EthS allow Agencies to interconnect their Local Area Networks (LANs) seamlessly over Metro Area Networks (MANs) or Wide Area Networks (WANs) regardless of the geographical location of their sites. Ethernet provides Intra and Extranet services as well as Intra and Inter-Agency communications. EthS is offered over point-to-point connections as well as multi-point to multi-point connections. Ethernet Private Line (E-LINE) service provides reserved bandwidth for point -to-point mission critical traffic and Ethernet Private LAN (E-LAN) service provides multi-point to multi-point interconnections of disparate LAN segments into a single virtual LAN.
EthS exploits Ethernet's flexibility, cost effectiveness, and capabilities while providing end-to-end transport to data traffic. EthS provides scalability to agencies to meet growth demand as Agencies can throttle bandwidth by using the Bandwidth on Demand feature while paying only for the bandwidth being used.
EthS may be ordered as a domestic (CONUS and OCONUS) or non-domestic service. The geographical scope for the local, national and international coverage will vary with the contractor's network.
A wide variety of User-to-Network Interfaces (UNIs) with different Signaling Interface Types, Protocols, and Data Bandwidths are available to provide Intra and Inter internet connectivity for Agency LANs. These UNIs are described in Section C.2.7.1.3 of the Networx Contracts. The diagram below shows a typical EthS configuration.
EthS Configuration
EthS was not offered on the original FTS2001 contracts but its capabilities for originating and terminating domestic wireline access were available in FTS2001. EthS provides a wide range of mandatory and optional Technical Capabilities and Service Functionalities which are described in detail in Section C.2.7.1.1.4 of the Networx Contracts. The following is a brief summary of these capabilities.
EthS provides service features listed below and described in the Networx Contracts Section C.2.7.1.2.1 Ethernet Services Features.
Each Networx contractor may provide variations or alternatives to the offering and pricing for EthS. The specific details can be found within each Contractors Networx contract files and pricing notes for EthS.
For more information on the general EthS specifications and requirements, please refer to Section C.2.7.1 of the Networx contract for technical specifications and Section B.2.7.1 for pricing.
EthS provides a service that allows Agencies to connect their Local Area Networks (LANs) at sites in different locations into a single virtual network. EthS supports Ethernet Private Line (E-LINE) to provide reserved bandwidth for point-to-point mission critical traffic, and Ethernet Private LAN (E-LAN) to provide multi-point to multi-point interconnections of disparate LAN segments into a single virtual LAN.
EthS was not offered on the original FTS2001 contracts but its capabilities for originating and terminating domestic wireline access were available in FTS2001.
Price components required for full end-to-end service for Domestic EthS:
* Some or all price components are priced on an Individual Case Basis (ICB). CLINs with ICB prices are not available in the unit pricer.
Example 1: EthS E-Line 10 Mbps
* CLINs are for illustrative purposes only. Other speeds and types of access may be chosen according to Agency requirements.
Example 2: EthS E-LAN 10 Mbps
* CLINs are for illustrative purposes only. Other speeds and types of access may be chosen according to Agency requirements.
Domestic to Non-Domestic service: Fixed prices are provided for the domestic half channel elements, domestic port(s), and non-domestic port(s) in other countries where offered. Charges for the half-channel in the non-domestic country are a pass-through of actual cost from the foreign carrier with no additional markup.
* Some or all price components are priced on an Individual Case Basis (ICB). CLINs with ICB prices are not available in the unit pricer.
Example 3: EthS E-Line 40 Mbps Domestic to Non-Domestic
* CLINs are for illustrative purposes only. Other speeds and types of access may be chosen according to Agency requirements.
Non-Domestic to Non-Domestic service: Prices are provided between two SDPs on a pass-through of actual cost from the foreign carrier with no additional markup.
Price components required for full end-to-end service for Non-Domestic to Non-Domestic EthS:
* Some or all price components are priced on an Individual Case Basis (ICB). CLINs with ICB prices are not available in the unit pricer.
Example 4: EthS E-Line 40 Mbps Non-Domestic to Non-Domestic
* CLINs are for illustrative purposes only. Other speeds and types of access may be chosen according to Agency requirements.
This document only addresses the EthS service at contract award. Each Networx contractor may provide variations or alternatives to the offering and pricing for EthS. The specific details can be found within each Contractors Networx contract files and pricing notes for EthS.
For more information on the general EthS specifications and requirements, please refer to Section C.2.7.1 of the Networx contract for technical specifications and Section B.2.7.1 for pricing.
