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Internet Protocol Service

World-class network with comprehensive access and port speed options

CenturyLink's Internet Protocol Service (IPS) offers your Agency a world-class IP backbone network plus a full complement of access and port speed options. CenturyLink's IPS is supported by our in-depth expertise gained from years of successful service delivery to a broad set of federal and commercial customers. Your Agency will find that CenturyLink's IPS is ideal for the seamless integration of your Agency's service delivery point sites with a broad range of bandwidth requirements and a wide variety of access architectures. CenturyLink offers a full array if industry-leading features, capabilities, and interface requirements for Networx IPS customers.

Service quality

CenturyLink's IPS is a highly reliable solution. CenturyLink uses industry leading, state-of-the-art carrier quality integrated IPS devices. Your Agency will benefit from high quality services derived from a stable, proven network platform.

• CenturyLink consistently meets or exceeds the Networx contract's Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) metrics.
• CenturyLink's IPS is proactively monitored 24x7x365.
• CenturyLink offers the additional capability of reporting statistical and alarm information directly to Agencies via our Web-based reporting service, the Control Center Networx Portal.

Benefits

• Extensive public and private peering arrangements
• Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) fast reroute and IP core redundancy with privatization of secure domain Network Based IP-VPN Service
• Global reach Primary and Secondary Domain Name Services
• Comprehensive Managed Security Value-Added Services
• Reliable, performance-based AQLs
• Expert support to design, install and manage networks
• Easy-to-manage Control Center Networx Portal
• Ability to burst to port speed
• Redundant world-class Network Operations Centers (NOCs)and Operation Support Systems

Product Details

• Product Overview
  Internet Protocol Service product overview (pdf)
• Uses
  Enterprise-wide public IP data service that supports video, voice and data
  Premises-Based Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network-enabled security for site-to-site IPSec-based VPN tunnels
• Alternatives
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode Service
  • Frame Relay Service
  • Network-Based Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network Services
  • Private Line Service
  • Synchronous Optical Network Services (SONETS)

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