Lightyear Frame Relay

Frame Relay service is a data communications interface standard for wideband packet-switching. It provides transmission of variable-length packets across a virtual digital private network. The packets can access the network at speeds from 56 Kbps up to 1.544 Mbps. Frame Relay service operates within a broadband network platform that accommodates frame relay and ATM, and, in the future, will provide Internetworking between the two.

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Applications

• LAN-to-LAN communication
• System Network Architecture (SNA) connectivity
• Remote database access
• Real-time file transfer and updates
• Image transfer
• Document and resource sharing
• Sales and order entry
• Internet access

  Features and Benefits

• Automatic Alternate Routing of Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) between WorldCom Points of Presence (POP) -- Increases network availability and reliability.
• Single interface into WorldCom Frame Relay Network -- Supports multiple logical connections. Reduces expenditure on local access changes and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE).
• Dynamic bandwidth allocation -- Improves overall network performance and allows for more efficient use of network capacity.
• Oversubscription -- Takes advantage of the bursty nature of data transactions, and increases network efficiency through greater connectivity.
• Virtual connectivity -- Provides the ability to rapidly reengineer and reconfigure network connectivity.
• Flat monthly fee -- Nonusage- and nonmileage-sensitive pricing improves price-to-performance ratio for data networks, and provides predictable monthly costs for easier annual budgetary planning.

  Service Options

• Disaster Recovery Option -- Allows customers to protect their data hosts in affordable ways.
• Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) -- Provide logical connectivity between port connections. Each PVC is assigned a CIR (Committed Information Rate) in increments of 16 Kbps (up to 64 Kbps) and 64 Kbps (up to 1.024 Mbps).

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