities (inter-city
Ethernet).
It won't be long before your peers are insisting on metro Ethernet,
which provides faster connections, lower costs, and unique benefits for
businesses. It has attracted customers in growing numbers over the past
five years because its appealing characteristics aren't available
from competing legacy data solutions such as ATM, Frame Relay, or even
Private Line services.
Faster, Scalable Connections
Metro Ethernet services are highly scalable and available from 10 Mbps
to 10 Gbps. Legacy data solutions cannot easily scale to these levels.
In addition, metro Ethernet offers you resiliency, fast recovery, and options
for new levels of service support over a single network.
Lower Costs
Today, businesses have options. Metro Ethernet can replace ATM or Frame
Relay backbones because of the low cost of ownership and scalability. Companies
have made hardware investments over the years that can now be part of a
long-term communication strategy. Metro Ethernet uses your existing LAN
equipment so there's no need to buy additional, expensive gear — because
there's no protocol conversion.
Metro Ethernet networks can carry voice, video, and data traffic. Transmission
can be intra- or inter-office, as well as across town or between cities.
In addition to flexibility, metro Ethernet also offers high-reliability
and security at lower prices than traditional networks.
Familiar Technology
Since Ethernet is already deployed in your corporate network, your IT
team can easily troubleshoot and maintain it, which usually isn't
the case with legacy data solutions purchased from your carrier. This benefit
also lowers your business costs.
Customers
Typical metro Ethernet customers include financial, healthcare, higher
education institutions, broadcasting, and manufacturing companies. Here
are just a few examples:
- A medical imaging company uses a 622 Mbps Ethernet connection to send
medical images between two locations 20 miles apart in seconds — compared
to 30 minutes to send previously.
- A northeast-based university uses 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps metro Ethernet
connections to efficiently send voice, data, and dedicated Internet between
several off-campus locations.
- A mortgage banking company extended metro Ethernet to multiple data
centers in Arizona, California, Texas and Hawaii to support redundant
data transfer requirements and VoIP, imaging, and application data with
bandwidth scalable to over 1 Gbps.
While metro Ethernet provides obvious benefits to companies, success depends
on fiber availability. Local fiber, facilities-based providers can assist
customers with a variety of services, such as point-to-point and point-to-multi-point
applications.
For additional metro Ethernet information, call your local account representative
or visit www.twtelecom.com.
Source: Metro Ethernet: Today's Most Compelling Data Networking
Solution for Business |
