OC3 Features and Benefits

OC3 OVERVIEW

Our Dedicated Internet OC3 offers large organizations greater bandwidth flexibility with a 155 Mbps connection with bandwidth commitment levels beginning at 60 Mbps with OC3 Tiered. Internet Dedicated OC3 uses Packet over SONET (POS) technology instead of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) to maximize bandwidth. POS encapsulates the IP packet within Frame Relay (FR) and then places the IP packet within a SONET envelope for transmission. POS allows IP traffic to make optimum use of the available bandwidth and reduces inefficiencies in data delivery.

OC3 FEATURES

When you choose OC3 Dedicated Internet as your dedicated access to the internet, the following features are available with the OC3 product:

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• Primary-Secondary DNS Hosting
• IP Addresses Allocation
• Expert Circuit provisioning
• Weekly/Monthly usage statistics
• 24x7 technical support
• Industry leading service level agreements
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Relay
• UUCP (UNIX to UNIX Copy Protocol ) Feed over TCP
• POP3 E-mail accounts (available for additional fee)
• Full transit, route-optimized TCP/IP connectivity through our P-NAP® facility directly to the major Internet backbones.
• 24 x 7 Proactive circuit monitoring, outage reporting and outage troubleshooting by the Network Operations Center (NOC)
• Notification schedule and escalation procedures
• Bandwidth utilization graphs available 24 x 7
• Optional NNTP News Feed
• Circuit provisioning
• Primary DNS for one (1) domain -or- Secondary DNS for up to 200 domains
• Allocation of IP addresses in compliance with ARIN policy
• Engineering start-up service
  
  
Performance IP, the only fully-redundant connectivity available today with built-in intelligent route control technology, delivers unflinching reliability, dominant network performance and superior client support to companies that depend on delivering business-critical applications across the Internet - all as a managed service.Predictable Reliability with OC3Online trading. Video and Voice over IP. E-commerce. CRM. Your vital business applications have become critical to the way you do business. Using patented technology, we are the only company to offer you redundant, high-speed Internet connections to all the major Internet backbones, ensuring operational continuity by routing around network congestion, poor performing links or disabled providers. The result is a network that consistently runs at peak efficiency for you and your customers.Proven OC3 PerformanceOur network performance management provides a superior Internet experience. Featuring guaranteed 100 percent operational uptime, and the lowest packet loss and latency in the industry, we provide you with a proactive industry-leading Service Level Agreement (SLA) that covers the entire Internet - not just one single network. Why should you believe us?  Unlike our competitors, we believe so strongly in the consistent performance of our network that we offer proactive SLA notification and automatic bill credits if we ever break our SLAs.  This is proof positive of our commitment to provide the very best network performance available.World-Class Client SupportThere is no substitute for accountability. Our client support team is distinctive in its steadfast commitment to providing direct access to certified IP engineers at its Network Operations Center (NOC). Technology professionals are on call with a global view and information to resolve your issues quickly and effectively, and to your complete satisfaction. Direct access to our expert technical staff is only part of the GCG advantage; you also save money by minimizing troubleshooting and downtime.

OC3 BENEFITS

Low Cost & Flexible Pricing Plans

The OC-3 Price Protected is a product that allows you to connect to the IP network via Packet Over Sonet (POS). POS provides lower packet overhead than Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). Internet Dedicated OC-3 Price Protected is offered as a full circuit with fixed monthly pricing. The full circuit is available and you pay the same discounted rate, regardless of usage. Additionally, an OC-3 can potentially eliminate the need for multiple lines to support voice, data and video applications.  Discounted, term and volume contract options offer a choice of savings plans.

OC3 Capacity

With OC Double/Diverse you can easily and cost-effectively increase bandwidth while keeping the same router and adding an additional Packet over SONET Interface Processor (POSIP). You get additional capacity to share traffic requests and avoid overloading a single OC-3 connection.   Dedicated Internet access via OC3 connection available in Full Port and Commit/Burst Pricing Plans

OC3 Performance

OC3 Business Internet accesses to the Internet at speeds up to 155 mbps.  OC-3 circuits are provisioned on SONET rings. In general, OC3 circuits have higher performance, lower latency, and increased reliability versus metropolitan Ethernet or long-haul waves. We offer 'Tier 1', blended 'Tier 2' bandwidth, and low-cost bandwidth based on availability. The perceived benefit of a Tier 1 provider is its backbone. A Tier 1 provider takes you from the West Coast to the East Coast in one big hop, with lower latency than other providers. Additionally, Tier 1 providers have better peering and routing, resulting in faster delivery of your traffic.

OC3 Reliability

Internet Dedicated OC-3 is for customers who need additional reliability and redundancy which the Internet Dedicated OC-3 Shadow provides in a low cost back-up solution. If the primary connection should be unable to pass packets, the Internet Dedicated OC-3 Shadow connection automatically takes over your IP traffic. This change in traffic flow is handled by Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) so there is no need for any manual configuration change. Our all-fiber synchronous optical network (SONET) guarantees up to a 99.999 percent service level agreement (SLA).

OC3 Expandability

The Internet Dedicated OC-3 Tiered service allows you to begin your OC-3 connection at a capped low bandwidth tier with a fixed monthly cost. Since a full OC-3 circuit is provisioned from your site directly into a Verizon Business owned hub, customers may quickly upgrade to a higher bandwidth tier at any time by simply calling their Business account manager. There are no additional services that need to be installed, which provides flexibility and an easy upgrade path that is based on what you need at a fixed monthly cost.

OC3 Security

• Fiber-optic circuits are tamper resistant, providing an extra level of security. Also as your network will be connected to the Internet, your company should have a firewall. If your company is transmitting sensitive data (such as financial or health records) then you should encrypt the data before sending the data over the Internet.

Ease of Use & Router Flexibility

• Layer-1 access. 
• Customers can cross connect within common facilities.
• Lease a managed Cisco® CPE
• Purchase a customer-managed Cisco® CPE 
• Provide your own, GCG-approved, customer-managed Cisco® CPE

OC3 to OC192 Throughput

• Port availability up to OC48, but we can provision circuits up to OC192.

OC-N Multiplexing

Multiple services can be multiplexed into OC-N services to take advantage of economies of scale.  For example, it is less expensive to install and maintain one high speed line than it is to run multiple lower speed lines.  We can multiplex lower speed lines at the end points and potentially save you money.