Rely on our easy to manage E-LAN connectivity for all your business locations.
E-LAN extends your native Ethernet environment to connect multiple locations within a metropolitan area. Our E-LAN solution improves your data throughput and simplifies your IT management needs versus frame or ATM. Plus with our highly scalable solutions you can get the bandwidth you need at all your locations.
We offer 2 versions:
• EPLAN – Provides all your locations with true any-to-any connectivity
• EVPLAN – Connects all points on a common network
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Benefits include:
• More Value - Gives you more bandwidth at a lower cost-per-Mbps than legacy Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and Private Line networks, with a single connection for converged voice, data and Internet connectivity
• Simplicity - Reduces the strain on your IT staff and the expenses required to run your network by running one standard—Ethernet—versus managing separate Frame Relay and/or Private Line networks
• Flexibility and Scalability - Offers a wide range of access options with speeds from 3Mbps up to 1Gbps
• More Potential - Our industry-standard Ethernet solutions make it easy to add additional capabilities/services and support bandwidth-intensive applications
• More Productivity - Supports Ethernet bursting while leveraging Quality of Service (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS), which increase throughput and ensure critical data (such as voice and video) always have the bandwidth they need
• Support - Proactive network monitoring conducted 24/7/365, along with trouble resolution, Service Level Agreements, and Web-based reporting tools
• Secure - Our Ethernet network is IEEE standards-based and uses Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) technology. Plus, our best-in-class security protocols, redundant core infrastructure and automatic rerouting capabilities help ensure a safer network and better disaster recovery capability
• MEF - FairPoint is compliant to the Metro Ethernet Forum standards
Two Different E-LAN Solutions
| Ethernet Private Local Area Network (EPLAN) | Ethernet Virtual Private Local Area Network (EVPLAN) | |
| EPLAN provides all of your locations with true any-to-any connectivity. This ensures fault-tolerant business continuity and enables data and communications to flow directly to their destination. | An EVPLAN connects all points on a common network, but also allows the enterprise to manage which locations are allowed to communicate directly with each other. VLAN IDs are employed to implement this functionality, allowing selective sharing of information. |
Replacing Frame or ATM with ELAN
| Flexible, Highly scalable | •..........................................................................................• | Rigid, difficult to scale |
| Fewer ports and simplicity | •..........................................................................................• | More ports and complexity |
| Less Equipment | •..........................................................................................• | Equipment intensive |
| High-speed availability | •..........................................................................................• | Limited speeds |
| Highly efficient | •..........................................................................................• | Can be costly |
