Metro-Ethernet is a network provisioned on the Ethernet standard of IEEE 802.13 which covers a metropolitan area networks (MAN).

Similar to LAN Ethernet connections in an office, Metro-E has the ability to connect through the same media over long distances. .

Commonly used as a metropolitan access network to connect subscribers and businesses to a Wide Area Network, which can also access the Internet from a centralized management point. Localized businesses can use Metro Ethernet to connect branch offices securely, backup data, and have a single access control point for firewall and intrusion detection. This is ideal for companies who already have or are consider colocation in a central data center.

Metro Ethernet Service has significantly altered the value to performance ratio for inter-connecting local area networking (LAN) in metro areas. Leveraging fiber optic speed and reliability, the Metro Ethernet Service provides scalable bandwidth and is surprising cost affective. Often less then what you will find with a multiple T-1 configuration. Add in the potential for VOIP services and the value is undeniable.

Metro Ethernet, when provisioned over a fiber optic cable, provides a flexible variation of speeds equivalent to 10Mbps - 1Gbps (Gigabit Ethernet). It is also typically delivered over high availability Sonet Rings. These self healing networks are far more reliable then DSx services and provide a far higher rate of speed consistently.

With such flexibility, Metro Ethernet further makes it desirable with lower costs in comparison to lease lines with T1 or T3 as the Metro Ethernet providers tend to have nationwide backbones and local fibers dedicated to the metropolitan areas.

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