Private Line and Optical Wave Solutions:

US Signal’s Private Line and Optical Wave solutions are layer 1 network services designed to meet the specific requirements of your network solution. These robust offerings feature redundant SONET technology for private lines and customizable DWDM services for optical wave solutions.

At a Glance:

• Dedicated transport network connectivity without the upfront network investment
• Industry-leading Service Level Agreements for availability
• Rely on guaranteed bandwidth with speeds ranging from 1.5 Mbps to 100 Gbps
• SONET provides sub-50ms redundant path switching
• Optical Wave supports customizable signal formats

Private Line Technical Overview:

Private Lines provide a dedicated, secure, SONET protected connection between two customer locations. Private Lines for metro and long-haul point-to-point circuits from DS-1 to OC-192 capacity with Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet handoffs. Metro services including multiplexing, interoffice transport, cross connections, and local loops are also available in select markets.

• End-to-end provisioning on US Signal’s SONET protected connection
• Multiple bandwidth and handoff options from DS-1 to OC-192
• Flexible network architecture to support point-to-point and hub arrangements

US Signal Advantage:

• Serviceability - A high density of central offices and on/off ramps serving tier 1, 2, and 3 markets.
• Ordering and Fulfillment Process - High touch service delivery processes to effectively manage client information, provisioning, support and billing.

Private Line Service Level Agreement:

Availability 99.999%.

Optical Wave Technical Overview:

US Signal Optical Wavelength Service (OWS) provides dedicated, transparent, and secure connections between two customer locations. OWS is a fiber based point-topoint service allowing customers to transmit data signals across 1 Gbps through 100 Gbps waves.

• 1, 2.5, 10, and 100 Gbps bandwidth available
• Numerous handoff options, including SONET OC-48 and OC-192, 1 GigE, 2.5 GigE, 10 GigE, LAN/WAN-PHY, SR10, LR4, and more
• Over 150 carrier-neutral locations, central offices, and wireless MSCs/MTSOs
• Metro and long haul wave services offered

Optical Wave Service Level Agreement:

Availability 99.999%.

Virtual Cloud Connection Solution:

The US Signal Virtual Cloud Connection (VCC) provides customers with dedicated network access to major public cloud environments from the US Signal network. Simplify private network topology without having to directly peer or colocate with cloud providers’ environments.

At a Glance:

• Pair with US Signal Enterprise Cloud products for private connectivity between compute environments
• Flat-rate transit costs for each connectivity option in your VCC network
• Reduce traffic encapsulation overhead from traditional VPN private connectivity options
• Decrease the number of hops across open Internet to public compute resources
• 802.1Q support for transporting multiple VLANs
• Connect to major public cloud environments like AWS, Azure, Google, IBM SoftLayer, and Oracle

Technical Overview:

Simple direct network connectivity to public cloud environments without having to peer directly or colocate networking equipment in provider supported data centers. Once the VCC connection is provided from US Signal, additional configuration within your public cloud provider’s portal will be required to fully establish the private connectivity.

• 802.1Q support
• Dedicated bandwidth
• Layer-3 connectivity
• Lower latencies
• Built-in network redundancy

Benefits:

• Increased Security - Keep your data off the unsecured public Internet and segregate it with private transport.
• Improved Performance - Avoid the variable number of hops over the open Internet by creating a dedicated path.
• Simplified Billing - Pay one flat transport rate and see no surprises from US Signal.

Configuration:

Utilize VCC to establish private layer-3 connectivity between your private data center or US Signal Enterprise Cloud environments.

Public Cloud Provider Comparison Chart:

The bandwidths below are available between the US Signal network and public cloud providers.