- Latest Ethernet solution provides class of service, committed information
rate and service level agreements for businesses that require advanced
networking -
ATLANTA, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) announced today
the launch of Virtual BellSouth(R) Metro Ethernet Service, the latest
addition to the broadest Metro Ethernet portfolio available among U.S.
service providers.
Metro Ethernet is the telecommunications industry designation for
Ethernet transport service that moves data traffic between two or more
customer Ethernet Local Area Networks (LANs). Virtual BellSouth Metro
Ethernet Service provides four classes of service, committed information
rate and service level agreements and can link locations using
multipoint-to-multipoint, point-to- multipoint or point-to-point
architecture.
"The latest enhancement to BellSouth(R) Metro Ethernet Service takes
the product portfolio to the next level," said Martin Chandler, vice
president, product management - Business Markets, BellSouth. "BellSouth now
offers the diversity of speed and premium features to support the entire
range of data, video and voice over IP applications over Ethernet."
Early adopters of the service may include companies from finance,
health care, manufacturing, education and local government segments that
require guaranteed throughput, comprehensive service level agreements and
high-speed, cost effective Ethernet service to support multiple
applications.
Class of service creates virtual port flexibility
With Virtual BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service, customers can designate
traffic into four different classes with different routing priorities: best
effort, business critical, interactive and real-time. Real-time and
interactive classes are suitable for applications that have a low tolerance
for delays, such as voice and video. Business critical and best effort are
used to distinguish higher priority business data from non-critical
applications such as email and general Web surfing.
Businesses can combine more than one class of service on the same
Ethernet port, creating additional virtual ports and allocating the
appropriate bandwidth to each application. For example, a customer may
decide to order a virtual port that uses 90 percent of the bandwidth to
support e-mail, while assigning the remaining 10 percent for voice over IP.
The e-mail would be designated as best effort class of service and the
voice over IP as real-time. These virtual ports can be adjusted through a
Web interface based on the bandwidth required and the applications in use.
Committed information rate assurance
Committed information rate ensures guaranteed bandwidth throughput for
customers, available at the following speeds: 2Mbps, 4Mbps, 8Mbps, 10Mbps,
20Mbps, 50Mbps, 80Mbps, 100Mbps, 200Mbps, 300Mbps, 450Mbps, 600Mbps,
750Mbps and 900Mbps. This provides additional service assurance to
businesses.
Competitive service level agreements
BellSouth offers service level agreements for the following metrics
according to the class of service designation:
* Network availability - 99.5 to 99.995 percent
* Jitter - 1 millisecond
* Latency - 5 to 15 milliseconds
* Packet delivery - 99.9 to 99.995 percent
* Time to repair - 4 hours
Service level agreements are supported by Web-accessible customer
network management software and credits are awarded if service levels drop
below contractual levels.
BellSouth recently launched Mid-band Ethernet speeds options of 2Mbps,
4Mbps and 8Mbps over both copper and fiber and expanded Metro Ethernet
access to Network VPN throughout the Southeast. Virtual Ethernet
functionality is also available in Mid-band Ethernet speeds and in Metro
Ethernet access to Network VPN applications.
For more information about BellSouth voice and data solutions for large
business customers, visit http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com.
About BellSouth
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 500 communications company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40
percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice
and data provider with 57.3 million customers.
Backed by award-winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available
in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business
customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and
high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R)
Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local
and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also
offers print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow
Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth.
BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive
environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's
global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com.
SOURCE BellSouth Corporation
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CONTACT:
Todd Smith of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8723, or
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