Broadwing Communications Launches Usage-Based Billing for Converged MPLS Services.Fundamental Metered Billing Enhancement Brings Enterprise Customers Closer to True Telecom Utility AUSTIN, Texas -- Broadwing Communications, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a consolidated subsidiary of Broadwing Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BWNG), today announced that it is delivering a converged services platform enhancement that will enable real pay-for-use metered billing to customers. Metered billing extends Broadwing's commitment to data networking simplicity, flexibility, and efficiency. The solution is ideally suited for customers with cyclical traffic patterns, business continuity requirements or transactional accounting needs. The service will be generally available in November of this year. Different from burstable service options that charge for an enterprise's traffic "high-water mark," Broadwing metered billing is based on the actual amount of data delivered across the network - a true pay-for-use utility. The result is a converged MPLS VPN platform that supports on-demand, liquid bandwidth. "Broadwing's Converged Service Network was industry-leading when they launched it, and it remains unique today with the telecom utility concept," said Stan Hubbard, senior analyst with Heavy Reading. "The new metered billing option is another example of Broadwing directly addressing customer requirements differently than other service providers." Currently customers with disaster recovery, intermittent or seasonal needs must either pay based on a complicated formula to approximate sustained usage levels or manually adjust their port bandwidth allocations. With Broadwing's new metered billing option, customers are able to "set and forget" their port configurations and simply run their network traffic as their business environment dictates. The new option is ideally suited for professional services organizations with periodic reporting requirements, transaction-based service companies, and businesses with backup network requirements for natural disaster, pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. , or other major service disruptions. "Metered billing and Broadwing's vision of true telecom utility are a natural fit for today's enterprise needs," said Jamey Heinze, Broadwing's senior director of data product management. "We know that our customers deal with rapidly changing business environments and this is one more way we can help them." Isolated from the Public Internet to increase security, the Broadwing Converged Network provides Broadwing customers with the flexibility to plug their applications into a single platform using existing last-mile technology - whether that is Ethernet, frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM), private line or digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ). Once Broadwing customers plug into the Converged Network, they can choose to support their communications services using either a Layer 2 Virtual Private LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. (VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) A multipoint virtual private network (VPN) service from carriers that connects any number of Ethernet LANs together over an IP core, typically using MPLS, although other encapsulation protocols can be used. ) or a Layer 3 IP Multiprotocol Label Switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important. (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ) VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. - or both - depending on their individual security, application and control requirements. About Broadwing Corporation Broadwing Corporation (NASDAQ:BWNG), through its consolidated subsidiary Broadwing Communications, LLC (Broadwing) delivers innovative data, voice, and media solutions to enterprises and service providers. Enabled by its leading-edge optical network and award-winning products and services, Broadwing Communications provides communications solutions with unparalleled customer focus and speed. For more information, visit www.broadwing.com. Broadwing and its logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Broadwing Communications, LLC, and/or Broadwing Corporation. All trademarks and service marks not belonging to Broadwing are the property of their respective owners. Investor Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release regarding Broadwing Corporation and/or Broadwing Communications, LLC (collectively "Broadwing"), that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements, and statements regarding Broadwing's beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Broadwing's actual results could differ materially from these statements. |
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