Comcast Metro EthernetEnterprise Business Services
Tim Murphy
Enterprise Accounts
(484) 680-1086
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COMCAST CORPORATION
Video
Customers
Internet
Customers
Digital Voice
CustomersEmployees
23.6 Million 15.9 Million 7.6 Million100,000
(in 39 states)
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COMCAST REVENUE GROWTH
2009 Revenue $35.8 Billion
2009 Net Income $4.4 Billion
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2010 Comcast is 6th largest origin / transit group ASN (Autonomous System Number) by volume
2009 Comcast becomes the 3rd largest telephone company in the United States
2008 Comcast gains Carrier Class Ethernet certification from Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)
2008 Comcast launches DOCSIS 3.0 Internet service (up to 50Mbps down/10Mbps up)
NETWORK OVERVIEW
National Network• Plant route miles – 600K
• Fiber route miles – 147K
• Optical nodes – 116K
• Traffic type - 95%
commercial or customer of a
direct peer
Technology• 10G/40GBPS regional networks
• Network Production Demo of 100G
• SIP Scaled Infrastructure
• IPv4 and IPv6 operational
• QoS-based voice, video & data
• Self-healing architecture
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Comcast is the largest facilities-based, last-mile alternative to the ILECs / CLECs in the United
States. Physically diverse path to ensure business continuity.
Comcast Network Architecture
Network Resiliency – built to support today’s & tomorrow’s business class performance
requirements
Highly Scalable – able to deliver Ethernet services to more locations with more bandwidth
options in granular bandwidth increments
Integrated Ethernet Access – able to deliver Internet, voice, video and data needs via an
Ethernet handoff
Layer-2 VPN support – delivering any-to-any connectivity. Leveraging VPLS capabilities
within MPLS to provide a Layer-2 VPN enabling the end user to maintain control over
routing protocols
Architecture - dual star topology; leveraging best-in-class multi-vendor solutions
Services - all Metro Ethernet offerings are fully MEF certified both from a service and
hardware vendor perspective
Transparency – full CoS / QoS transparency and non-routing layer 2 and layer 3 protocol
control and transparency
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COMCAST ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICES OVERVIEW
Customer Benefits
MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum)
certified
Online Reporting
Network Monitoring 24x7x365
Local Support
Scalable bandwidth
Network diversity
Facilities based network provider
Improves upon services including:
DSL
T-1
DS-3
Pt-to-Pt Private line
Frame Relay
ATM
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COMCAST ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICES PORTFILIO
Ethernet Private Line
Ethernet Virtual Private Line
Ethernet Network Service
Ethernet Dedicated Internet
*Services not available in all areas
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ETHERNET PRIVATE LINE
SITE 1 Customer
Premise Equipment
Comcast
Switch
Comcast
Switch
Customer
Premise Equipment
Comcast Network
Dedicated connectivity / capacity between locations
Highly secure physical layer data segregation . . . your traffic is not switched or routed with other customer data
Scalable bandwidth options (1Mbps to 10Gbps)
Three classes of service (CoS) options – Basic, Priority, and Premium
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SITE 2
ETHERNET VIRTUAL PRIVATE LINE
Ethernet Virtual Private Line provides a point-to-point connection that
replaces frame relay or ATM services and supports a Service Multiplexed
UNI, allowing for a single physical connection to customer premise
equipment for multiple virtual connections.
SITE 1
SITE 2Customer
Premise Equipment
Comcast
Switch
Comcast Network
Comcast
Switch
Customer
Premise
Equipment
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ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICE
Any-to-Any Connectivity – a site can send traffic to any other site within the network through a single Ethernet interface
Highly Secure – reliable data segregation through the private Comcast network
Scalable bandwidth options (1Mbps to 10Gbps)
Three classes of service (CoS) options – Basic, Priority, and Premium
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Customer
Premise Switch
or Router
Comcast
Switch
Comcast NetworkCustomer
Premise Switch
or Router
SITE 1
SITE 2Comcast
Switch
SITE 3
ETHERNET DEDICATED INTERNET
Dedicated connectivity to the Internet, provisioned from 1Mbps to 10Gbps
Static IP addressing
Domain Name Services – primary and secondary DNS support
Border Gateway Protocol Routing – Optional BGP setup to facilitate multi-homing between multiple ISP networks
Comcast Network
SITE 1
Customer
Premise Equipment
Comcast
Switch
Comcast
Internet Gateway
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How We Deliver Value to Our Customers
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Diversity Completely diverse from all other telcom networks. Unique to the industry
Custom design building entry, street routes, multi-homing and BGP
Our Network End to end 24x7x365 monitoring, control and visibility
We own the entire network including the local loops
Eliminates frustration of finger pointing between vendors
Ethernet Ethernet interfaces are simpler to manage and cost less
Price per Mbps lower than most legacy technologies
Well understood by IT staff. No learning curve. One protocol for LAN and WAN
Scalability Rapidly upgrade bandwidth to support new business applications – up to 10G
No delays associated with provisioning new circuits, bonding or cost of new hardware
Flexible, secure, scalable and highly reliable solutions to help grow your business
Resilient Minimal latency and low packet losss backed by industry leading SLA’s
High network availability ensures your applications run at peak performance
• Financial Stability – a $35B, locally headquartered company
• Ethernet product portfolio that is reliability, scalable and completely
diverse – laser focused
• Flexible, aggressive pricing options
• Local access is delivered 100% over the Comcast built , wholly
owned and operated Network
• No middle man . . . no finger pointing. We are completely diverse,
accountable
• Access to local resources (sales, engineering, service)
• A team that is committed to your success
Why Comcast?
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