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Canada's Allstream Launches Ethernet Private Line Service

Allstream (formerly AT&T Canada) introduced an Ethernet Private Line service that provides up to 1 Gbps connectivity within and between Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. The Ethernet Private Line is carried over a private connection on Allstream’s optical network. Allstream said its new service is designed for applications such as server aggregation, synchronous database mirroring, VoIP, corporate data centre connectivity, multi-campus workgroups and data warehousing. The carrier will offer a 99.999% uptime availability option. Additional services to be rolled out shortly include Storage Area Network (SAN) channel service, Gigabit Internet, and High Bandwidth VLAN service. http://www.allstream.com

  • Allstream has 29 CLEC networks and has some 537,940 access lines in service. Its fiber network spans some 18,800 kms across Canada.

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