Most providers use two strategies to
lead with Ethernet services: (1) overcome a legacy limitation (e.g., Frame Relay 45M) by
Figure 3.2 Services offered over Ethernet (besides connectivity and bandwidth)
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using carrier Ethernet at higher speeds than those available to the legacy services, and
2) increase revenue by targeting competitors??™ customers.
Approximately 55??“60 percent of major service providers have implemented Carrier
Ethernet services on a new overlay optical Ethernet network somewhere in their territory.
A majority offer Ethernet services over existing SONET/SDH rings. Increasing
Ethernet traffic and the roughly 400,000 SONET and SDH rings worldwide means that
Ethernet over SONET/SDH will not disappear quickly, but will die a long, slow death
over the next 10 to 20 years.
Most ILECs offer a range of Ethernet services and want to carry TDM traffic??”
including video and voice??”over their metro networks.
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