Ethernet ATM

Reliably link offices over Telstra ATM using an ethernet interface
Specifically designed for data traffic, Ethernet ATM is a wide area network (WAN) data product which interconnects multiple sites to share information.

An alternative to a standard ATM service, this product provides your organisation with a low cost ethernet interface to your ATM high-speed data service using a network terminating unit (NTU) at your organisation’s premises.

Ethernet ATM can provide your business with:

• Reduced equipment costs - transmit data traffic via ATM using a simple Ethernet interface
• Reliable data transfer - based on reliable and proven ATM infrastructure
• Routing control over data traffic – using Layer 2 networking between pairs of sites.

Cost-effective ATM access
Access Telstra’s reliable ATM network without needing to purchase expensive ATM customer premise equipment (CPE). Ethernet ATM enables businesses to use the ATM service to transmit volumes of data traffic via a simple Ethernet interface without having to terminate the ATM service directly on more expensive ATM hardware.

Enable a mix of access types
Enable a mix of access types within a single customer network. Ethernet ATM works with standard ATM services and with Business DSL services. Existing ATM customers can opt to use Ethernet ATM to connect new sites to their existing network. The product can also be used as a head-end for a network with multiple Business DSL ‘tail’ sites.

Priority given to time-sensitive applications
Your business can be assured that priority will be given to latency and time-sensitive applications. This high-speed data product provides different classes of service (CoS) to suit different traffic types - voice, video and data.

Experience the Telstra difference

Ethernet ATM uses Telstra’s robust and reliable ATM network. Telstra has extensive experience with ATM - the commercial ATM service was launched in 1997 and now stands as the leading ATM service in Australia. Ethernet ATM provides businesses with a cheaper access to Telstra’s proven ATM network.

Reliably transfer data via ATM

Ethernet ATM is used for metro, intra-state and inter-capital wide area networking between two or more sites to carry quantities of voice, data and/or video traffic and bandwidth speeds ranging from 10Mbits to 100Mbits.

Features include:

• Ethernet ATM network terminating unit (NTU) - placed at the customer premises 
• Easy to upgrade - access bandwidth speeds of 10Mbits, 20Mbits, 50Mbits or 100Mbits (10/100baseT Ethernet customer interface)
  interworking with Business DSL - use as head-end access for the main data centre with Business DSL tails for smaller sites
• Interworking with ATM - interwork Ethernet ATM sites with existing Telstra ATM sites without requiring customer premise equipment (CPE) swap-out at existing sites
• Range of permanent virtual circuit (PVC) speeds - tailor bandwidths between each pair of sites, to individually suit data requirements    
• Available nationally - inter-state and intra-state
• Layer 2 networking - support protocols other than IP to retain control over the routing of data traffic
• Available bandwidth - access bandwidths up to the peak information rate (PIR) for each PVC when needed

Optional features include:

• Dual access - optional protection against failures in the access network or port
• Back-up PVCs - provided to alternative sites for disaster recovery configurations
• Virtual local area network (VLAN) to PVC mapping - separate traffic between PVCs (and sites) based on VLAN tags for an even higher level of control over data traffic
• Managed wide area network (MWAN) - Telstra can manage the entire network, allowing you to focus on your core business