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High Speed Ethernet over Fiber Optic Transport Services
 Networking Power That Can Grow And Expand As Needed.
Every day inside corporate LANs, there is an avalanche of data requiring increasing amounts of bandwidth. To meet this need, enterprises are standardizing on 1Gbps and 10 Gbps Ethernet services to deliver premium networking power directly to end user PCs. Why? Because today 100Mbps connections simply aren’t sufficient to support demanding applications like multimedia file transfer, video conferencing, storage networking solutions and e-business administrative and support operations across your LAN.
The bandwidth challenge increases when you have a need to connect separate LANs in a metro area to reach more groups and end users. Existing legacy system alternatives for connecting locations with DS-3s, or ATM or Frame Relay services are inflexible and don’t scale easily, offering little expansion to support business growth.
By combining private optical fiber with the versatility and functional simplicity of Ethernet, AboveNet has created a service that IT departments are using to solve critical bandwidth issues. AboveNet minimizes or eliminates the clutter of other connectivity solutions by connecting your enterprise metro location via this Ethernet service.
Choose the Point-to-Point, Any-to-Any, or Hub & Spoke Connectivity Solution That Fits Your Needs:
When your business relies on data or the Internet to deliver intensive applications, Ethernet is the preferred networking solution. It is:
- Easy to Use: As the industry standard for connecting computers to an Internet provider, to other computers on a Local Area Network or to connect Local Area Networks to each other, Ethernet is a simple, plug-and-play solution that can be easily managed.
- Cost Effective: Ethernet is less expensive than older, alternative network technologies such as Frame Relay or Asychronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and there is no need to invest in equipment that converts packets of information throughout the network.
- Flexible: Ethernet enables businesses to add or “scale” bandwidth on demand.
Point-to-Point Metro Ethernet
| Private point-to-point Ethernet connectivity across a completely private managed network with dedicated fiber and equipment: |
- Scalability - infrastructure in place to grow with your needs
- Cost-effective - Lowest cost private network offering available
- Security - no one else is on your private network
- Performance - minimum equipment interfaces and active components
- Operational - not impacted by shared ring operational activities
- Control - all equipment delivering your service is at your premise
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| Dedicated Ethernet connectivity across AboveNet metro core network with reserved bandwidth availability |
- Either bridged or tunneled across the core with no link oversubscription
- Delivered via dedicated fiber tails from core network to your location
- No space and power needed at your location
- Cost-effective highest bandwidth services
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| Standard Ethernet connectivity across AboveNet metro core network with gauranteed service level |
- High quality bandwidth delivery
- Ethernet tunnel across an uncongested metro core network
- Delivered via dedicated fiber tails from core network to your location
- Cost saving features
- Lowest entry price point for high bandwidth services
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Metro Ethernet provides simple, efficient and physically secure managed optical Ethernet via fiber, which transparently and easily connects your LANs.
Applications Supported
- Enterprise VoIP
- Video/Rich Media downloads/streaming
- Off-site backups
- Disaster Recovery
- Broadcast Video, Video Conferencing
- Business Continuity
- Collaboration
- CAD/CAM applications
- Financial systems
- Medical digital imaging
- Research, modeling, simulation
Features & Benefits
- Save your business money by providing more bandwidth at a lower cost per megabit
- Simplify network management because Ethernet is easy to install, upgrade, and maintain
- Increase your productivity with the capability of transferring large data files on a single network
- Select connectivity, depending on access type, options range from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps*
- Achieve support for standard IEEE 802.3-compliant LAN protocol interfaces: 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, and 1000BaseSX/LX
- Rely on 24x7 monitoring and customer care support
- Simplify with a single point of contact for customer service
- Reduce costs with Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) supplied and managed by XO, with demarcation point on CPE
- Obtain strong Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
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Dark Fiber/FOI
(Metro Fiber) |
Dark Fiber/Fiber Optic Infrastructure (Metro) |
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Dark Fiber/FOI
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Dark Fiber/Fiber Optic Infrastructure (Long Haul)
Only available between Boston - New York - Washington DC |
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WDM |
WDM
Metro Wavelength Services capable of combining various protocols such as OC12, OC48 or OC192, Fiber Channel, FICON and ESCON and Gigabit Ethernet. Delivered in a point-to-point or protected service Offered as a fully managed lit service and includes equipment |
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Metro E Private |
Metro Ethernet Private
Private Ethernet connectivity across a completely private managed network with dedicated fiber and equipment: |
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Metro E Dedicated |
Metro Ethernet Dedicated
Dedicated Ethernet connectivity across AboveNet metro core network with dedicated, guaranteed bandwidth availability |
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Metro E Standard |
Metro Ethernet Standard
Standard Ethernet connectivity across AboveNet metro core network with best efforts service level |
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Metro IP
(Port & Loop) |
Metro IP (Port & Loop)
Metro IP combines AboveNet’s global IP backbone with high-performance Gigabit Metro Ethernet over private fiber exclusively dedicated to the customer to deliver the optimal solution. |
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dcXchange |
dcXchange
A rock solid DWDM core platform locks together high traffic locations with key data centers in the metro area for seamless wave carrier interconnections.
available in NY/NJ, Washington DC/Northern Virginia, and the San Francisco bay area |
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EWAN/MPLS |
EWAN/MPLS
Long-Haul Ethernet connectivity offered in 20, 50 or 100 Mbps circuits, Internet VLANs available with same connection, Delivered over private dark fiber, Path Protection option available, Offered in managed or unmanaged configurations |
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IP Transit |
IP Transit
Internet connectivity |
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VPN/VPLS |
VPN/VPLS |
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POP COLO |
POP Colocation |
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Long Haul |
Long Haul Unprotected
1 GIG, 2.5 G, & 10 GIG Unprotected Waves |
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