BellSouth Launches Virtual Metro Ethernet Service
08 Août 2006 - 8:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
- Latest Ethernet solution provides class of service, committed
information rate and service level agreements for businesses that
require advanced networking - ATLANTA, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ --
BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) announced today the launch of Virtual
BellSouth(R) Metro Ethernet Service, the latest addition to the
broadest Metro Ethernet portfolio available among U.S. service
providers. Metro Ethernet is the telecommunications industry
designation for Ethernet transport service that moves data traffic
between two or more customer Ethernet Local Area Networks (LANs).
Virtual BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service provides four classes of
service, committed information rate and service level agreements
and can link locations using multipoint-to-multipoint, point-to-
multipoint or point-to-point architecture. "The latest enhancement
to BellSouth(R) Metro Ethernet Service takes the product portfolio
to the next level," said Martin Chandler, vice president, product
management - Business Markets, BellSouth. "BellSouth now offers the
diversity of speed and premium features to support the entire range
of data, video and voice over IP applications over Ethernet." Early
adopters of the service may include companies from finance, health
care, manufacturing, education and local government segments that
require guaranteed throughput, comprehensive service level
agreements and high-speed, cost effective Ethernet service to
support multiple applications. Class of service creates virtual
port flexibility With Virtual BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service,
customers can designate traffic into four different classes with
different routing priorities: best effort, business critical,
interactive and real-time. Real-time and interactive classes are
suitable for applications that have a low tolerance for delays,
such as voice and video. Business critical and best effort are used
to distinguish higher priority business data from non-critical
applications such as email and general Web surfing. Businesses can
combine more than one class of service on the same Ethernet port,
creating additional virtual ports and allocating the appropriate
bandwidth to each application. For example, a customer may decide
to order a virtual port that uses 90 percent of the bandwidth to
support e-mail, while assigning the remaining 10 percent for voice
over IP. The e-mail would be designated as best effort class of
service and the voice over IP as real-time. These virtual ports can
be adjusted through a Web interface based on the bandwidth required
and the applications in use. Committed information rate assurance
Committed information rate ensures guaranteed bandwidth throughput
for customers, available at the following speeds: 2Mbps, 4Mbps,
8Mbps, 10Mbps, 20Mbps, 50Mbps, 80Mbps, 100Mbps, 200Mbps, 300Mbps,
450Mbps, 600Mbps, 750Mbps and 900Mbps. This provides additional
service assurance to businesses. Competitive service level
agreements BellSouth offers service level agreements for the
following metrics according to the class of service designation: *
Network availability - 99.5 to 99.995 percent * Jitter - 1
millisecond * Latency - 5 to 15 milliseconds * Packet delivery -
99.9 to 99.995 percent * Time to repair - 4 hours Service level
agreements are supported by Web-accessible customer network
management software and credits are awarded if service levels drop
below contractual levels. BellSouth recently launched Mid-band
Ethernet speeds options of 2Mbps, 4Mbps and 8Mbps over both copper
and fiber and expanded Metro Ethernet access to Network VPN
throughout the Southeast. Virtual Ethernet functionality is also
available in Mid-band Ethernet speeds and in Metro Ethernet access
to Network VPN applications. For more information about BellSouth
voice and data solutions for large business customers, visit
http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com/. About BellSouth BellSouth
Corporation is a Fortune 500 communications company headquartered
in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent
ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice
and data provider with 57.3 million customers. Backed by
award-winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services
available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential
and small business customers can bundle their local and long
distance service with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access,
satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For
businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long
distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers
print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow
Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth. BellSouth believes
that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical
in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global
marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com/. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation
CONTACT: Todd Smith of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8723, or Web site:
http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com/
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