A custom private optical network opens the door to new customers for an ISP.
A Tier 1 Internet Service Provider (ISP) was looking for a network that would allow them to increase the scalability of its Internet network and allow them to connect to new peering partners throughout NY and the mid-Atlantic region. They needed an extremely reliable network and were looking for a carrier that could build and manage it on their behalf.
This network needed to be geographically diverse, capable of providing enough bandwidth to meet today’s demands, and offer the ability to scale as traffic grows.
RCN Metro Optical Networks was able to design, build, and manage multiple SONET networks that provided connectivity to multiple peering points. Working closely with the customer, the RCN Metro Optical Networks account team created a network design that was flexible, highly scalable, and offered them the level of diversity they demanded.
RCN Metro Optical Networks’ SONET VPN is exactly what this global ISP is searching for.
A global Internet Service Provider (ISP) focused on serving the business marketplace was looking to connect multiple locations within a major metropolitan market in the Northeast. Because they were providing services to business customers, they needed reliable network solutions with the ability to easily add locations to the network and reallocate bandwidth.
Aware of the ISP’s intent for a SONET ring, the RCN Metro Optical Networks account team proposed a SONET VPN network as a way of providing connectivity to these locations.
Combining the reliability and availability associated with dedicated SONET rings and the ease and flexibility of ordering individual circuits, RCN Metro Optical Networks’ SONET VPN is provisioned over multiple shared SONET rings – offering a fully protected service with SONET reliability.
The service provides an OC-48 or OC-12 virtual SONET ring connecting a predetermined set of locations. Once the service is established, any combination of DS-3s through OC-12s can be added between locations, up to the total capacity of the network.
Video Transport Provider uses RCN Metro Optical Networks’ Quality Ethernet Service to Meet Business Needs
When Pacific Northwest Net, a transport provider of broadcast quality video and audio circuits, began expanding its services globally while simultaneously acquiring more customers, the company recognized the need for advanced Ethernet services to address the growing requests of its’ customers. The company decided it needed an Ethernet transport service to support its’ projects in the Northeast corridor, a growth-based region for the company.
Pacific Northwest Net was in need of a tailored solution – a solution designed by a service provider with the expertise to architect a network solution that addressed the company’s unique business needs. In search of a fully restorable, easily managed network that would add greater diversity to its network, they were seeking a service provider to become its partner and provide reliable Ethernet services. As the search for a network provider and partner began, Pacific Northwest Net turned a critical eye to the abilities and culture of each of its prospects.
After its extensive evaluation process, Pacific Northwest Net selected RCN Metro Optical Networks to provide Ethernet services. RCN Metro emerged as the smarter choice – far outpacing the competition on service, quality, and culture.
With broad knowledge and industry experience, RCN Metro was a leader throughout the selection process demonstrating an understanding of Pacific Northwest Net’s business and providing a tailored, flexible solution that aligned with their unique needs. RCN Metro was chosen to provide Ethernet service in the Northeast corridor between Boston and New York.
RCN Metro’s Ethernet Service combines the reliability and ubiquity of Ethernet with next-generation metro area transport technology. The result is a service that delivers an efficient, fully restorable, easily managed network. Offering dedicated point-to-point, switched point to multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint packet transport service over dedicated access bandwidth, RCN Metro’s Ethernet Service will enable Pacific Northwest Net to seamlessly extend its Ethernet network from its local building into the metro area and beyond.