Given that, according to Vertical Systems
Figure 2.21 Key barriers to Carrier Ethernet today
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Ethernet Services Over too many
Technologies
Service Challenges: Network Uptime, Security, Class of Service,
Manageability, QoS, SLAs
Line Protection and Restoration
in an Ethernet Environment
OAM and Management Issues for Multi-Vendor
Environments
27%
15%
38%
19%
Source: Light Reading Webinar
Medium
100??“999 Employees
Small
1??“99 Employees
Large
1000 + Employees
16%
66%
18%
Better Alternative Solutions
Performance Monitoring/SLAs Inadequate
Price
Enterprise Marketplace
Mass Market
Early Adopters
Addressing Mass Market would Require Addressing Small and Medium Segments
# End Users
Barriers to Enterprises Adopting Carrier Ethernet Barriers to Service Providers Adopting Carrier Ethernet
Source: Light Reading Metro Ethernet Service Webinar 4/2004
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Group, only about 11 percent of the buildings in the U.S. are connected to fiber. This
definitely limits coverage, especially because most of the enterprises (and notably the
SMEs) are the ones that occupy such buildings. The significant cost of laying fiber
(actually the cost of regulatory approvals and delays) has slowed down the process considerably,
although as discussed in Chapter 16, Service Providers are finally beginning
to proceed fairly aggressively.
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