Carrier Ethernet Industry Voices

The business case for Carrier Ethernet WAN services is obvious (well it should be :) ), primarily as a higher-bandwidth, lower-cost alternative to frame relay, it's also a an attractive alternative from legacy frame/ATM or TDM services but the key is availability.

Service providers continue to focus on enterprise customers and the benefits are real.  At a minimum, enterprises benefit from lower equipment costs, lower operations costs (OPEX), pay for services used and bandwidth required, lowest per-bit cost services, potentially lower bandwidth requirements etc.

For service providers, the benefits:  multiple services on a single interface,  reduced equipment costs, lower cost of delivery (virtually no truck rolls), revenue ramps-up faster due to less complexity, new revenue potentially - some from services never before available, and ultimately greater/improved profitability.

In these days, large enterprises need to take a serious look at the effectiveness of their existing legacy frame/ATM or TDM services and rather than down-size -> optimize with carrier ethernet WAN services.

Now you say "I don't know where to go?" Well, this is not a comprehensive list, but  it's a start...

Abovenet, AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, Cincinatti Bell, Cox Business, Demand Broadband, Level 3 Communications, Orange Business Services, Qwest  Communications, Reliance Services, SingTel, Sprint,  Suddenlink, T-Systems,  Tata Communications, Telia Sonera, Uecomm, Verizon Business.

The services that each delivers varies and you will need to contact them directly, or it's possible that one of the experts or analysts here at the Ethernet Academy may be  able to assist you further...  be sure to check the Forums and post your questions.

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