What is Optical Ethernet?
 
Simply put, Optical Ethernet is the ability to expand your Local Area Ethernet Network across town.  The technical limitation of 100 meters (328 feet) is defeated by introducing an optical (speed of light) link from one metropolitan location to another.  The connections at either end are as if they were connected via a simple Ethernet switch. 

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Low relative cost, scalable and secure bandwidth
 
Prolynx Internet Metro Optical Ethernet - (PIMOE) service combines the power of Ethernet and optical technologies across metropolitan area networks (MANs) to provide low relative cost, scalable and secure bandwidth.  PIMOE provides local area network (LAN)-to-LAN connectivity between two or more of your locations within a metro area or connectivity from your location to a point of presence (POP) for access to other services.  The PIMOE solution is based on distributed Layer 2 switching and shared transport data bandwidth and is suitable for data applications that include:

• Data file transfer

• Internet access

• Off-site data storage and access to hosting

• Outsourced mail and file server service

• Outsourced application service

• Link multiple Denver metro offices together via Ethernet and share a single business-grade Internet access port from 1Mbps up to 1Gbps through our state-of-the-art data center.

Benefits

• Cost effective: PIMOE bandwidth can be less expensive than traditional time division multiplexing (TDM) services. You may reduce your total cost of ownership by eliminating the need for specialized wide area network (WAN) support expertise, reducing the cost of WAN equipment with lower cost Ethernet switches and routers, and consolidating server/facilities.  It may also increase your productivity by enabling virtual work groups across a metropolitan area.

• Flexible: Scalable bandwidth increments mean you only pay for what you need. And, you can take advantage of speeds up to one full gigabit.

• Reliable: Prolynx Internet provides a 99.95% service level availability goal in its service level agreement (SLA) for PIMOE.

Why Prolynx Internet?

PIMOE delivers familiar Ethernet technology to your location, enabling you to simplify your networks and potentially reduce costs.  PIMOE provides seamless integration of LANs across multiple locations without investment in new equipment or expertise.  Using Virtual LANs (VLAN), Prolynx Internet can connect multiple customer sites and maintain complete traffic separation and security for each customer's data.  PIMOE provides one or both of the following services depending upon your needs:

• Stand alone LAN-to-LAN connectivity between two or more locations within the Denver metropolitan area

• Ethernet local access for Internet access and for offsite storage with or without an Internet link

Prolynx Internet Metropolitan Optical Ethernet (PIMOE) is available throughout most of the Denver metro area.  Minimum 1-year term required.  Early termination fee may apply.  Additional equipment may be required.  Physical link via fiber to our network is provided by a local fiber carrier.

Speed:

5 Mbps $680
10 Mbps $765
20 Mbps $822
30 Mbps $879
40 Mbps $936
50 Mbps $993
60 Mbps $1049
70 Mbps $1106
80 Mbps $1164
90 Mbps $1220
100 Mbps $1275
200 Mbps $1775
300 Mbps $2276
400 Mbps $2777
500 Mbps $3277
600 Mbps $3778
700 Mbps $4278
800 Mbps $4779
900 Mbps $5280
1 Gigabit $5780

(Prices subject to change without notice.  36 month contract.  Link cost per connection point.  Collocation additional.  Internet access additional.  Minimal configuration fees may apply)

Stability

- Fiber optic network
- State of the art data center

Collocation Center

- Optical Ethernet VLAN connection
- Dual OC192 for Internet access
- Redundant power entry
- 4 hour battery
- 4 day generator backup
- Fort Knox (almost) security
- 24/7/365  network monitoring
- Secure shared rack, full rack or cage for your server(s)

PIMOE is not a complicated office to office VPN solution.  PIMOE is true Ethernet, just as in any single office location when an Ethernet cable is delivered to any device that is required to reside on your Local Area Network.  When you want to connect multiple locations which reside within the Denver Metro Area, we simply provide an Ethernet cable to each location.  We program one or multiple VLAN’s for your network.  You simply plug in our provided Ethernet connection at each of your locations and BAM!, you’re connected via Ethernet.  Our Fiber Optic Metropolitan Ethernet creates the high speed Ethernet transport for that connection, which is completely transparent to you. 

In addition to connecting all of your offices, we can provide two value added solutions.  When programmed to be part of your VLAN (called ISP mode) we can (1) provide Internet access for one or all of your linked connections and (2) provide a secure and reliable location for your offsite storage and servers.  You will be able to connect with your collocated servers via PIMOE at your maximum allotted PIMOE speed using secure VLAN technology.  With or without PIMOE, we can accommodate from a single rack mountable server (shared rack) to a half-rack, full rack, multiple racks or a cage.  We can provide a bandwidth link from 1Mbps up to 1Gigabit for your servers Internet access requirement.

In addition to our PIMOE solution, your employees can work remotely using our DSL and wireless solutions.  When connected to our DSL or wireless solution your remote employees can connect directly to your VPN solution on your network without the need to access the Internet.  Their connection to your VPN will have a direct connection via our Local Area Network directly to your PIMOE, adding a level of security and speed.  Your remote employees may also gain direct access to your collocated servers without using the Internet.

Business-grade Internet access via PIMOE at $200 per Mbps (discounts for more bandwidth.)  Your PIMOE link at our Data Center location will be discounted up to 50% when you use both collocation and Internet access via your PIMOE link(s) at 5% per 1Mbps and 5% for each rack unit.

Here is a sample network topology map.  Just imagine the “Optical Ethernet Cloud” being nothing more than a simple 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch, residing on your Local Area Network.

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