Articles - Ethernet
Accedian: Ethernet NIDs Reduce Capex
Use of new Ethernet network interface devices installed in-line at the demarcation point between the provider and customer’s network or cell site can reduce mobile service provider capital and operating costs substantially, says Accedian Networks...
The Safest Prediction
It’s among the safest predictions one can make in the communications business: Ethernet continues to go mainstream and will eventually dominate the metro space as SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) slowly dec...
A Monthly Supplement to IP Business
Ethernet is, no doubt, the emerging layer two transmission protocol of choice for a wide variety of business and consumer applications. Ethernet also is a replacement for legacy technologies ranging from private line to frame relay and asynchronous transf...
Cable Cracks Ethernet Top Tier
While it ultimately represents just a tick on the timeline, here we have more evidence that cable is shifting into high gear its drive into enterprise services. According to Vertical Systems Group’s mid-year tally of retail business Ethernet ports,...
Carrier Ethernet Set for Boom
With metro-area Ethernet services now available from virtually all major data service providers, and as major incumbents—particularly AT&T and Verizon—introduce long-haul Layer 2 virtual private networks this year, the carrier Ethernet market...
Cell Backhaul Fuels Ethernet over Copper
Sometimes a single customer segment can drive adoption of a new class of technology, and it appears cell tower backhaul is doing precisely that for providers of Ethernet-over-copper access. To be sure, the business end user market is a larger revenue oppo...
