Unrivalled Seven Classes of Service Strengthens UK Wide
Ethernet
ntl:Telewest Business, has strengthened its National Ethernet
capabilities by adding seven Classes of Service (CoS) and
Performance Reporting, offering organisations complete control over
their communications usage. ntl:Telewest Business is the only UK
network provider to offer seven Classes of Service to its
nation-wide Ethernet customers, furthering its commitment to
providing next generation communications on customers’ terms.
The new CoS levels have been designed to give organisations the
resources to align their communications service usage directly with
their corporate and business needs. This sets a new standard in the
telecommunications industry for customer visibility and control of
services.
National Ethernet customers are also able to monitor the
performance of the customers Class of Service polices and the
performance of the underlying network via an easy to use online
portal. These types of tools are already in place for customers of
ntl:Telewest Business’s Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network
(IPVPN) services.
National Ethernet is an ideal service for organisations that
have sites across the country and require a robust high-bandwidth
next generation network to connect these locations. To ensure
optimum network performance to their sites, customers can now
monitor the network, from point to point in near real time over the
online portal. The downloadable data can be customised and filtered
for detailed analysis, for example organisations can study network
performance across different regions and identify any peaks or
troughs in traffic over periods of time.
Labelling and prioritising traffic types can be done by the
customer or by the ntl:Telewest Business network. This lets
organisations prioritise bandwidth for different types of traffic
so that less critical traffic does not delay vital information. The
ability to prioritise traffic in this way is now a key
consideration for organisations wanting to align communications
investment with their organisational goals.
“In today’s highly competitive and pressured market, customers
need to be in control of every facet of their operations and
communications are typically at the heart of that” said
Stephen Beynon MD of ntl:Telewest Business. “By being the first to
bring CoS to National Ethernet services, we are revolutionising the
market. Our next generation network across the UK enables us to
offer levels of flexibility and control that conventional legacy
network providers can only aspire to.”
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