BT Global Services (Pan-European) LAN/SAN Extension Services
BT’s LAN/SAN extension is competitive, featuring strong on-net and E-LAN capabilities in five European countries and extendable to an additional 20 countries via partners. The challenge ahead is to productise an Ethernet WAN offering. (1/8/2008)

Price: $495

COLT Telecom (Pan-European) LANLink & Switched Ethernet VPN
COLT has a strong pan-European Ethernet WAN offer due to its experience, network and aggressive Ethernet First Mile (EFM) momentum. The carrier risks falling behind as other carriers make progress with NGN plans including VPLS deployments. (3/25/2008)

Price: $495

Interoute (Pan-European) Ethernet Services
Interoute has a strong Ethernet offer, punching well above the company’s weight relative to certain large-scale competitors. Challenges facing the company include developing an any-to- any service and raising its profile. (3/26/2008)

Price: $495

Orange Business Services (Pan-European) International Ethernet Link
Orange Business Services continues to improve its International Ethernet Link, adding i-SAN for disaster recovery in June 2007, embellishing online monitoring of performance indicators, and expanding reach. (2/28/2008)

Price: $495

Verizon Business (Pan European) Ethernet Private Line
Verizon Business places carrier Ethernet at the forefront of its product development roadmap and has a highly compelling EPL and EVPL portfolio. In Europe, the company relies heavily on sourcing last-mile infrastructure from third parties. (7/9/2008)

Price: $495

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• Buying Criteria
  • Geographic Network and Service Presence and Reach
    • The ability of an operator to provide Ethernet access both on- and off-net across multiple cities and countries is a significant selection criterion for multinational customers seeking cross-border WAN Ethernet solutions within Europe.
  • Service Content, Quality, Variety and Flexibility
    • The greater the range of Ethernet services an operator can provide, the greater the appeal to customers, such as 10 Gbps capability, point-to-point and any-to-any offers, shared and dedicated options, fixed and burstable bandwidth choices and additional features such as online monitoring.
  • SLA Guarantees and Performance Parameters
    • Consistent SLA guarantees extending both on- and off-net such as network availability, latency, packet loss, round-trip delay, jitter, MTTR and installation deadlines are an important measure of differentiation for customers comparing pan-European Ethernet WAN services.

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• Product Metrics
  • Access Speeds
    Bandwidth Increments
    Fixed/Burstable Bandwidth
    Bandwidth On-Demand
    On-Net Coverage (Europe)
    Off-Net Coverage (Europe)
    Local Access Options
    Ethernet MANs (Europe)
    Ethernet PoPs (Europe)
    Underlying Architecture
    Layer
    E-Line Services (Point-to-Point)
    EPL/EVPL Services (Dedicated/Shared)
    E-LAN Services (Multipoint-to-Multipoint)
    VLAN Supported
    SVLANs (Q-in-Q) Supported
    VPLS Supported
    Voice-over-Ethernet Supported
    SLAs
    Proactive/Reactive
    Outage Compensation
    Metro Availability
    Long-haul Availability
    PoP-to-PoP/CPE-to-CPE
    Latency
    Packet Loss
    Jitter
    MTTR
    Provisioning
    CoS
    Managed/Unmanaged
    Pricing
    Online Monitoring
    Monitoring Application
    Refresh Rate
    Monthly Reporting
    Online Provisioning

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