Global Crossing EtherSphere Portfolio for Ethernet WAN Solutions and VPL Services

Global Crossing’s EtherSphere Portfolio provides globalEthernet-based WAN solutions and VPL services that improve connectivity between geographically dispersed locations, offer diversity, and provide the flexibility that businesses require to decrease network management costs. Delivered via a Cisco-powered platform, Global Crossing EtherSphere integrates market leading features that offer both security and privacy while still offering users full routing control with rapid and flexible service provisioning.

Advantages

• Scalability – EtherSphere’s network is designed for Converged IP services, and offers a extensive range of applications in order to enhance efficiency, with speeds ranging from 1Mb to 2Gb:

  • 1 Mb increments from 1-10 Mb
  • 5 Mb increments from 10-100 Mb
  • 25 Mb increments from 100-1000 Mb
  • 100 Mb increments from 1000-2000 Mb
  • Greater than 2 Gb available on request

• Easy Billing – traditional VPL services require a bandwidth commitment. EtherSphere, on the other hand, offers a usage-base billing component, which makes it ideal for disaster recovery and back-up implementations
• Performance Assurance – EtherSphere offers optional end-to-end Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and regularly measures end to end frame delivery, delay and delay variation by Class of Service (CoS) between locations
• Improved Traffic Management – EtherSphere enhances circuit efficiency by assisting customers in scheduling and shaping traffic to better align with data profiles
• Smart Demarc – deployed at all user sites, Global Crossing’s EtherSphere Smart Demarcation Network Interface Device (NID) offers standards-based end-to-end connectivity fault management
• Flexible Service Types:

• Point-to-Point – offers site-to-site connectivity akin to Ethernet PLs
• Point-to-Multipoint – similar to traditional PL fan-out service, point-to-multipoint offers hub-and-spoke connectivity for service multiplexing, which allows for multiple Ethernet virtual connections at the user-to-network interface
• Multipoint-to-Multipoint – offers any-to-any multi-point data connectivity wherein every site appears on the same Ethernet network – regardless of its location

• Reach – Global Crossing’s extensive footprint offers WAN solutions in almost 700 cities and over 60 countries on 6 continents via IP VPN services

Additional Information

Ideal as complete fabric for an Internet Service Provider’s national Ethernet services or as a transport for private Enterprise customer IP networks, Global Crossing’s EtherSphere provides true utility grade service.
Late last year, Global Crossing and Level 3 joined forces under the brand name Level 3. The new integrated network unites Global Crossing’s broad global network in Asia, Europe, and Latin America with Level 3′s extensive, deep national and European footprint.