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AT&T Intros High-Speed Network Option for Small, Midsize BusinessesTMCnet Contributing Editor AT&T Inc introduced today the AT&T Ultravailable Service Option 2, a new high speed access option for small to midsize businesses which allows them access to advanced optical access systems.
Available immediately, the Ultravailable Service Option 2 provides small to midsize businesses with support for multiple functions, such as access aggregation, network redundancy and data mirroring applications, as well as multiple services, such as Ethernet, voice and storage. "As a recognized leader in the fiber-optics marketplace, AT&T is always striving to accommodate the networking needs of its business customers of all sizes," said Regina Egea, vice president of AT&T product management. "This new service will more directly address the needs of those businesses that require a cost-effective way to handle the diverse business applications they’re using," she said.
AT&T Ultravailable Service Option 2 is now available for clients requiring traditional ACCU-Ring-like TDM services and DWDM-based native protocols to support storage and/or other applications. It offers the same SONET and DWDM technology and connection types as Ultravailable Network Service (UNS).
AT&T's ACCU-Ring Network Access Service is a local access transport service fully monitored by AT&T. It is a private SONET ring that gives businesses dedicated high speed access on which they can consolidate all of their traffic, including private line, switched and enhanced services, and all distance carrier traffic (voice, data and video).
AT&T made news earlier this week when it scored a new contract to provide IP network services to Northwestern Business College, a private business college with campuses in Chicago, Bridgeview and Naperville, Illinois.
The new five-year contract calls for AT&T to deliver a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN system to connect all three of the college's campuses. AT&T will provide the college with a managed Wide Area Network (WAN) for faster data transmission, using an IP-based service backbone. The single multiservice network will also allow dedicated access for Internet and extranet connectivity.
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