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Wholesale tw telcom customers can now reach businesses across the nation via a single point in the provider’s Carrier Ethernet backbone. tw telecom’s senior VP of strategy, Mike Rouleau, explained that customers have the ability to “meet us in any of the 75 cities we serve and we’ll take them to the other 74 and any of our 16,000 fiber-lit buildings.”
In addition to increasing its number of fiber-connected buildings last year, Rouleau said that tw telecom has utilized Ethernet over Copper (EoC) equipment to expand Business Ethernet to locations 
that have special access connections, DS3 or Internet T1. Moreover, the provider also established nearly 100 External Network-to-Network Interconnection connections to its Ethernet platform to facilitate access to a larger number of locations by way of additional carriers.
Rouleau noted that this offering is one-of-a-kind, because unlike its competition, the provider has not made many acquisitions in recent years; and when it did, tw telecom fully integrated the networks into its national network. Larissa Herda, tw telecom’s President, CEO and Chairman was the one to put the full integration strategy in place, and Rouleau was quick to point out that “it’s working well for us.” As a result, the provider’s wholesale customers gain the advantage of only needing to establish one Point-of-Presence in the U.S., as opposed to building one in each city they wish to serve, which Rouleau says is standard with the majority of other carriers.
The demand for Business Ethernet Service continues to grow as companies learn they can purchase more bandwidth for a lower cost per bit in order to support their higher speed metro, regional, nationwide and global network applications. Furthermore, tw telecom Business Ethernet customers receive the benefit of 5 classes of service (CoS) – which Rouleau stated will significantly simplify wholesaler’s network management tasks.
About tw telecom
tw telecom is one of the three largest providers of Business Ethernet in the U.S., and has an extensive metro footprint, with fiber directly connecting more end-user buildings than any other competitive service provider in the United States. For almost two decades, tw telecom has delivered managed data, Internet and voice networking solutions to businesses of all types and sizes throughout the country. tw telecom offers a comprehensive suite of Internet options, not only traditional connections (TDM) from T1 to OC48 but also Ethernet connections from 10 Mbps ports to 10 Gbps ports.
Since first presented into the market, the adoption of EoC services has soared. According to the research firm Vertical Systems Group, the amount of Ethernet bandwidth that was purchased by U.S. businesses in 2011 exceeded the total bandwidth for legacy circuits.
This rise in the popularity of EoC services comes with good reason; EoC services provide more bandwidth for your dollar, are much simpler to deploy and provision than legacy services, and offer easier management via greater visibility into the network. Moreover, when compared to a T1 line which can take months to install, the install time of an EoC circuit can be as quick as two weeks.
Arguably the biggest driving force behind customers opting for EoC services is the price. According to Roopashree Honnachari, senior industry analyst for Frost & Sullivan, “the price per mbps is no longer increasing linearly.” For example, more than 75% of all US businesses need more bandwidth than a single T1 can provide; if one of those businesses were to select two bonded T1 lines (3Mb), they would likely pay upwards of $800, however with EoC they could get as much as 5Mb for around $600.
That being said, as with all good things there is a slight catch; in order to take full advantage of EoC services, a business must be within 10,000 to 12,000 ft. (roughly 2 miles) from the provider’s Central Office (CO). This is because the capacity/signal-to-noise ratio is distance sensitive, and decreases past that point.
EoC is a reliable, cost-efficient alternative to traditional T1 and DS3 lines, and can be easily scaled to match your business’s current and future bandwidth needs. If you would like to learn more about EoC or any additional communications services that are available in your area, contact one of our professional account managers today.
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Last week, it was announced that AboveNet Communications Inc. has extended the availability of its premium Ethernet services via ancotel’s Virtual Meet Me Room (VMMR) located in Frankfurt, Germany.
In a recent press release, ancotel VP, Frank Orlowski, explained that by accessing ancotel’s hub in Frankfurt, first class services, including Internet services, cloud computing platforms, global and local networks, etc. “can now be interconnected in minutes by our engineers, without the planning and cable installation delays.”
AboveNet Europe’s VP of Business Development, Brett Johnson, asserted that the increasing adoption of Ethernet services by government departments and enterprises has “hugely expanded” the prospective market for the provider’s level of service. Moreover, Johnson stated that ancotel’s clients will acquire a valuable advantage from the alliance, and that AboveNet “will benefit from their customers’ significant global coverage.” When paired with ancotel’s VMMR, AboveNet’s high performance network is able to deliver up to 40Gb.
According to Patric Groß, Technology Director at ancotel, the solution is a very straightforward, quick and easy connection to a centralized, interconnection platform, with minimized operational costs and maximized flexibility options. In order to take advantage of the solution, customers simply need a single interconnection to the Ethernet platform. Groß noted that, once connected to the Ethernet platform, customers can then use the ancotel international network to either build up new relationships between each other, with new service providers, or to expand their Ethernet services portfolio in their global outreach.
About ancotel
Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, ancotel GmbH is Europe’s leading network neutral interconnection company, and provides massively scalable interconnection services and secure, reliable colocation services. Founded in 1999, over 400 corporations from more than 60 countries currently use ancotel to efficiently and securely exchange voice and data traffic and expand their business.
About AboveNet
AboveNet, Inc. offers fiber optical connectivity solutions for carriers and business. Its private optical network delivers essential IP and network services in and among 14 top U.S. metro markets and London. AboveNet’s network is extensively used in demanding markets such as government, retail, health care, media and financial services.
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