Ethernet Private Network

Unravelling complexity!

Your challenge is to keep your organisation flexible and responsive, and manage all your sites as if they were a single, unified entity. But, all too often doing that only increases complexity in your organisation, and your effectiveness suffers as a result.

But there’s a simple answer: Colt has been pioneering the use of Ethernet technology for the WAN over the last decade and a half, and the results have been spectacular. It’s a very straight-forward idea: you already use Ethernet for the LANs in each of your sites, so why not use the same technology to create a WAN?

You probably currently use the necessary equipment, and the operating costs are low compared to other connection methods. You already have the experience and expertise you need to create an Ethernet Private Network (E-PN), so you don’t need a host of expensive external consultants. Less time will be spent sorting out the inevitable problems that arise when different technologies try to work with each other, and, most importantly, you’ll have a highly flexible network that’s agile and totally scalable.

So, it doesn’t matter whether your offices are distributed across the same city, or country or throughout Europe, if you have more than three sites an Ethernet Private Network will have a direct impact on your effectiveness as an organisation, and the bottom line. Our award winning pedigree in the Ethernet arena means that there is no one better equipped than Colt to deliver an Ethernet network and then support you 24/7, locally and in your own language. Our performance is matched by that of the service which achieves up to 99.999% availability.

Smart simplicity that puts you in control

Ethernet Private Network enable you avoid technological conflicts and expensive downtime whilst you benefit from a fast, scalable and robust network: One which ensures that each of your sites is part of a single, seamless network.

The Colt Ethernet Private Network offering supports any-to-any connectivity, allowing you to configure your network to suit your needs.  Each office can communicate with any other office, and because it’s an Ethernet service, any Ethernet frame that enters the network at one site can be delivered to another in an instant.

The bandwidth options of an Ethernet E-PN are totally flexible: Colt ensures that you can increase your bandwidth from 2Mbps to 10Gbps in small steps, and Colt offers Class of Service to ensure your applications can operate efficiently and your business performs.

Resilience, security and performance are vital issues and because Colt Ethernet is delivered over dedicated protected infrastructure you can be sure of all three. Colt’s track record in ensuring that your network is consistently robust is one of the reasons we have won so many awards for customer service over the years!