Next Generation Ethernet Access
1Mb/s to 1Gb/s Connectivity Options
Connect your site(s) to the next generation (NGN) national backbone and benefit
from high capacity, high stability, simple network connections.
With over 800 NGN access points in the UK alone this is one of the most
accessible networks and more of your sites can plug directly into the central
backbone locally thus keeping your costs down.
Highlights
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MPLS Network Core for Quality of Service
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>99.97% Uptime with Resilient Connections
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<10ms one way latency & <3ms jitter for Voice and Video
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Scalable Architecture for Investment Protection
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Cost effective - can offer significant savings over leased lines
With 2Mb/s Leased Line equivalent services from only £299 per month (1:1 Direct
Internet Access) and 10Mb/s circuits from only £549 per month the new network
represents great value for money and could save your company thousands of pounds
per annum versus the older generation Leased Lines.
Browse our solutions and see why Ethernet Connect really is the
"next generation".
*Performance figures are based on premium service(s) with resilient diverse
connections and are minimum targets.
Ethernet Connect - Overview
Connect to the Core
Connect your site(s) to the next generation national backbone at one of the 800+
(and growing) NGN enabled network nodes via...
- Copper* (up to 10Mb/s max.)
- Microwave+ (up to 100Mb/s max.)
- Fibre (10Mb/s, 100Mb/s & 1Gb/s)
Once connected to the core network then 'virtual' circuits can be created from
the site across the network to your desired destinations which could include
Internet Access / Transit.
Even if your site is not on one of the NGN exchanges yet, the fibre connections
can still be used providing you have fibre capability at your site and you are
within 25Km of an enabled exchange.
*Copper access is delivered by EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile), speed is
subject to distance and is only available if your site is directly connected to
an active exchange. This product replaces SDSL access.
+Microwave connections to the network are available in select locations where
traditional access is not possible.
Ethernet Connect - Internet Access
High speed Internet Access
You have your site connection to the backbone at say 100Mb/s fibre so now you
could choose to have a 'virtual' circuit through the network at for example
10Mb/s standard service to our Internet Access point.
This would now provide you with upto 10Mb/s symmetric Internet access for your
site and you can increase your speed in as little as 24 hours up to the maximum
of your physical circuit.
Connectivity choices
- Standard Access (up to 5:1 Contention)
- Premium Access (Uncontended, Guaranteed SLA)
IP transit is provided via the IC resilient ring network with multiple Tier 1
carriers for International IP transit. The carriers and networks have been
specially selected to have sufficiently different networks and transmission
structures so to avoid common points of failure.
IC directly connects within the UK to a long list of major carriers and other
ISP's / Content providers (i.e. BBC, Sky, Microsoft, Janet etc...) via peering
arrangements to ensure that UK data exchange is fast and with the least hops to
keep latency at a minimum. All this infrastructure and diversity ensures that
you get Intra UK Transit of 40ms or less, Europe in <50ms and Transatlantic (New
York) <90ms with a Packet Loss of <0.1%
Ethernet Connect - Inter/Multi site
Point-to-Point, Hub & Spoke or Mesh Connectivity
Just as you can create a 'virtual' circuit for Internet Access you could create
a circuit to another connected site (remote office).
You choose the desired capacity between the sites required (up to the maximum
physical circuit) and the networks will become joined at layer 2 (just like
linking 2 switches together with an Ethernet cable).
Connectivity choices
- Standard Access (5:1 Contention)
- Premium Access (Uncontended)
- Scalable Bandwidth 1Mb/s - 1Gb/s
Because you have a single connection to the network at local reach the costs are
kept low for very high capacity, then you buy what you need in central network
capacity to whichever sites you require and can scale this up quickly.
Example: You could have several sites connected together, sharing files and
network resources. Your telephony could also be linked over all the sites (VoIP
based telephony systems) and you could have a consolidated network
infrastructure. Then you could add Internet Access to the network centrally for
security / monitoring and to finish off perhaps a centralised 'virtual' server
from a connected datacentre.