| Managing
multiple networks can be cumbersome and costly — and there's never been a better time
to pull them together. Now you can save time and money by integrating your many networks
into one, with BellSouth BusinessSM Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM). ATM is the first service that integrates voice, video and data over a
single local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). ATM service can support any
number of users, any type of information, and virtually any service at multiple speeds
using multiple protocols. BellSouth
BusinessSM ATM service is a switched-data technology
with a difference. Fixed-length cells make it faster than other packet-switched services
(with speeds ranging from DS1 to OC12) and allow simultaneous transmission of different
data speeds and protocols. And because it meets multiple established Quality of Service
standards, it's the only proven transfer medium that can support any traffic type.
Features:
- High-speed transmissions, especially
among widely distributed locations: This is critical where complex LAN applications and
higher numbers of users create LAN-to-WAN bandwidth bottlenecks. ATM service eliminates
these problems by transmitting data throughout your networks at native mode LAN rates.
- Flexibility: BellSouth BusinessSM ATM service can meet all your needs from video and voice to data
and e-mail over a single transport medium.
- Bandwidth-on-demand: ATM service
lets you transmit any kind of information, and it provides bandwidth savings by providing
only as much as you need for a given application, with no waste.
- Scalability: ATM service
accommodates a great diversity of bandwidths and speeds, plus any number of users and
locations.
Benefits:
- More control over your network
costs: Managing one network instead of several may help you reduce your staffing,
maintenance and billing requirements.
- Better performance over WANs: With
LAN-like performance over wide area networks, WANs will become virtual LANs. Users at
remote sites will become more productive by accessing corporate information from their
desktops faster and more efficiently.
- Cost-effective way to grow your
network: BellSouth BusinessSM ATM service is based on a
point-to-point switched architecture. By using bandwidth efficiently, you can add
locations without decreasing the bandwidth available to each.
- An affordable way to handle new
applications: With support for diverse traffic types as well as Quality of Service
guarantees for diverse performance requirements, ATM service can handle demanding
multimedia applications.
- More control over your equipment
costs: Since ATM service can be implemented as either a network technology (backbone to
existing technologies) or as an equipment upgrade, you can protect the investment you've
already made in equipment. And you can migrate your network to ATM service as needed.
Sample Applications:
- LAN/WAN interconnection
- Intranet access
- Multimedia networking
- Videoconferencing
- Hospital networks/remote diagnosis
- Multimedia access/conferencing
- Internet backbone
- Live video desktop seminar
- Access to remote, central database
- Web browsing
- Distance learning
- Video surveillance
- Electronic gaming
- Internal and external
videoconferencing
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