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Derrick Hamilton

Vice President

SBC Midwest Network Services

Growing Possibilities: The SBC Network

SBC Roadmap Expanded Network

• Increase POP density• Expand reach within LATAs

Evolve Network Architecture• Continue infrastructure enhancements• Hone network reliability and customer

service Enhance Service Offerings

• Voice over IP Hosted IP Communications Service

• MPLS enabled services Network based VPNs

FR/ATM

IP BackboneSan Francisco Dallas

IP

FR/ATM

Ethernet

IP

FR/ATM

Ethernet

Single Common Core NetworkTo Carry AllLayers of Services

Compressingthe ExistingCore Networks

DWDMCore

IP

FR/ATM

Ethernet

IP

FR/ATM

Ethernet

IP MPLS Backbone

Other Protocols Other Protocols

Core Network Vision

Other Protocols Other Protocols

Wireless: Not Just Mobile Phones

GPRS/EDGE

Wi-Fiin publichotspots

Wi-Fi in the Office

SBC PremierServ VPN

Wi-Fi in the Home

Critical Communications Needs Solved by Optical/Broadband Solutions• Platforms that accommodate a variety of

applications:– Traditional TDM applications (voice, data & video)– Local Area Network connectivity, Internet Access– Storage Area Networking and remote data backup– Data Center Connectivity– CAD/CAM File Transfer– Multimedia Streaming

• Platforms that meet communications requirements: – Capacity for high-bandwidth, high-speed, & high-reliability– Business Continuity– Mission critical data networking– Disaster recovery

High Tech Manufacturing

RegionalOffice A

10 FCDark Fibre

Channel Extension & Dark Fibre Cost

RegionalOffice A

Enterprise HQ

CAD/CAMApplication:

Back-up of secondary data for disaster recovery; and consolidation of distributed storage

Large enterprise sites (500+ employees/site) networking FC SAN storage across data centers in a metro area

CAD/CAM connectivity between locations

you? Elegant “Future-Proof” Services

• IP-MPLS Backbone

• Flexibility at the Edge

• IP Business Services

• All Optical Solutions

• Integrated Wireless-Wireline Services

SBC World-Class Reliability

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