Metro Ethernet

Metro Ethernet can give your company business-class Internet connectivity for voice over IP, video and high-speed data in bandwidth increments up to 60 Mbps. It was developed to provide fiber-quality communications without the costly equipment upgrades needed to run a T1 line. Metro Ethernet works on our existing copper lines. So now any company anywhere we serve can be wired for speed.

Some of the features of this service include:

• Flexible scalability that allows the bonded pairs to deliver bandwidth increments up to 60 Mbps.
• Throughput, reach and delay characteristics far superior to any other approach over existing copper lines.
• Superior cut-line protection, frame and bit-error rate at least 10 times better than the acceptable rate of standard T1 service.
• 24/7 alarm and management

The Metro Ethernet Internet access provides a higher quality of service, more redundancy, and a more durable class of equipment to you. And Metro Ethernet is perfect for any business that is looking for more bandwidth, such as hospitals, schools, and certain other companies.

For more information about Metro Ethernet Internet access, please call our business office at 724-443-9535.

Ethernet Transparent LAN

If you're a business in need of bandwidth, this service is a great way to get the speed you need at a price you can afford. Ethernet Transparent LAN is a high-speed LAN (Local Area Network) that offers greater bandwidth than traditional services, while hiding the complexities associated with and required by the more traditional WANs (Wide Area Networks).

Ethernet Transparent LAN is quickly gaining ground as a popular alternative to Frame Relay and other data services due to its substantially higher transmission speeds. North Pittsburgh Telephone Company's Ethernet Transparent LAN can interconnect your corporation's LAN with a single Ethernet segment at native speeds. This means employees who are geographically separated can communicate and access remote servers as easily as if they were located in the same building. This service can also connect you to the Internet service provider of your choice.

North Pittsburgh Telephone Company's Ethernet Transparent LAN also offers:

• Native Ethernet speeds of 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1000Mbps (gigabit Ethernet) over a fiber optic network.
• Point-to-point dedicated and secure Ethernet service, with customer access to 100 percent of the bandwidth 100 percent of the time.
• All access equipment is included with the service price, with no additional training or equipment needed.
• North Pittsburgh Telephone Company alarms, manages, and maintains the equipment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Ethernet Transparent LAN is available in all locations within the North Pittsburgh Telephone Company geographic territory, as well as in many locations throughout southwestern Pennsylvania through our sister company, Penn Telecom, Inc.

For more information on Ethernet Transparent LAN or any of the other services we offer, please contact our business office at 724-443-9535.