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LAN Switching Service (LSS)
Are you pressured to decrease network costs while improving network
performance?
Meet the demand for interconnecting geographically dispersed LANs at native
speeds?
Network costs must be managed, and you must live within a limited capital
budget.
The opportunity to have a flexible, scalable network without risky new technology investments can be found in Qwest's in-region LAN Switching Service (LSS).
Qwest LSS is a metropolitan area or LATA-wide optical Ethernet solution that uses Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology to provide you with native Ethernet speed LAN interconnectivity.
LSS provides a specific amount of bandwidth and supports both point-to-point and multi-point full duplex connectivity of Ethernet connections at 10 Mbps, 45 Mbps and 100 Mbps while it transparently transports VLAN traffic.
LSS adds significant value by offloading the financial, operational and administrative burdens of metropolitan-area networking onto a virtual network fully managed by Qwest. This solution includes Qwest-provided bridging equipment located at user locations. Comprehensive connectivity is accomplished with virtual circuits between user sites over Qwest fiber-optic facilities and across the Qwest ATM network. The traffic parameters in the ATM network associated with the LSS virtual circuits are based on the service rate subscribed to and the implementation of Unspecified Bit Rate (UBR) ATM service class.
LSS allows for seamless integration of the LAN across multiple locations without investment in new equipment or training. LSS can be more cost effective than other data transport solutions. LSS can support all key, bandwidth-intensive applications running on your LAN, including:
Concurrent engineering or collaborative computing
Image processing
Interactive file sharing
E-mail
Internet/intranet/extranet access
Distance learning
Benefits
Qwest LSS is designed to provide all the speed and bandwidth you need to meet rapidly changing needs, transport all kinds of information quickly and easily, and move great quantities of data traffic smoothly and efficiently. Consider these significant advantages:
Seamless LAN/WAN integration
Ease of network growth
Simplified network operations
Minimal or no capital investment
Potential cost savings by consolidating applications supported over separate networks
Enhanced network performance, capacity, reliability and security
No worries about system obsolescence and stranded investment
Legendary Qwest data transport reliability
LSS services are available at in-region locations in the states of AZ, CO, IA, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA and WY where Qwest ATM network service points are deployed. A switch and IOF capacity check must be made via AQCB process to determine actual port and/or fiber availability.
