NEWS FROM WORLD: Ethernet First Mile, Wins by a Mile

Every telecommunications carrier, fixed or mobile, says
they are moving to an all IP network infrastructure.

Most Enterprise & larger SME businesses now have a stated
policy of moving over to IP where they haven't already and
when it becomes affordable.

Well, Ethernet technology has been building out from the
core of the carrier networks for some time and quietly, but
increasingly rapidly has been reaching the network edge in
an ever more affordable way - which for today's hard
pressed businesses is great news.

Incredibly, Ethernet First Mile (EFM ) is now available to
over 80% of UK businesses, at remarkably affordable prices.

This puts EFM in price reach of businesses which have never
before considered it, and is a catalyst for larger
businesses to rip out their expensive leased lines with EFM
replacements.

High Capacity Business Ethernet 'First Mile' is used for
Business Internet access and Virtual private networks
(VPN's) – exactly the space which Leased Lines have
historically occupied.

Ethernet First Mile solutions are available from 10-100Mb
in 10Mb increments and up to 1Gig in 100Mb increments using
fibre from the exchange to the customer premise, with lower
capacity EFM circuits in the 2-10Mb range over copper.

Ethernet First Mile technology will become increasingly
ubiquitous with network coverage expected to rise to c90%
by the end of 2011. EFM services are almost certainly
available in every major conurbation today for your
business Internet and VPN requirements.

This nationwide availability will speed up even further the
pace at which businesses replace their Leased Lines for
Virtual Private Networks & business Internet access
requirements with Ethernet First Mile Solutions. This is
due to lower costs of rental and operation as EFM circuits
provide end to end IP connectivity.

EFM circuits provide businesses with guaranteed symmetrical
Internet or VPN access.

They also come with high availability Service Level
Agreements of up to 99.9% availability and high performance
guarantees on issues such as latency, jitter and packet
loss.

Network performance standards allow the reliable delivery
of network sensitive services delivered in The Cloud such
as VoIP, hosted desk top and PBXs.

Even with the widest geographically spread UK business
locations, an Ethernet First Mile network can now be
delivered by a single carrier other than BT.

Wireless Ethernet services (both fixed and mobile) are also
available but much less widely so.

Despite this patchy coverage, where they are available and
built independently of BT Openreach, they provide cost
effective and valuable options for either primary or
alternate path connections.

Additionally wireless Ethernet provides businesses with
genuinely diversely routed network paths – an increasingly
rare phenomenon in the UK's ever more consolidated carrier
market.

If your business has leased lines or looking at deploying
them then it's time to look again, and seriously look at
deploying Ethernet First Mile technology.

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Author: Ian Roberts
Position: Managing Director On-Communications
Author Bio includes:
CEO - World Communications Awards Finalist
MD - C.B.I. Most Promising UK Company Finalist
http://www.on-communications.com

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