The value of communication services is shifting to high bandwidth, content rich, personalized customer solutions that require Gigabit Ethernet Service. BellSouth® Gigabit Ethernet service offers customers the increased bandwidth capability needed to support convergence of their voice, video and data applications across their LAN environments.

REASONS

• Cost Efficiency
• Reliability
• Service Scalability
• Integrated Solutions

VALUE/COST SAVINGS - BellSouth Gigabit Ethernet service offers high bandwidth for low relative cost. Gigabit Ethernet provides the high bandwidth capabilities that were once only available via more expensive SONET connections. Gigabit Ethernet service requires minimal CPE investment for customers migrating from an existing Ethernet platform. No additional equipment, beyond the routers that the customer currently owns, is required to support Gigabit Ethernet Service. BellSouth Gigabit Ethernet Service is lower in cost per bit than other transport methods such as ATM and Frame Relay.

HIGH SERVICE RELIABILITY- BellSouth has built a network that is designed end-to-end to be dynamically sensitive to service requirements, which is critical to providing the high performance, reliability and security that customers require. Based on years of experience with Native LAN Mode Interconnection (NMLI), BellSouth has consistently delivered a high quality Ethernet service that customers have come to expect.

SERVICE SCALABILITY - BellSouth® Gigabit Ethernet service provides the bandwidth needed to support new high bandwidth intensive applications. Gigabit Ethernet Service interworks with 10/100 Ethernet NMLI Service. This interworking allows a mix of high speed and lower speed locations as required by customer needs and applications, providing an added measure of customer cost control. BellSouth's architecture for Ethernet services not only allows customers to migrate to higher bandwidths now and in the future but also add locations as their needs required.

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS - BellSouth can provide integrated solutions that include Network Services, Customer Premises Equipment, Managed Services, Internet Services and other Special Customer Arrangements.