Gateway SONET

Overview

Sprint's Gateway SONET utilizes fiber optics and SONET transmission equipment to provide you with state-of-the-art telecommunications and ultra high-speed connectivity. The service is provided with full-ring survivability and service performance guarantees. This offering guarantees that if Gateway SONET fails for one minute or more, you will be credited 100% of the monthly recurring charges associated with the interrupted facilities. Gateway SONET is an efficient and economical option for transporting your voice, data and video transmissions.

Sprint offers you flexible Gateway SONET configuration options. And, each Gateway SONET service request is coordinated by an experienced team of Sprint associates.

With Sprint's Gateway SONET, you may:

• Protect your end-user customers from network downtime through full ring survivability.
• Improve the speed and reliability of communications transmissions through fiber optics and SONET transmission equipment.

Features & Benefits

• Transports voice, data and video at ultra high-speed transmissions using fiber optics and SONET technology - meets demand for increased capacity caused by bandwidth-intensive applications.
• Full ring survivability - protects your end-user customers from downtime and lost revenue.
• Standard optical interfaces make possible the interoperability of equipment from different manufacturers - reduces costs and allows you more flexibility in setting up your service.
• Three and five year pricing options - allows for budgeting flexibility.

Product Details

Sprint's Gateway SONET is a shared service utilizing ring network architecture to connect your Point-of-Presence (POP) to your end-user customers. The service provides facility redundancy and fault-tolerance in the event of a facility or equipment failure. It is available at speeds of Optical Carrier level 12 (OC12) and Optical Carrier level 48 (OC48) speeds and essentially replaces existing linear Digital Signal, level One (DS1), Digital Signal, level Three (DS3) and Optical Carrier level 3 (OC3) special access service.

Gateway SONET is a flat-rated service consisting of two rate components:

• Entrance Connection - connects your POP(s) to one or two POP Service Wiring Center(s) (SWCs).
• End-User Connection - connects the POP SWC(s) to your end-user customers utilizing the Gateway SONET ring.
• You have the option to provide your own terminal equipment for a reduced rate, or to request that Sprint Local Telecommunications Division (LTD) provide the terminal equipment.

Gateway SONET service is available in most Nevada locations and in Tallahassee, Florida at the present time.

This service requires a minimum commitment of 337 DS1 equivalent circuits at all times.

Here is how it works:

Business Applications

• Allows use of state-of-the-art telecommunications and ultra high-speed connectivity to meet the demand for increased capacity caused by bandwidth-intensive applications.
• Provides facility redundancy and fault tolerance making a survivable communications network from your Point-of- Presence (POP) to your end user customer.
• Ideal for companies with interests in converged network technology including service aggregation.

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