Business Internet OC-3 Service Description

An Internet OC-3 is delivered over an Optical Carrier-level 3 data stream in a concatenated configuration that combines three OC-1s that are linked together to form a contiguous chunk of bandwidth of 155.52 Mbps.

The first OC-1 in the OC-3c data stream identifies the circuit's concatenated configuration so that termination devices can quickly multiplex, switch, transport and deliver the OC-3 data stream as a single unified entity. Concatenation improves SONET efficiency, as only the first OC-1 frame in the OC-3 data stream carries the full SONET signaling and control data. Subsequent SONET frames in the OC-3c signal are relieved of Path Overhead (POH) of nine bytes (i.e., 72 bits which allows 576 Kbps of extra bandwidth to be delivered in subsequent data frames.

Business OC3 Internet service is a flexible, high-bandwidth solution that is usually utilized by large enterprises or by companies with Internet bandwidth-intensive applications such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or video streaming.

Internet OC-3 service is a scalable and flexible high-speed connection to the Internet delivered over metro fiber networks with billing options that allow customers to pay for only for the bandwidth they need while maintaining the ability to gain immediate access to greater amounts of bandwidth. For example, Internet over OC3 pricing is usually based on payment for committed bandwidth on a monthly recurring basis with usage above the bandwidth commitment with bandwidth usage billed on a per Mbps basis that is measured by a 95th percentile of bandwidth utilization calculation.

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