The February 2004 Edition of Telsyte’s Frame Relay and IP/MPLS Service

The February 2004 Edition of Telsyte’s Frame Relay and IP/MPLS Service Comparison

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Telsyte
Published: February 2004
Product Code: R671-57

Description

This report is designed to assist networking professionals and business managers in assessing the technology and pricing choices affiliated with a range of Australian Frame Relay and IP/MPLS solutions.
The report provides a brief technical description of Frame Relay and IP/MPLS services and discusses migration paths between these technologies. It discusses pricing elements for Frame Relay and IP/MPLS, as well as information on Telsyte's bandwidth pricing databases.
The report, designed as a business case decision tool, also presents a range of common network topology/pricing Scenarios for Australian Frame Relay and IP/MPLS solutions.
Through the use of network topology illustrations and comparative financial models, this report provides a demonstration of network topology/pricing scenarios for Australian Frame Relay and IP/MPLS solutions using Industry Median prices from Telsyte's Data Services Bandwidth Pricing Databases.

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Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 The Telsyte Bandwidth Price Benchmark Database
1.2 Telsyte's Retail Frame Relay Price Benchmark Database
1.3 Telsyte's Retail IP/MPLS Price Benchmark Database
1.3.1 The Telsyte Retail IP/MPLS Price Benchmark Database
1.3.2 IP/ MPLS Distance Bands
1.3.3 IP / MPLS Class of Service (CoS)
1.3.4 IP/ MPLS Access Technologies
1.3.5 Additional IP/ MPLS Pricing Notes
1.4 Comparative Technology Modelling
1.5 Telsyte's Primary Research Database
2 An Overview of Frame Relay and IP/MPLS Services
2.1 Frame Relay
2.2 IP/MPLS
2.3 The Impact of MPLS on Frame Relay
3 Example Benchmark Findings
3.1 Example: Frame Relay Metropolitan Access
3.2 Example: ATM Metropolitan Access
3.3 Example: Metropolitan Versus Regional Access
4 Bandwidth Pricing: Choosing Between Frame Relay and IP/MPLS Services
4.1 Scenario 1: 5 Capital Cities
4.2 Scenario 2: 5 Intra-State Cities
4.3 Scenario 3: 5 Capital Cities, Each With 3 Hub Sites
4.4 Scenario 4: 21 Intra-State Sites
4.5 Scenario 5: 5 Capital Cities, Each With 3 Second Tier Sites and 10 Third Tier Sites
4.6 Concluding Remarks
Appendix A A Short Description of DiffServ

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