VERIZON WORKS TO RESTORE MANHATTAN SERVICE
Amid the desperate search for human survivors in New York City, Verizon began the difficult of job of restoring voice and data services to probably the most network-intense cluster of buildings in the world.  Amongst the physical damage is a key switching center at 140 West Street and adjacent to the World Trade Center which supplies 200,000 voice lines and the equivalent of 3 million private lines or circuits to lower Manhattan.  Verizon estimates that this facility provides 20% of all private circuits to the NYSE.  Equipment was deployed in five underground floors of the buildings and inspection of only the top floor revealed deep standing water and extensive debris.  Verizon could not estimate how long it will take to bring the center fully back online.  The other 80% of private circuits to the NYSE are provided through another Verizon switching center on Broad Street.  This facility did not suffer heavy physical damage, but has no reliable power source at the moment.  Verizon also reported that ten Verizon Wireless cell sites in southern Manhattan are out of service, but demand is currently being handled by neighboring cells.  During peak periods on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless experienced 50% to 100% more traffic than normal, nationwide, on its wireless network.  http://www.verizon.com/
Verizon, September 12, 2001

AT&T LAUNCHES IP-ENABLED FRAME RELAY, ETHERNET ACCESS SERVICES
AT&T announced new classes of service for its private IP VPNs and its managed dedicated Internet access services.  The IP-Enabled Frame Relay (IPFR) service is based on MPLS-defined VPNs and four DiffServ priority classes: real time, high priority, medium priority and low priority. The real-time class is targeted at such applications as Voice over IP and video conferencing.  The high priority is targeted at mission-critical data applications, such as Enterprise Resource Planning packages.

AT&T will also begin offering Ethernet access services to its VPN services at ranges up to 1 Gbps.  The Metropolitan Ethernet Services will provide access services to ISPs, ASPs, Storage Area Network (SAN) providers, and other companies that require metro-area Ethernet service between locations.  This standards-based, metro-area Ethernet service will initially be provided at four speeds -- 50Mbps, 150Mbps, 300Mbps and 600Mbps.  AT&T's public Internet Ethernet service is available in 10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1Gigabit Ethernet speeds and will be provided as an access option to the company's existing Managed Internet Service (MIS).  The service initially will be available in New York and San Francisco, growing to nine cities by year's end.

AT&T also introduced a private IP access service that lets enterprises use its global remote dial access service from 2,200 points of presence in more than 850 cities in 60 countries.  Using Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) customers can use their current AT&T Frame Relay Service infrastructure for remote access, eliminating the need for additional VPN access circuits, routers and modem pools.  Support for narrowband and broadband Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) encrypted tunnels is being developed and is expected to be available early next year.  A trial is currently underway.  http://www.att.com/ipservices 
AT&T, September 12, 2001

YIPES OFFERS NATIONWIDE ETHERNET AND BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Yipes Communications announced the nationwide availability of a National Area Network (NAN) service that uses native Ethernet as a replacement for traditional point-to-point and Frame Relay services.  Yipes NAN supports all Layer 3 protocols such as IP, IPX, AppleTalk and IP Multicast, as well as Layer 3-based routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF and EIGRP.  Customers can interconnect multiple sites in multiple cities over a variety of networking topologies.  Yipes also introduced new management capabilities that enable customers connected via a secure Web connection to increase or decrease their bandwidth from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps in 1 Mbps increments.  Customers will receive a price quote and receive fully dedicated network capacity within seconds of confirmation.  Yipes currently serves 21 US markets.   http://www.yipes.com 
Yipes, September 11, 2001

BROADWING TO OFFER POINT-TO-POINT OPTICAL GIGABIT ETHERNET SERVICE
Broadwing announced a new Point-to-Point Optical Gigabit Ethernet service designed for Fortune 2000 enterprises, carriers and ISPs.  The protocol-agnostic service provides high-speed Ethernet transport at traditional private line speeds of DS-3, OC-3 and OC-12 and access methods including private line, Frame Relay, ATM and integrated access.  McAfee.com was named as the first commercial customer for the service, which will be generally available on October 1, 2001.  Broadwing also added two features to its Dedicated Internet Access Services.  Web-based Customer Network Management Tools (CNMS) and Proactive Monitoring/Notification offer customers performance visibility into their IP traffic usage patterns and network activities, including network availability, core packet loss, core roundtrip latency and customer circuit traffic utilization distribution.  http://www.broadwing.com 
Broadwing, September 11, 2001

CABLE & WIRELESS TO LAUNCH IP VPN SERVICE IN THE US
Cable & Wireless announced the US availability of a corporate IP LAN service with IP telephony capability.  The IP-LAN is a managed local area network (LAN) solution, developed in conjunction with Cisco Systems, which provides businesses with end-to-end IP connectivity from desktop to desktop.  Cable & Wireless also introduced a cPBX Plus (convergence private branch exchange) that is based on Nortel Networks' Meridian PBX.  The service supports conventional telephony, IP Telephony with VoIP, unified messaging, call center facilities, secure audio conferencing and management reporting.  Both convergence solutions can be combined with Cable & Wireless’ IP-VPN, ATM and Frame Relay services to create WANs provisioned over its MPLS backbone.  Cable & Wireless is already offering the MPLS-based VPNs and converged PBX services in the UK.  http://www.cw.com 
Cable & Wireless, September 11, 2001

WORLDCOM LAUNCHES CLASS OF SERVICE FRAME RELAY
WorldCom announced new Class of Service (CoS) data traffic prioritization enhancements to its Private IP Service based on DiffServ and MPLS technologies.  WorldCom's new Premium Priority enhancement aims to provide more predictable traffic delivery over private data networks on the WorldCom backbone by assigning different classes of delivery to various forms of IP traffic.  The services are based on Cisco MGX 8850 switches delivering IP-enhanced Frame Relay and ATM services.  Customers can simply plug into WorldCom Private IP or upgrade to the service via domestic or international frame relay or ATM access.  WorldCom also announced the extension of its private IP services to Asia Pacific countries.  http://www.wcom.com 
Worldcom, September 11, 2001

SPRINT ROLLS OUT DIFFSERV FRAME RELAY, DIRECT WAVELENGTH SERVICES
Sprint introduced new Frame Relay capabilities that enable customers to define up to four priority levels for IP applications running on a single Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC).  The service is based on Differentiated Services (DiffServ) technology.  Sprint also announced a new direct wavelength service for high bandwidth customers.  Sprint Direct Wave Services are for point-to-point connections and access to the Sprint Link network.  http://www.sprintbiz.com
Sprint, September 11, 2001

CISCO BOLSTERS ITS MID-RANGE ROUTING PORTFOLIO
Cisco Systems announced additions to its mid-range routing portfolio with the introduction of the Cisco 7300 Series Internet Router and enhancements to the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router.  The products are designed for supporting differentiated services at the network edge.  The new Cisco 7300, available next month, scales to OC-48 speeds with high availability and built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports.  The Cisco 7603 and Cisco 7606 are small-form-factor routers for deployment in applications where a small number of interfaces are needed, for example, in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 POP or in the metro to provide Ethernet aggregation and uplink.  The Cisco 7600 routers scale WAN connectivity from DS0 to OC-48 and LAN connectivity from 10 Mbps Ethernet through 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and support MPLS, Ethernet over MPLS, MPLS Quality of Service (QoS) and MPLS VPNs. http://www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems, September 12, 2001

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