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Global Crossing Offers New SLAs For Its High-Performance IP Network
Company offers new guarantees for converged IP services, including VoIP, IP video, and IP VPN.
November 29, 2004
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Global Crossing has announced new Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for its converged IP services, IP VPN, Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP video network, promising global, interrupted end-to-end service.
The SLAs offer new guarantees for its converged IP services provisioned over the premium Class of Service (CoS), including:
End-to-end availability of 99.999 percent, compared to the previous guarantee 99.9 percent.
Packet delivery of 99.999 percent, compared to the previous guarantee of 99.9 percent.
Jitter of 5 milliseconds), compared to the previous guarantee of 15 milliseconds.
A new performance guarantee which offers reparations to customers experiencing severe latency, jitter or packet delivery issues.
A new service guarantee in which service performance issues trigger availability guarantees and reparations.
Global Crossing claims that its IP network has been operating at 99.999 percent packet delivery and availability, and less than 5 milliseconds of jitter during 2004. Routing is optimized via Multi Protocol Label Switching traffic engineering (MPLS-te), enabling IP convergence and real-time applications including VoIP and IP video.
The new SLAs are part of Global Crossing's strategy of supporting customers' transition to converged environments in which real-time applications such as supply chain replenishment, customer relations management, and multi-media collaboration require high-performance networks with high packet delivery and very low jitter to avoid distortion leading to "popping" or "cracking" sounds on VoIP telephone calls or uneven, jerky movements on IP videoconferences."Our global customers require exceptional performance for delivery of mission-critical voice, video and data over a single connection, worldwide," Anthony Christie, Global Crossing's chief marketing officer said in a statement. "Global Crossing continues to differentiate itself as a leading provider of converged IP services, offering customers uncompromising network performance and a lower total cost of ownership."
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