Comcast’s Metro Ethernet services

Comcast’s Metro Ethernet services will be a strong addition to our existing solutions and will help us meet customers’ increasing demand for greater bandwidth, flexibility and reliability as they move applications to cloud-based systems or SaaS environments,” said Edward O’Connor, vice president of network sales at Total Communications.

Comcast announced its Metro Ethernet offering in May 2011, which is delivered using its fiber-optic network. The network is company-owned and operated and is completely separate from traditional phone networks, Comcast says. Comcast states its Metro Ethernet services are certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) to meet MEF 9, 14, and 18 requirements, which are industry standards for reliability and performance.

Comcast provides four Metro Ethernet Services, including:

Ethernet Dedicated Internet Service – For bandwidth connectivity between the customers’ LAN and the public Internet.Ethernet Private Line Service – Point to point connectivity between two sites for bandwidth intensive applications. Supports customer VLANs or Ethernet control protocols.

Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service – A point to multipoint connection that supports a multiplexed user network interface (UNI) to deliver multiple virtual connections.

Ethernet Network Service – Multipoint to multipoint connectivity to connect organizations with high bandwidth requirements and many locations across a metropolitan area network (MAN).

December 26, 2011

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