| Like most companies,
you probably need to transmit many different kinds of data between many different
locations. And this data traffic is likely to be unpredictable, both in terms of file size
and frequency of transmission. This means that dedicated lines could leave you with too
much bandwidth as your traffic flow changes. BellSouth BusinessSM
Frame Relay Service offers you an affordable yet fast and flexible alternative. This
connection-oriented packet mode service enables you to share text, graphics and other
types of data over wide geographic areas at high speeds. And it does so while achieving
cost-efficiency and performance advantages over other architectures.
Features:
- Provides a fast, reliable
alternative to dedicated lines.
- Offers high-speed connectivity
— up to DS3.
- Makes it easy to add or delete
locations and modify sites.
- Enables cost-effective data sharing
over wide geographic areas.
- Allows you to create your own routes
and set up permanent virtual circuits — your own series of point-to-point virtual
connections — throughout your network.
- Provides better performance because
it is based on X.25 LAPS standards, yet it doesn't require the error correction and
control information overhead of the X.25 protocol.
- Establishes a "nailed-up"
connection between two locations in the network, which allows large variable-length frames
to be sent back and forth with very little control information and validation needed at
intermediate nodes.
- Includes 24x7 network monitoring and
maintenance.
- Utilizes existing equipment.
Benefits:
- Lets you choose your speeds, so
you'll have exactly what you need now — plus room to grow.
- Does not require the error
correction and control information overhead of the X.25 protocol, so you get better
network performance.
- Provides greater network throughput
and fewer delays, because PVC Frame Relay Service establishes a "nailed-up"
connection between two locations in the network. Your network will be able to support more
transmissions without requiring additional circuit capacity.
- Keeps you from wasting money on idle
lines.
- Saves money by using equipment that
you already own.
- Is more economical than other
LAN-to-LAN solutions.
- Eliminates costly under-utilized
dedicated links because it uses dedicated access to a shared network.
- Reduces your operating costs
significantly, since Frame Relay Service works via a single-line interface that reduces
the number of ports required and eliminates multiple access lines.
- Allows you to easily add endpoint
users for a fraction of what it would normally cost to add.
Sample Applications:
- Share text, graphics and other types
of data over wide geographic areas.
- Connect LANs, WANs and other
communications equipment at dial-up to DS3 speeds.
- Build a flexible network that can
grow as your data transport needs increase.
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