Comcast Metro Ethernet offered to deliver services for mid-sized businesses

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) says it has expanded the Comcast Business Class Solutions Provider Program with Metro Ethernet services. The company has added new partners, and says it now provides more ways for mid-sized businesses to access Ethernet services.

Comcast believes that as more mid-sized businesses operate bandwidth-intensive applications such as cloud computing, business continuity, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Ethernet services will continue to grow as organizations look to update the cost and performance of their wide area networks (WANs). Metro Ethernet offers a performance increase – and often at less cost – over legacy technologies such as T1 lines, Frame Relay, and ATM, asserts Comcast. Comcast says its Metro Ethernet service can scale in increments from 1 Mbps up to 10 Gbps with the flexibility of three different classes of service.

"The addition of our new solution provider partners with their own direct sales forces will be a key asset for bringing Metro Ethernet solutions to mid-sized businesses looking to increase productivity and lower costs through a high-performance network,” said Craig Schlagbaum, vice president of indirect channel sales at Comcast Business Services.

Announced at the Channel Partners Conference in Chicago, Comcast Business Services’ new Solutions Provider Partners include:

December 26, 2011

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