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ATM
Sprint Wholesale Asynchronous Transfer ModeSM (ATM) is a high-bandwidth, fast-packet switching technology that provides high-quality, integrated transmission services for all traffic types. Sprint's leadership and early commitment to ATM services have accelerated the development and deployment of ATM throughout the industry, government, and user communities.
Sprint Wholesale ATM is a powerful service for building and interconnecting backbone networks as well as for carrier applications, with speeds from DS-1 up to OC-n (OC-12 and above based on local availability). For example, use Sprint Wholesale ATM to connect your own ATM, frame relay, or IP switches across the country, maximizing the efficiency and utilization of your facilities.
ATM is also the platform of choice for converged enterprise networks that carry video, voice, and data. Migration and gateway options help you transition frame relay and IP networks to Sprint Wholesale ATM.
Features
Capture the opportunities enabled by these Sprint Wholesale ATM features:
- Transmission speeds from DS-1 (1.5 Mbps) up to OC-n (including OC-96 and above; OC-12 and above based on local availability)
- Multiple classes of service: unspecified bit rate (UBR), variable bit rate real-time (VBR-rt) and variable bit rate non-real-time (VBR-nrt) for images and data, and constant bit rate (CBR) for voice and video
- Dynamic bandwidth allocation including inverse multiplexing of DS-1/DS-0 circuits over ATM
- Reliability and performance of transmission over the Sprint 100% digital, fiber-optic SONET/ATM backbone network
- Service interworking with Sprint Wholesale Frame Relay Service and IP Services as well as the PSTN via gateway services
- Permanent virtual circuits (PVC) logical connections and customer-based switched virtual circuits (SVCs)
- Scalability and protocol transparency for video, imaging, and multimedia applications
- 24x7 customer support from a dedicated broadband service center
- Managed network service option for single point-of-contact network design, implementation, and management
- Comprehensive CPE program for access devices
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Benefits
Sprint Wholesale ATM can deliver the advantages of the highest-speed, integrated networking:
- Consolidate voice, video, and data networks to simplify network management and reduce costs
- Prioritize traffic and network services to match performance expectations and application needs with guaranteed service levels
- Expand services and gain capacity for multimedia and other bandwidth-intensive applications
- Smooth the migration from frame relay and IP networks
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Applications
Sprint Wholesale ATM supports the bandwidth, flexibility, and quality required by many data, video, and voice applications for business including:
- Videoconferencing, interactive presentations, distance learning, and call center
- Collaborative computing, supercomputer access, Internet and intranet applications, workflow distribution, LAN internetworking, and data warehousing
- PBX interconnection for internal voice and fax calls
- Disaster recovery
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Availability
- Domestic: service speeds from DS-1 to OC-3 are generally available in the 48 contiguous states from all Sprint points of presence. Higher-speed ATM access is available on a case-by-case basis in the 48 contiguous states, based upon availability of SONET from the local service provider. Services in Hawaii, Alaska, and the Virgin Islands are available by special arrangement
- International: connections in more than 40 countries worldwide
For more information about Sprint Wholesale ATM, talk to your Sprint account representative today, or call 1 800 788-3240.
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