??? Plug-and-play service aligned with LAN
Ethernet
Unparallel Flexibility
and Simplicity
Higher Revenues and Improved
Profitability
??? New revenue potential from
previously unaddressable bandwidth
requirement.
??? Revenues ramp quicker
??? Lowered cost of delivering Ethernet
(no truck rolls)
??? Multiple services on single interface
reduces cost, improves profitability
Lowers IT cost and enables pay-asyou-
use model
??? Lowest per bit cost service
??? Potentially lowered bandwidth
requirement
??? Only use and pay for the bandwidth
required
??? Lower cost equipment at the premise
??? Lowered OPEX due to proficiency with
Ethernet
Attractive Economics
Service Providers End Users
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delivering this Ethernet traffic without having to convert it into a host of intermediary
services (like ATM, Frame Relay, TDM, etc.) makes for a preferred solution because it
precludes the need for any overhead (in terms of hardware, expertise, management,
etc.) that would otherwise be necessary.
Furthermore, when additional bandwidth is required or new services are introduced
at the enterprise, these needs can be easily met with Ethernet in a very short period
of time (since Service Providers can often remotely provision this) as opposed to TDM,
Frame Relay, or ATM.
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