MPLS VPNs transport layer 2 packets across the network and encapsulate transport protocols such as ATM, Ethernet, and SONET, allowing MPLS networks to seemlessly upgrade and replace legacy layer 2 networks without requiring network reconfiguration or using protocols higher than layer 2. In comparison, layer 3 VPNs must use the layer 3 Internet Protocol (IP).

T1 lines carry about roughly 30 times more data than a normal dial-up modem.

Many VoIP service providers guarantee that phone calls will not travel over the public Internet, but are converted and transmitted over the traditional telephone network directly from the VoIP provider's private Internet network that usually adheres to a defined Quality of Service (QoS).

Representative Telecommunication Services: We offer VoIP PBX, IP PBX, US termination, SIP gateway, VoIP gateway, data and Internet T1 (DS1) lines (1.5 Mbps bi-directional transfer upload and download rate), fractional T1 (DS1) circuits (256 Kbps to 1,024 Kbps), bonded (load balanced) T-1 (DS1) lines (3 Mbps to 12 Mbps), T3 (DS3) lines (6 Mbps to 45 Mbps), point-to-point private lines, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching), wide area network (WAN) configurations, inbound and outbound call center services, IP PBX and Hosted VoIP solutions, dynamic and channelized integrated T1 (DS1) lines, Primary Rate ISDN (PRI) service, etc.

The main limitation on DSL bandwidth speed is the distance from the customer premise to the local telephone company central office.

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) can be used to create intelligent networks that support advanced data packet management over a single network while saving money. MPLS can be integrated seamlessly over any existing infrastructure such as IP, Frame Relay, ATM, or Ethernet and end users with different types of local access circuits may be joined together on the same network without changing their current access protocols.

Ethernet access to the Internet is quickly becomming a popular service. Ethernet, which is usually thought of as the protocol used to connect computers and servers on a local area network (LAN), is now increasingly being used across metropolitan wide area networks (WANS) to connect corporate LANs to the Internet. The advantage of Ethernet Internet Access service is that connection speeds that range from 1 Megabit per Second (Mbps) to 1 Gigabit per Second (Gbps) can be accessed via the same protocol being used on corporate LANs.

DSL service is delverd as Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) which is the most common application for Internet access, where fast downstream is required, but slow upstream is acceptable, and as Symmetric DSL (SDSL) which supports high speed access across the local access loop in both directions.

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MPLS can be used to create highly-scalable IP networks with layer 2 level security as well as easy network configuration, management, and provisioning.