Abstract

The recent interest in Ethernet services by Enterprises and the spate of service introduction by service providers worldwide bodes well for the industry. Yet questions remain, can the services be priced low-enough to drive wide spread adoption while leaving enough margin to make their roll-outs profitable and worthwhile in the long-term? Much work has been done on developing private Ethernet-Line services with strong SLAs that allow service providers to charge premiums and generate revenue. However, these types of services may not be able to drive the widespread adoption for which the industry hopes, adoption that would rival that of Frame Relay and high speed TDM services back in the mid 1990s.

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