How does Ethernet compare?
| Service |
Speed (mbps) |
Average
Price |
Price
per Meg |
| DS1 |
1.54 |
$450 |
$292.20 |
| DS3 |
45 |
$5,000 |
$111.11 |
| Fast Ethernet |
100 |
$2,000 |
$20.00 |
| Gigabit Ethernet |
1000 |
$12,000 |
$12.00 |
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When you connect to the
Internet, you are accessing the
ISP's network by way of a Local Loop
provided by the local telephone
company, as illustrated below:
"Regular" (or SONET) connections
include DS1, (T1),
Bonded DS1, DS3 (T3), Frame Relay,
and OCX. Each service actually
requires the cooperation of the two
companies between you and the
Internet (the local telephone
company and your ISP). Having two
companies in between you and the
Internet adds cost to the equation,
not to mention multiple points of
failure.
Connecting directly to your ISP
is obviously ideal in that it
reduces cost and increases the
amount of speed your ISP can
provide. Ethernet technology allows
business to "plug" directly in to
their ISP of choice providing that
the customer is within a close
physical proximity to the ISP's
access point, or what we call "Lit
Building". Using Ethernet, your
connection to the Internet will look
like this:
Ethernet technology makes it
possible for businesses who reside
close to the physical Lit Buildings
of ISPs to hop directly on to their
networks. The ISP is then able to
control the quality of the
customer's LAN connection to the
outside world, or to other points
within the network.
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"The market for managed Ethernet services is expected to grow by 30 per
cent a year until 2010, when it will top $25 billion (£12.3bn) worldwide."
Infonetics Research - July 2007
"Over time, Ethernet will overwhelm SONET in the MAN/WAN market. Ethernet is
cheaper, has better economies of scale and allows for simpler, more unified
networks. Ethernet is at the gates, and it's coming in."
Greg Collins - July 2007
Business Communications Review Magazine
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