| Optical Internet (COI) is primarily for medium- to | | | | your capital costs. Unlimited seats of service |
| large-sized businesses, and government and | | | | Connect all business users & servers over a single |
| educational entities who need a high-capacity, | | | | connection. Business Domain Name Service |
| dedicated connection to the Internet. | | | | CLEC DNS primary & secondary Domain Name |
| Tucson Business,... You DO have an alternative to | | | | Service (DNS) for 1 domain name; additional |
| an overpriced and outdated "legacy" copper wire, | | | | domain name hosting available Supports existing |
| T1 solution...Think "Optical Internet" or OI | | | | web, FTP, mail etc. servers and gateways Helps |
| Optical Internet (OI) is a "Fiber direct to the | | | | businesses establish and maintain a professional |
| premises" offered by a few different ILEC's and | | | | Internet presence without the expense of buying |
| CLEC's around the USA . It is a Fiber Optic dat | | | | and maintaining a DNS server. Email transport / |
| product service via an ethernet handoff. OI is | | | | relay services |
| primarily for medium- to large-sized businesses, | | | | Optional CLEC services for business-class email |
| and government and educational entities who | | | | service Supports the transfer / delivery of mail |
| need a high-capacity, dedicated connection to the | | | | to / from your business' mail server or SMTP |
| Internet. | | | | gateways to maintain effective communications |
| Optical Internet (OI) is designed for enterprises | | | | with customers, prospects, and business partners |
| requiring a very-high speed, scalable and | | | | using your company's domain name. IP address |
| symmetrical Internet connection. OI also meets | | | | leasing |
| the needs of enterprises who require Simple Mail | | | | Base packages may and usually do include 8 |
| Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail feed and outbound | | | | leased, public, static IP addresses |
| relay services in support of company Mail servers; | | | | Using OI you can generally lease additional public, |
| primary and secondary Domain Name Service | | | | static IP blocks as justified Provides public static IP |
| (DNS) and IP address leasing in support of | | | | addresses in support of business servers (Web, |
| company servers (Web, Mail, FTP, etc.), routers | | | | Mail, FTP, etc.), routers, firewalls and VPN hosts. |
| and firewalls; and multi-homing/Border Gateway | | | | Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) service |
| Protocol (BGP) routing, Newsgroup access, and | | | | Supports multi-homing connections between Cox |
| Managed Router-based access and security | | | | & other ISPs Or load-balance Internet traffic over |
| services. | | | | multiple connections Deploy multiple Internet |
| Optical Internet can also scale to meet the needs | | | | connections via Cox or in combination with other |
| of small and medium businesses (SMBs) who need | | | | ISPs to provide a highly-efficient, vendor |
| a cost-effective, reliable alternative to DSL | | | | redundant service Newsgroup services (optional) |
| services or higher cost T1 Internet connections. | | | | Multiple bandwidth tiers available in small |
| Optical Internet is available at a variety of | | | | increments Pricing includes all telecom charges |
| bandwidth tiers, providing businesses with a | | | | (local loops, metro transport fees, etc.); no |
| scalable, highly customizable solution to their | | | | additional hidden charges to incur Typically increase |
| Internet service needs. | | | | bandwidth w/o equipment or circuit changes |
| Features and Benefits | | | | Enables businesses to buy only what they need |
| High-speed, high-capacity metropolitan area | | | | with no hidden telecom charges as with other |
| network (MAN) in certain markets | | | | providers. Choose an Ethernet interface & scale |
| Fiber optic based, using SONET, Gigabit Ethernet | | | | bandwidth without any equipment or circuit |
| and DWDM technology Scalable bandwidth to | | | | swap-outs, or service interruptions. End-to-End |
| meet increasing demand without major network | | | | Management |
| upgrades Nationwide fiber optic backbones | | | | Fiber network equipment connects to customer |
| Provisioned at OC-48 (2.4 Gbps) or higher | | | | router via industry-standard, user-selectable |
| Interconnects all fiber and legacy copper wire | | | | interfaces Included in monthly service fee Optional |
| systems with certain CLEC's with major peering | | | | fiber Manager router available CLEC network |
| centers dispersed across the U.S. Major fiber | | | | equipment delivered, set-up and managed, |
| systems served with multiple, redundant links | | | | enhancing service reliability. Connect customer |
| World class peering, both public and private Built to | | | | equipment via standard interfaces or choose fiber |
| meet future bandwidth needs & advanced IP | | | | Managed Router option and save on capital costs. |
| applications Provides businesses with a | | | | Enhanced Protection Option |
| high-performance, high-capacity, highly reliable, low | | | | Enhanced Protection Option (EPO) is an optional |
| latent, scalable and cost-effective Internet access | | | | service that improves the reliability of your Optical |
| service to support their current and future | | | | Internet circuit. EPO utilizes both electronic |
| Internet access requirements or advanced IP | | | | redundancy and fiber path diversity techniques to |
| applications. | | | | deliver a highly available connection. |
| Delivered via CLEC owned and managed fiber | | | | With EPO, CLEC supplied electronics at the |
| optic local network | | | | customer's premise(s) are provisioned with 1:N or |
| Two-way, symmetrical communications | | | | 1:1 electronic redundancy for each circuit delivered, |
| infrastructure High-capacity, highly-scalable | | | | providing a backup to unexpected electronic |
| Extremely reliable with multiple service redundancy | | | | failures. EPO may also provide two physically |
| options Delivers very high-speed, high-capacity, | | | | separate fiber optic paths between a customer |
| symmetrical two-way communications over an | | | | premise and the CLEC Master Telecommunication |
| extremely reliable and highly scalable fiber optic | | | | Center (MTC) that serves it. This enables CELC's |
| connection; no copper wires used. Dedicated, | | | | and ILEC's to provide both a working and protect |
| symmetrical, scalable bandwidth | | | | circuit to guard against a service interruption |
| Delivered over dedicated SONET transport circuits | | | | caused by a fiber optic cable cut or failure. |
| to certain CLEC's and ILEC's Points of Presence | | | | Optical Internet with EPO provides your business |
| (POPs) Dedicated, symmetrical bandwidth tiers, | | | | with a highly-reliable, high uptime Internet service |
| scalable from 1.5 Mbps to 1 Gbps Special | | | | to meet the needs of your most demanding and |
| asymmetrical bandwidth tiers, designed for small- | | | | mission-critical Internet-based applications and |
| to medium-sized businesses who need a | | | | systems. |
| cost-effective, reliable alternative to DSL services | | | | In addition to the specific features, benefits and |
| & higher cost T1 Internet connections Multiple | | | | strengths of Optical Internet, OI customers also |
| industry standard interface options (DS-n, OC-n, | | | | benefit from the overall strength of Fiber Optic |
| Ethernet) Provides businesses ample capacity and | | | | Communications |
| numerous bandwidth tiers to choose from. Select | | | | Optical Internet offers a high-value alternative to |
| the interface options to connect to your | | | | Internet services provided by the ILEC and other |
| equipment that best meets your needs. Makes | | | | CLECs, and local, regional or national Internet |
| for a highly customizable solution while minimizing | | | | Service Providers (ISPs). |