NEON Communications Launches SONET VPN Services

February 27, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- NEON Communications Inc. (neoninc.com), a leading provider of advanced optical networking solutions for the northeast and mid-Atlantic markets, announced on Tuesday the launch of its SONET Virtual Private Network (SONET-VPN), which provides carriers with a reliable, flexible and scalable service, enabling customers to purchase the service on a pay-as-you-go basis.

NEON says its SONET-VPN service combines the reliability and availability associated with dedicated SONET rings with the ease and flexibility of ordering individual circuits, providing carriers with a service that scales while enhancing their bottom line. The multiple, shared SONET rings used in provisioning the service fully protect it with SONET reliability.

The SONET-VPN service, says NEON, provides an OC-12 or OC-48 virtual SONET ring connection between a set of locations. Any combination of DS-3s through OC-12s can then be added between locations, says the company, up to the capacity of the related network.

NEON says its SONET-VPN service helps eliminate some of the guesswork involved in network planning. Customers can respond to demand by quickly adding incremental bandwidth or nodes. They can also move bandwidth from a non-performing location to a high-traffic one.

“Because the NEON service is a virtual SONET ring, it eliminates the cost and complexity associated with building inflexible dedicated SONET rings with fixed nodes and bandwidth." Says Ronald Steele, chief technology officer at NEON.

NEON’s is making its SONET-VPN services available wherever its SONET services are available.