Zhone Technologies ZTI-PG - Manual (Page 3)

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Your Opportunity
in Ethernet over
Copper Services
Demand for more bandwidth and service
sophistication continues to rise quickly across
every telecom segment. For small/medium
businesses, municipalities, and cellular
operators, obtaining higher-bandwidth
connectivity to the wide-area network is often
difficult. The cost of running fiber to the
premise is prohibitively high for many in these
segments, limiting them to the same T1/E1-
based services they’ve been using for years.
Fortunately, technology advances have brought
new life to copper loops. With Ethernet over
copper (also commonly referred to as EFM,
for Ethernet in the First Mile) solutions,
network operators can offer up to 15 Mbps
per pair, bonding up to 8 pairs together.
These services offer advantages beyond raw
bandwidth, including very low capital costs,
the simplicity and ease of use of Ethernet,
higher reliability from fault-tolerant bonded
pairs, and the facility for advanced network
services that tie multiple locations together
seamlessly or monitor service levels with great
precision.
This application primer and product guide
will give you an overview of how to take
advantage of the clear opportunity in EFM
services — looking at:
• key drivers of demand in the relevant
market segments,
• how EFM technology can support
attractive new services targeted at these
segments,
• the ease of EFM implementation in a
scalable multi-service architecture,
• business cases for alternative operators,
and finally
• how Zhone’s extensive EFM solution
portfolio can get you started quickly and
scale with you efficiently as your EFM
business grows.