In today’s competitive landscape, carriers can use all of the advantages they can get. When it comes to data communications, the Ethernet Service Edge solution provides just such a competitive advantage. With the exception of fiber optic cabling, no other medium is a capable or available as the copper local loop for delivering pure Ethernet at broadband data rates. Either the other solutions are not Ethernet, and therefore suffer from interworking complexities and related limitations, or they lack the mission-critical performance characteristics demanded today by business customers.

There are many business benefits of Ethernet Service Edge solutions for carriers and service providers, as well as for business customers and institutions using metro-Ethernet network services. The focus here is on the technological advantages of Ethernet Service Edge solutions.