Con Edison Introduces PowerLan Metro Ethernet Services; State-Of-The-Art Ethernet Technology and CEC Advantages Provide Unsurpassed Combination.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002 In pursuit of its goal to become the premier provider of high bandwidth transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. for the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. , Con Edison Communications (CEC (Central Electronic Complex) The set of hardware that defines a mainframe, which includes the CPU(s), memory, channels, controllers and power supplies included in the box. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, include data storage devices as well. ), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Consolidated Edison This article is about the utility company in New York. For ComEd in Illinois, see Commonwealth Edison. Consolidated Edison, Inc. NYSE: ED is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ED) today announced its PowerLan Ethernet services for business and carrier customers. PowerLan services, available in point-to-point and switched configurations, provide a high-bandwidth, low-cost alternative to private line and legacy network services like frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and ATM. PowerLan services are available immediately. Corporate networking is composed of two distinct worlds. Networking within a building is based upon standard Ethernet featuring high bandwidth, low costs, and great flexibility. When networks leave a building however, they have been force fit into the inflexible, voice-centric telecommunications infrastructure. The transition from internal to external networks has greatly increased network cost and complexity. What's more, companies have had to purchase bandwidth in discrete amounts by acquiring T-1, T-3, or OC-n private lines or network services like frame relay or ATM. While customers have lamented this dichotomy, there was never an alternative- until now. Con Edison Communication's PowerLan Ethernet services bridges this historical networking gap. PowerLan services are fully compliant with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.3 Ethernet standard and feature: - Variable throughput speeds. PowerLan services are available at speeds between 10Mbs and 1Gbs in increments as low as 1Mbs. Customers can start with the bandwidth they need today and have the flexibility to add incremental bandwidth without suffering through long provisioning cycles or expensive equipment purchases. - Ethernet-based MAN services. PowerLan can connect a customer's office buildings and data centers over a high-speed Ethernet backbone across the New York metropolitan area. This allows companies to eliminate costly legacy services while providing scaleable networking solutions for data center consolidation and next-generation applications. - Resilient Ethernet architecture. PowerLan services are built with a resilient network architecture through the use of redundant Layer 2 switches in the network core, Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology, and Ethernet switches served through redundant fiber strands to customer premises. This infrastructure greatly improves upon standard Ethernet availability and resiliency and makes PowerLan services a worthwhile, cost-effective option for mission critical traffic. - Traffic prioritization. PowerLan services utilize IEEE 802.1p/Q to provide 4 levels of priority queuing. This allows CEC customers to engineer network traffic based upon business rules. - True network diversity. PowerLan services are the only Ethernet offering built upon a unique set of network routes through the electrical conduit system in Manhattan. All other services use the Empire City Subway (ECS) conduits. Network diversity ensures that in the event of a fiber cut or disruption, PowerLan services will remain intact. PowerLan services offer customers superior, state-of-the-art Ethernet and optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. technology, but what really sets PowerLan services apart from the competition is the strength of Con Edison Communications. While many startup Ethernet providers lease last-mile connections to office buildings, CEC builds and operates its own network making it a one-stop-shop for end-to-end Ethernet requirements. CEC also features a world-class support infrastructure to minimize network outages and provide superior customer service and support. "CEC is 100% owned by Con Edison, Inc., an A-rated, Fortune 500 company." "Ethernet technology is already impacting the cost economics of telecommunications and enabling a new generation of network-centric business applications," states Peter Rust, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Con Edison Communications. "With the introduction of PowerLan, our customers can come to CEC to procure the most comprehensive Ethernet services available in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of area. This is just another reason why Con Edison Communications is the `smart alternative' for telecommunications services." About Con Edison Communications Con Edison Communications, Inc. (CEC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. CEC offers a comprehensive range of transport products and services designed to enhance the performance of its customers' networks. CEC builds and operates its own fiber optic network providing managed data transport services and custom network solutions to multiple classes of customers, including local and long-distance carriers, Fortune 1000 corporations, and Internet, cable, wireless and video companies. CEC's NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. network currently interconnects over 80 commercial buildings, all of the major POPs and many of the Verizon Central Offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . CEC's extensive network enables it to light off-net buildings needing service faster than other providers. Additional information about CEC is available at http://www.electricfiber.com/. About Consolidated Edison, Inc. Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED) is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $10 billion in annual revenues and $17 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through two regulated utility subsidiaries and four competitive energy and telecommunications businesses. For additional financial, operations and customer service information, visit the Consolidated Edison, Inc. web site at http://www.conedison.com./. |
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