Subsea Cables & Internet Infrastructure

Recently a client wanted a port and burst Layer 2 service, similar to what Megaport offers in many parts of the world. The customer wanted to pay a fixed port fee and a variable fee for bursting traffic. In the past this setup used Layer 2 Switched Ethernet. The drawback was the cost of Ethernet switching, network management, and the possibility that the provider would severely overbook the service. Making money on such a service is very hard without overbooking. However, most large capacity providers just sell dumb, Layer 1 pipes. So until recently smaller ISPs had few options. Either Megaport or standard chunky Layer 1 waves. The challenge is that many ISPs has peak traffic well below standard 100G wave services, but above 10G. So rightsizing the network is extremely hard. The good news is that the Optical Internetworking Forum developed the FlexE interface standard, which I view as a Layer 1.5 option. It enjoys all the advantages of layer 1 in terms of hard traffic separation, optic...

Hi Everyone,  I am available to help you acquire Layer 1-3 network capacity based on your requirements. In general I don't charge procurement fees because the carriers will pay me for any subsequent sales. So if you work with me and you buy, then you will contract directly with the network operator. This ensures you get the best possible price. My value-added is my knowledge of the operators, market pricing, delivery performance, latency, uptime, commercial flexibility, strengths, weaknesses, and the like. I am also good at negotiating deal terms on your behalf.  In a few cases I take a retainer because the client is looking for long term consulting.  You can reach me at roderick.beck@networksourcing.net. I live part of the year in Europe and also in Africa. 

Not only do I offer Equiano 100Gs below $20K with you contracting directly with the network operator, but also available are Layer 2 50G protected MPLS circuits on Equiano for $13,500 MRC on two year terms. This allows you to migrate from granular Layer 2 to Layer 1 as your business scales and performance requirements increase. African ISPs need to seize the day before capacity tightens and the window of opportunity closes due to the lack of any new cables for 3 to 5 years.

EUNetworks offers standard VLAN services for connectivity to public clouds and data centers and also standalone dedicated Ethernet private line. The Ethernet private line is a dedicated service and port product. It is fully protocol transparent. All Ethernet lines are MPLS protected by default. While the primary path is static, the protect path is dynamic. Circuit restoration varies from 50 milliseconds to to a few hundred milliseconds depending on routing. Bandwidth is highly granular. It ranges from 10 megabits to 100 gigabits. Ethernet private line is ideal for companies and governments because the MPLS protection core includes so many routing paths that downtime is extremely limited. EUNetworks has thousands of Ethernet-enabled Layer 2 sites in Western Europe. Approximately a 100 sites allow for provisioning in a few minutes. APIs are available for ordering and monitoring service. Routing options include point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and multipoint to multipo...

Layer 2 Switched Ethernet From Tokyo Data Centers To AWS Cloud 1. 10G; Layer 2 Pseudo Line Emulation Ethernet ; $775 MRC. 2. 100G; Layer 2 Pseudo Line Emulation Ethernet; $3800 MRC. Remarks: A. 802.1q frames. B. Jumbo framing available. C. See RFC 3985 to understand pseudo line emulation, which is basically a private line Ethernet service defined by a constant bit rate. D. Standard MTU size of 1522 bytes.