AT&T introduced a new High Performance Access Service (HiPAS) that gives the largest global companies and government agencies new options for eliminating local loop charges. The offer is targeted at bandwidth requirements between OC-3 and OC-192. HiPAS extends the AT&T Service Assurance Warranties and performance metrics of its backbone out to the “last mile” with three network access services. These include:
- AT&T Dedicated Entrance Facility (DEF), a SONET private line service into the AT&T Network, as well as fan-outs to other inter exchange carriers and metro locations. The service offers flexible bandwidth options and bundles a customer’s local services into the same package. It also provides around-the-clock monitoring and 50 millisecond SONET restoration.
- AT&T ACCU-Ring Network Service, a private SONET ring for managing all communications of large customers and their local channel connections. ACCU-Ring consolidates all traffic — whether private line, switched and enhanced service, or all-distance carrier traffic (voice, data and video) — and supports virtually all protocols for the customer.
- AT&T Ultravailable Network and AT&T Ultravailable Wavelength services, which enables exclusive use (Network), or shared use (Wavelength) of a DWDM metro fiber network.
AT&T also announced several enhancements to its Ethernet Services portfolio. Specifically, Ethernet service channels are available with the new AT&T Dedicated Entrance Facility and AT&T ACCU-Ring Services. In addition, the AT&T Ethernet Private Line (PL) service, which was launched in September 2001, is now is available in 67 metropolitan areas.
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