• 10Mbps RJ45 presentation 100 Mbps RJ45 presentation.
• 1000 Mbps (GigE) SC/PC multimode fibre presentation.

Our Ethernet circuits can be provided in 35 to 60 working days, subject to survey and feasibility.

THUS provides dedicated 24/7 management support of all services, with our expertly trained network management centre (NMC) and field staff. Our Ethernet circuits have carrier class levels of availability, with a high 99.9% target. If anything goes wrong, you can be sure we’ll fix it – fast.

• Need to connect two sites, typically up to 25km apart, in the same city or metro area.
• Need to connect sites in a transparent and cost-effective manner.
• Have an office LAN based on Ethernet.
• Require a cost-effective and innovative alternative to leased lines, frame relay or ATM networks.
• Want to connect your site(s) to a disaster recovery or hosting facility.
• Need to converge your voice, video and data applications on to one network.

• Provides bandwidth at 10Mbp/sec, 100Mbp/sec or 1000Mbps, with the use of dedicated point-to-point circuits
• Connects sites to create one network.
• Extends Ethernet LANs in different offices to make one network, so applications can be shared seamlessly.
• Provides a single network for voice, video and data services.
• Allows you to focus on your business, rather than your service availability, owing to THUS’s stringent service level agreements.
• Enables internal Voice (VoIP) and videoconferencing.
• Eliminates the need for protocol conversion, providing fast, seamless connections that connect into a LAN switch or router.
• Enables links to off-site storage area networks or disaster recovery premises.

Most corporate LANs are based on Ethernet, which typically operate at bandwidths of between 10Mbps and 1Gbps. Connecting these LANs between sites over the wide area network using leased lines, frame or ATM has traditionally been slow and complex, with equivalent bandwidths often being very expensive. The bottlenecks caused by the mismatch between LAN and traditional WAN capabilities have also been a major limitation in today’s sophisticated IT architectures.

City Ethernet allows businesses to connect sites in the same Metro area with the same bandwidths operating within their office LAN. The service interfaces straight into existing site switches or router equipment without the need for additional cards, reducing costs. Ethernet frames do not need to be converted to ATM or Frame Relay, which results in significant improvements in application performance between sites. Two sites can be connected to form one network, or multiple sites can be connected to achieve the added security of a ring network.

City Ethernet is available nationally in more than 30 business centres across the UK, from London to Inverness.