Simplicity, ease of use and best value

Ethernet is both a prevalent and a widely understood protocol especially in the LAN environment. It has a reputation for being both cost effective and reliable. Constrained for many years to the LAN environment, recent advances in fibre optic technology and switching electronics, as well a greatly reduced bandwidth costs, have meant that it is now both possible and cost effective to extend Ethernet services across both metropolitan and national networks. Using Ethernet across the WAN and MAN greatly simplifies both network design and management overhead as well as offering far higher levels of bandwidth at much lower cost than traditional leased line based services.

Fibernet's portfolio of National and Metropolitan Ethernet services is extensive and includes TANet Ethersphere™, TANet Etherline™ and TANet Ethernet/bespoke.

TANet Ethersphere™ provides point to multipoint and any to any services from 1Mbit to 1Gbit anywhere within a 25Km radius of TANet's 100 plus national points of presence. Ideal as a transport for private Enterprise customer IP networks or as complete fabric for an ISP's national Ethernet services, Ethersphere provides true utility grade service.

TANet Etherline™ provides robust, dedicated point to point Ethernet services, either between any two Fibernet PoPs or between customer locations via Fibernet PoPs. Services are available with 10,100 and Gigabit interfaces and may be scaled down below each of those speeds to meet individual customer needs. Etherline is typically used as either a "long line" LAN extension service between customer locations or as a PoP to PoP service for Service Providers.

TANet Ethernet/bespoke is, as the name suggests, an individually designed private Ethernet service hosted on privately installed fibres between premises, or one of Fibernet's metropolitan fibre networks, or upon national optical wavelengths, or on any combination of the three. Ethernet/bespoke services are used by major corporate customers and service providers alike and accommodate the need for specific geographic coverage (perhaps involving civils and construction work), customer nominated technologies and specific service characteristics.

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