Earlier this month, we discussed the fact that while metro Ethernet network services hold much promise as a low-cost, operationally simple option for multimegabit-speed LAN-to-LAN connections, the ...

If you're using a carrier's data services but network bandwidth is always in short supply and your technology road map tells you to expect more of the same, consider metro Ethernet. The first ...

It seems that broader use of metro Ethernet services may be looming on the horizon as the next step for many enterprises. Most importantly, these services can be used not only for connecting campuses ...

DENVER, Colo. — The Metro Ethernet Forum has defined new services for public-network Ethernet transport, “Ethernet LAN Services” for multipoint-to-multipoint, and “Ethernet Line Services” for point-to ...

Comcast is expanding its services to medium-sized businesses by introducing metro Ethernet connections at up to 10-Gigabit speed, launching Monday in more than 20 U.S. cities. The services include ...

is adding a "virtual" metro Ethernet service to its lineup of network services. Metro Ethernet provides data services between two or more customer local area networks. The "virtual" product includes ...

The International Telecommunications Union has announced a set of new standards designed to make it easier for telephone and Internet service providers to offer Ethernet services over their existing ...

Cisco launched a range of network products on Tuesday to help drive adoption of Metro Ethernet -- a technology hailed as an ideal means for providing large numbers of high-speed broadband and VPN ...

Ethernet, the technology that currently dominates the desktop, is the most popular local area network, is prevalent in the data center and used in home networking, is now making inroads in the Wide ...

JDSU today expanded the industry's most complete Metro Ethernet test portfolio with several new products addressing one of the industry's fastest-growing technologies. JDSU claims its Ethernet ...

Nan Chen is president of the Metro Ethernet Forum, a Newport Beach, Calif.-based consortium of equipment manufacturers and service providers developing standards for providing carrier-class Ethernet ...

IT GOAL: Create a fast, reliable and rapidly scalable network to connect 1,500 employees across four downtown Houston offices. The network must support voice-over-IP traffic for interoffice call ...