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Private Line Service

Seamless, dedicated connection
With CenturyLink's Private Line Service (PLS), your Agency will enjoy dedicated duplex transmission connectivity between two or more designated end points. CenturyLink's PLS will give your Agency a managed, fully interoperable, and scalable suite of services. CenturyLink's PLS utilizes the CenturyLink four fiber SONET Bi-Directional Line-Switched Ring (BLSR) network to provide a highly reliable transport from sub-DS0 up through OC-192. CenturyLink's PLS seamlessly carries a variety of protocols, including ATM, Frame Relay, IP, and Ethernet, and delivers these services transparently from end to end.

Features

• DS0 through OC-192 speeds
• Concatenated and channelized circuits are supported
• Analog and sub-rate DS0 speeds
• Critical and routine speeds

Benefits

• Peace of mind--all connections are dedicated 100% to your Agency, so there is no contention for bandwidth
• Very little chance of hacking--any connection must be made physically, and therefore any intrusion would be detected by CenturyLink's Network Operations Center (NOC)
• Ease of use--ensured by highly standardized interfaces and framing, as proven through years of CenturyLink experience

Product Details

• Product Overview
  Private Line Services product overview (pdf)
• Uses
  Supports all applications
  Host-to-Host server requirements or other applications where dedicated bandwidth is needed all or almost all the time.
• Alternatives
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode Service
  • Frame Relay Service
  • Internet Protocol Service
  • Network-Based Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network Services
  • Optical Wavelength Services
  • Synchronous Optical Network Services

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