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| Sprint
Frame Relay Service | |
| The
#1 Choice of Data Networking Professionals |
When it comes to choosing a frame
relay service, the choice is clear. In Network Magazine's 2000 North American
Carrier Survey, network professionals rates Sprint the top provider of frame relay
service with high scores in reliability, network performance, support and price.
With Sprint's industry-leading
frame relay service, you can... |
- Count on "non-stop" connections to
keep your business running smoothly
- Integrate
data and voice traffic on the same network
- Get
industry-leading service level agreements
- Cost-effectively
link sites throughout the US and around the globe
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| Sprint Frame Relay Features |
| Eliminates
the need for multiple networks |
| Sprint has taken the complexity out of frame
relay service as one of the few carriers to offer multiple classes of service.
You can transport one or any combination of these types of traffic: LAN, voice,
or IBM-systems network architecture (SNA). Each class of service is tailored to
the performance requirements of the specific application it supports. That means
you no longer need multiple networks or multiple permanent virtual circuits (PVCs)
to ensure top performance for business-critical applications. All types of traffic
can ride over the same PVC, reducing your communications budget and simplifying
network management. | | Designed
for high levels of survivability |
| The Sprint network is engineered to keep
you data operations running non-stop -- even if a backhoe should accidentally
sever one of our fiber optic cables. The unique SONET ring technology used in
the Sprint network makes it possible to reroute traffic almost instantaneously,
usually with no detectable interruption to your service. In fact, Sprint has had
fewer FCC-reported network outages among major carriers. |
| Backed
by leading service level agreements |
| Sprint
service level agreements (SLAs) ensure top-flight performance*. Our SLAs specify
100% uptime (port-to-port) across the Sprint frame relay network and 100% uptime
end to end when you use Sprint enhanced broadband metropolitan area network (BMAN)
access (99.9% end to end when using regular BMAN access or standard access facilities
from the local telephone company). Plus, you're
protected by other SLAs for network delay and data delivery rate. |
| 24
x 7 customer care | Our
responsive customer care specialists understand the complexities of advanced data
communications and appreciate the critical nature of your business applications.
We're here to help you 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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| Flexible
bandwidth options | You
can choose the exact amount of bandwidth you need based on the traffic flow at
each location. Access options range from 56 Kbps up to DS3 (45 Mbps). You can
even integrate access to multiple Sprint services over the same dedicated local
access line for even greater savings.
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| Business Advantages
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With Sprint Frame Relay Service, you can:.
| - Automate
more and more of your business operations company-wide and share corporate data
resources with locations large and small, confident in the knowledge that your
data network will be there when you need it
- Reduce
communications costs by reducing the need for separate networks and separate connections
for different types of traffic
- Consolidate
Internet traffic from multiple locations through a dedicated Internet access line,
giving your company better control over how employees use the Internet and reducing
Internet access costs
- Safeguard
your critical information assets from external security breaches without making
additional investments in security hardware and software
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| Applications |
One important reason for
the continuing popularity of frame relay service is its versatility. Frame relay
is ideally suited for:
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- Making LAN to LAN interconnections
- Providing
centralized high-bandwidth access to the Internet from multiple locations
- Creating
virtual private networks that are inherently secure without the need for firewalls
and encryption
- Supporting SNA traffic
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you can use any excess capacity for site-to-site voice calls and, depending on
your volume, reduce long distance communications costs.
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