AT&T introduced a local Ethernet service for connecting multiple branch offices in a VPN within a metropolitan area. AT&T Ethernet Switched Service-Metropolitan Area Network supports the transport of data, voice and video at speeds of 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps. It is a committed bandwidth service that also offers a “self-healing” option for resilient access to critical servers, data and applications. The service is supported by 24×7 proactive monitoring, network management reporting and SLAs. The service is available in 67 metropolitan areas, 90 cities and more than 6,400 office buildings on-net nationwide. Where necessary, the service will use multiple access suppliers to extend the reach of the footprint.
Franco Callocchia, AT&T’s Ethernet Services Director, said AT&T continues to make strong investments in Ethernet both within its networks and as a customer interface.
In addition to AT&T Ethernet Switched Service-Metropolitan Area Network, AT&T offers:
- Ethernet Private Line Service – Metropolitan Area Network/Wide Area Network, which provides point-to-point Ethernet connectivity at speeds of 50 Mbps up to 1000 Mbps for both Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks.
- “Ultravailable” Managed OptEring Service, which provides optical access at Ethernet transport speeds of 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1 Gbps over fiber rings in 1 Mbps increments. This service leverages Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) and Generic Frame Procedure (GFP) technology and provides a scaleable, rapidly provisioned and highly reliable (up to 99.999%) means of supporting a business’s extension of Ethernet capabilities into Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks.
- ACCU-Ring Ethernet Service Channels, an access method for AT&T ACCU-Ring Network Access Service, a private SONET ring that provides businesses with dedicated high-speed access for consolidating traffic, including private line, switched and enhanced services, and all distance carrier traffic (voice, data and video). AT&T ACCU-Ring connects ring nodes at speeds from 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps.
Managed Internet Service – Ethernet Access, which provides Ethernet access to AT&T’s dedicated Internet access service — Managed Internet Service — at speeds of 2 Mbps to 100 Mbps and 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps.
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