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 24x7 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.
