Ethernet E-LAN, WAN and VPLS Adoption Trends
An enterprise end-user survey indicates that enterprises have a good understanding of different types of Ethernet service configurations available in the market. Key findings from the survey include: While metro E-Line and E-LAN services continue to see widespread adoption, long haul E-Line circuits are seeing a faster rate of adoption in the market. This indicates a greater penetration of (and […]
Ethernet or VPLS for your WAN
We all use Ethernet as the network protocol of choice for our local area networks. For wide area networks, or WANs, the choices have been Frame Relay, ATM and MPLS. With Ethernet advantages like efficiency and low cost, carriers and users have embraced it as the future of the WAN. WAN speeds using Ethernet are currently into the multiple […]
Tata Communications has launched a low latency Global Ethernet network
Submarine cable landing in Asia Today, Tata Communications has launched a low latency network to connect financial trading capitals in Asia, the US and the UK. The company claims the development is the industry’s first global low latency network, offering a multipoint Ethernet platform for the financial services sector. John Hoffman, head of Ethernet product […]
International Capacity Price Drop to Affect Global Network Prices
When pricing a global MPLS or VPLS wide area cable network, the cost of international bandwidth has a dramatic effect on the pricing of circuits. This is why connectivity to Asia or South America is so much more expensive that domestic circuits in the USA or circuits from the USA to Europe. TeleGeography is a research company that […]
Understanding the Federal USF Surcharge
When shopping for networks, when you compare costs to what you are paying today, look and see if your bill displays a line item for the Federal USF, the Universal Service Fund. The surcharge changes quarterly and as of this writing, is 17.4%. Click here to see this quarter’s FCC USF Surcharge Rate. If you […]
Gig-E Prices Continue to Drop as Supply Rises
As enterprises around the world replace traditional SDH/SONET private line networks with newer generation point-to-point EoMPLS and port based VPLS services, carriers have rapidly expanded their Ethernet network footprints to keep up with the demand. As a consequence of growing EoMPLS service availability, competition is increasing and prices are declining around the world. However, data from TeleGeography’s Ethernet Pricing […]
Perseus Telecom and Reliance Globalcom Launch World’s Fastest Trans-Atlantic Trading Network
NEW YORK, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Perseus Telecom, a global provider of connectivity, along with Reliance Globalcom, the Global telecommunications services arm of India’s largest integrated telecom operator Reliance Communications, today announced the launch of the world’s fastest available trans-Atlantic network connection, QuanTA, between major global financial exchanges. The launch of QuanTA represents a landmark development in the latency […]
What does OC mean? You know…OC-3, OC-12, etc.
This is a very brief post, motivated by a consulting engagement that SD-WAN-Experts is working on right now. This client is building a global private network to service its offices, using eight or ten collocation facilities as the Points-of-Presence. Each collo will be connected with two diverse 1Gbps Layer-1 point-to-point circuits. So the question came up, […]
MPLS spec introduced for cellular back-haul network service
For anyone performing cellular back-haul, there’s a new specification for handling wireless data traffic from a combination of traditional TDM networks and packet-based transport technologies as wireless operators migrate from 2G/3G to 4G and LTE services. The Broadband Forum has just issued its “Technical Specification for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks,” also known as TR-221. TR-221 focuses […]
Federal regulators have approved Level-3 Inc.’s merger with Global Crossing
Federal regulators have approved Inc.’s merger with Global Crossing, and the $3 billion deal is expected to close as soon as next week. The U.S. Department of Justice approved the deal after reviewing it on antitrust grounds, and the Federal Communications Commission has authorized the transaction, too, Broomfield-based Level 3 announced Thursday afternoon. “Overall, both […]
