Business Communication Solutions-DATA

Scalable Data Service Options
As data plays an ever larger role in telecommunications, data solutions that deliver flexible and scalable T1 to OC3 networking options, secure remote access, and reliable data backup and recovery have become more important than ever.

That's why partnering with the leading technology providers focused on building advanced packet-switched networks and next-generation data-related applications that offer you enormous increases in efficiency, power, flexibility, and cost savings-even for voice applications.

Data Services Solutions
Utilizing these new networks, we can provide a complete portfolio solution of advanced products and services and offer you a wide variety of powerful data solutions, faster T1 speed, multiple T1 line options including MPLS VPN (Multiprotocol Label Switching Virtual Private Network), Dedicated Internet Access, and Dedicated Hosted Server. Our Carrier Partners also offer a full suite of Security Solutions including a Managed CPE Firewall and Hosted E-mail Security.

Guaranteed- Data Service-Performance
Network performance statistics are among the best in the industry, meaning your company can transfer performance-sensitive applications with confidence. Our Carrier Partners guarantee average round-trip latency of 50 milliseconds or faster and 100% network availability.

Network Utilization Reports
Online- Web-based communications management system, lets you analyze real-time inbound and outbound statistics for your Dedicated Internet Access service by day, week, month, or even year, all at no additional cost.

Continuous Network Monitoring
The IT professionals with Our Carrier Partners Network Operations Center (NOC) test facilities and monitor their networks 24 x 7 x 365.

Managed Router Service
Carrier Connections can recommend the optimal router solution for your organization, as well as provide configurations, maintenance, and monitoring.

Equipment for Services (EFS) Lease/Rent
Our Carrier Partners innovative EFS financing program allows your business to keep up with new technology and enjoy the latest functionality, all with minimal or no capital outlay and the lease/rent program is built into your monthly bill so they can offer you all services including equipment bundled into one bill.

Integrated T-1
Our Carrier Partners can offer you an integrated suite of local, long distance, and Internet services, all over a T-1, multiple T1lines up to DS3's and beyond.



Data Service

Value Bundles
Carrier Connections can also customize a solution where you can bundle a seamless package of Internet, local, and long distance services for your organization and deliver them for one low monthly fee on a single T1 or multiple T1 lines. Ethernet Local Loop is a flexible, high-bandwidth solution that can be used for both data and voice traffic. This proven technology allows you to easily add more bandwidth without the time delay and expense of ordering and installing additional facilities. Ethernet Local Loop allows you to:

• Purchase bandwidth in increments ranging from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps, often without a change to your fiber-fed loop
• Utilize other solutions, including Dedicated Internet, MPLS VPN (Multiprotocol Label Switching Virtual Private Network), or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
• Enjoy low equipment costs and a level of scalability far greater than similar TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) solutions
• 3G Wireless Backup solutions provide truly resilient network connectivity for your remote sites that must stay connected to your corporate infrastructure in case of a network outage. For use as a failover connection, 3G Wireless Backup offers highly reliable connectivity to public or private networks for small to medium businesses and large enterprises. It's a perfect fit for backing up MPLS at your satellite locations such as branch offices, retail stores, warehouses, banks, point-of-sale terminals, or retail outlets.
• By using a TopGlobal MB7900 router and security-enhanced 3G connections to your data center, corporate headquarters, or the VPN concentrator, 3G services offer a high-speed, cost-effective alternative to a wide range of expensive wire-line backup solutions, such as ISDN, Frame Relay, T-1s, and PRIs.

VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) offer an affordable way to build an enterprise network that delivers the performance, security, and reliability of a dedicated private-line network. It is professionally managed MPLS VPN service uses the latest MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) technology to provide your employees, business partners, and customers with secure access to your company's networks and data from virtually anywhere.

World-Class IP Backbone
Our Carrier Partners Utilize advanced IP-over-SONET (Internet Protocol over Synchronous Optical Network) backbone, MPLS VPNs deliver benefits that include:

• Performance that rivals traditional cell switching infrastructures based on underlying ATM(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) architecture
• Reduced overhead and increased network performance
• Low latency and high packet throughput

MPLS VPN with QoS
Today, maximizing your available bandwidth by converging voice and data traffic is essential. MPLS VPN with QoS (Quality of Service) assigns "private labels" to your data, which identifies its destination and allows it to travel securely through the network. It also offers you:

• Prioritization capabilities that give precedence-and additional bandwidth-to time-sensitive applications like streaming video over applications where immediacy is less of an issue, like e-mail
• Virtual paths that ensure your data is completely separate from that of other customers
• End-to-end QoS at the customer edge and through the core
• The security of your data remaining entirely within the private, national network-it never enters the public Internet

IP Multicast
IP Multicast is used in a variety of ways to enhance data broadcast applications such as media or video streaming. By leveraging the MPLS network infrastructure, IP Multicast technology will allow you to transmit common data from a single source across a WAN (Wide Area Network) to multiple end-users at the same time. This solution simultaneously optimizes bandwidth, while increasing network efficiency.

Enhanced IPSec
If you require an added level of security, the IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) capabilities of MPLS VPNs allow you to encrypt your critical data using DES (Data Encryption Standard), and 3DES (168-bit) encryption.

Network Firewall

Increased Bandwidth Efficiency
The Network Firewall removes unwanted data packets, freeing up bandwidth for legitimate traffic.

Change Management Made Easy
Centralized change management makes administering large distributed deployments (like branch offices) incredibly easy, as all your sites utilize one virtual firewall. Plus, the Web-portal and intuitive user interface make many common management tasks as simple as "point-and-click."

Excellent Scalability & Interoperability
Since the Network Firewall resides in a central location adding additional sites or increasing Internet bandwidth is simple. And it's designed to operate seamlessly with your existing equipment.

Managed & Supported
All firewall change requests, software updates, and other required maintenance is completed by our Carrier Partners freeing up more of your internal IT resources.