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NewsGlobe: Interviews
Sprint steps out with Ethernet
Strategy focuses on giving customers options
by Sean Buckley
Although Ethernet has taken off in the past decade as a carrier service, the protocol is more than 35 years old. Mike McRoberts, Director of Data Network Services and Product Management for Sprint, talks with Executive Editor Sean Buckley about the evolution of Ethernet as a service provider service.
In this Audiocast, Mike McRoberts answers the following questions:
• Although it’s clear Ethernet has really taken off in the past 10 or so
years as a carrier service, the protocol is over 35-plus years old. What is
your take on the evolution of Ethernet as a service provider service?
• Sprint itself just launched its Sprint Provided Ethernet Access service for
enterprise customers. What are the elements of this new offering and
how is it resonating with business customers?
• No matter how much network a service provider has, the fact is no one
can have network everywhere, so carriers have to work with partners to
ensure they can give Multinational Corporation (MNC) customers a
seamless connection to their locations. How do you see the
standardization of Network-to-Network Interconnection (NNI) playing out
and what are the current challenges for service providers?
• It seems with Ethernet, the initial drive was to ’go where the fiber is’;
however, there are areas where fiber is scarce and the options to get to
Ethernet are limited. Do you believe that there’s an opportunity to fill
that gap by offering services over other facilities such as copper and
bonded T1 circuits?
Click here to listen to the Audiocast
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