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XO Communications
Dedicated Internet Access (T1 / T3)

You Choose, We're Flexible

Our unparalleled broad range of high-speed, dedicated Internet access products lets you choose the level of access, bandwidth and payment method that best suits your business.

Whether you need a full or partial T1 line or bonded Multi-T1 lines, XO™ has the high-speed Internet access solution that will help your business succeed. Our private network delivers the utmost in performance and Internet access, coupled with world-class, end-to-end network management, industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and outstanding customer support.

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FullChannel T1

FullChannel T1 provides you with 1.544 Mbps of bandwidth over a non-shared, non-fractional leased line. FullChannel T1 also comes with a variety of pricing plans. You can choose "price-protected" monthly billing, where your bill is fixed each month, or our "usage-based" billing option, which bases your monthly bill on traffic samples taken every five minutes -- allowing you to pay for only the bandwidth that you use.

FlexChannel T1

With FlexChannel T1, you pay for what you need. Match your bandwidth and your usage with a predetermined level (128 Kbps, 256 Kbps, 384 Kbps, 512 Kbps, 768 Kbps) of bandwidth set at a fixed monthly fee. The remainder of the T1 is reserved for you, so that you can easily upgrade to a full T1 later at any time. This allows you to start with a low monthly price and grow your bandwidth as your business grows. Upgrades are quick, easy and hassle free.

MulitTier T1

Have you outgrown your T1 but can't justify the cost of a full T3? Multi-T1 Dedicated Internet Access provides 3 Mbps of speed through multiple T1 lines bonded together into a single router. With flat-rate billing, this is the multi-megabit bandwidth solution you've been asking for.

 

Dedicated Internet Access Service Comparisons
XO
FlexChannel
T1
FullChannel
T1
FlexChannel
T3
FullChannel
T3
OC-3
Local Loop Non-shared, non-fractional, leased line Non-shared, non-fractional, leased line Non-shared, non-fractional, leased line Non-shared, non-fractional, leased line Non-shared, non-fractional, leased line
Bandwidth 128 Kbps to 768 Kbps access to the XO network over a T1 local loop 1.544 Mbps access to the XO network over a T1 local loop 3-45 Mbps access to the XO network in 3 Mbps increments over a T3 local loop 45 Mbps access to the XO network over a T3 local loop Up to 155 Mbps access to the XO network over an OC-3 local loop
Billing Predetermined bandwidth at a price protected flat rate Price protected flat rate or usage-based rate Predetermined bandwidth at a price protected flat rate Price protected flat rate or usage-based rate Price protected flat rate or usage-based rate
Key Benefits Flexible, scalable bandwidth allows you to grow to full T3 Unlimited T1 capacity for hungry Internet users Flexible, scalable bandwidth allows you to grow to full T3 Unlimited high-capacity access for high bandwidth users Flexible, very high bandwidth solution uniquely designed to meet the needs of ISPs

 

Dedicated Internet Options
 
Description
Benefit
BGP Routing Protocol
•  Advertises routes to other networks
•  Intelligent routing choices among multiple locations
•  Failover, load balancing
•  ISPs: Improved efficiency and quality of end user access
•  Corporate: Faster, more efficient network traffic
XO Nethealth
•  Web-based usage reporting tool
•  Graphical interface to circuit utilization, errors, and other reports
•  Simplified network management and budgeting
•  Easy access to network information
CPE Maintenance
•  Maintenance of Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
•  Improved reliability
•  Reduced Costs
•  Simplified management
DNS Administration
•  Primary and secondary DNS resolution and management
•  Simplified management of complex DNS entries and servers
Network Address Translation (NAT)
•  Provides translation from privately assigned network addresses to globally recognizable IP addresses
•  Internet standard
•  Any enterprise can connect to the XO network and comunicate with others by leveraging NAT to perform the translation of the private enterprise internal network address to the publicly recognizable Internet address
•  Allows for the conservation of scarce IP addresses
Why XO?
Guaranteed Bandwidth!

Our Quality of Service guarantees cover your network service from end-to-end whether you're connecting to the Internet or to one of your remote offices on our network. The most competitive in the industry, our Service Level Agreements cover the three most important quality issues: throughput, latency and packet loss.

Throughput is the sustained rate of traffic you can push through your connection with minimal packet loss. Because we guarantee 100% of your throughput, you will always have the full bandwidth you pay for. Latency is the time it takes for your traffic to transit our network. From any two points on our network, we guarantee that the measured latency will be, on average, 80 milliseconds or less. Our less than 1% packet loss guarantee ensures that your data will arrive intact.

We Make Installation Easy

Router and CSU installation is critical to the integrity of your network connection. To ensure success, our network engineers will configure and install your equipment, which you lease from XO, onsite anywhere in the United States for a nominal fee. This relieves you of any headaches associated with setup, installation and configuration of hardware. We supply only top of the line routers and hardware from Cisco Systems® and Nortel® Networks. And, we offer Network Address Translation (NAT) enabled routers. For more information, please contact your sales representative.

Superior Network Performance

The XO network is a private IP network that connects you to the Internet via a high-capacity, nationwide ATM backbone. Delivering performance, reliability and security, the XO network is engineered for low latency, low packet loss, and high network availability and throughput. Rigorously engineered for business-critical operations, our network comprises a mesh of redundantly engineered OC-3, OC-12 and OC-48 circuits that connect with more than 60 nationwide SuperPOPs to one another and to the Internet. Widely dispersed data centers provide an additional layer of redundancy, ensuring the integrity of your connection.

A Fast, Reliable Internet Connection

As one of the few fully peered, facilities-based, Tier 1 Internet backbone providers in both the United States and Europe, XO has hundreds of private peering arrangements in most major metropolitan areas at speeds of up to OC-12. By taking advantage of our private peering relationships with virtualy all major Internet providers, you can route your customers around congested public peering points, giving them reliable connectivity and optimum speed and throughput. And, with self-healing SONET metro fiber rings and a meshed SuperPOP network architecture, we can provide redundancy and high availability to you and your customers.

Outstanding Customer Support

We support you every step of the way with provisioning, on-site installation and hardware configuration. We also configure your equipment, including routers and CSU prior to installation -- seamlessly integrating our T-3/OC-3 Dedicated Internet Access Solutions into your LAN environment. After installation, our technical experts proactively monitor your network 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from our Network Operations Center (NOC) in St. Louis, Missouri. We also provide continuous support services 24 hours a day, seven days a week from our Customer Care Centers in Saginaw, Michigan and San Jose, California. These services include toll-free telephone, e-mail and Web support through our award-winning Customer Relations Team.

Security You Can Count On

Hardened telco-grade facilities throughout the network ensure that natural disasters will have a minimal impact on network uptime and performance. XO operates redundant data centers with full UPS and diesel powered back-up generators, FM200 fire suppression and secure lock-down computer rooms.

Put Our Experience and Resources to Work for You

As a leader in business critical Internet access, our network architecture and products deliver the high-bandwidth solutions you need.

 

 

 



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