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Carriers and Ethernet Services, Public Ethernet in Metro and Wide Area Networks, 2012-2017
a market research report
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Ethernet, the protocol that is ubiquitous in
enterprise local area networks, is now offered by service providers in
most metro areas and as a wide area service. These publicly available
Ethernet services have been among the communications market’s fastest
growing segments, with carriers enjoying revenue growth in the range of
22 percent annually as enterprises large and small opt for these new
services offered in an array of speeds and reach.
Carrier Ethernet services, which is a $4.1 billion market in the US,
offers the enterprise customer the chance to tie locations together in
virtual LANs that can stretch across a metropolitan area, a region, a
nation, or the world. These widely available Ethernet services offer
significant advantages in cost, simplicity, and in facilitating
convergence—and are often touted as a replacement for legacy data
solutions like private line and frame relay.
This Insight study projects market size, growth, and revenue, including
segmented breakdowns of point-to-point and any-to-any services as well
as by interface levels ranging from 10 Mbit/s to the emerging 40- and
100-Gbit/s standards. This report provides insight into this emerging
arena that will fundamentally shape the communications market of the
future.
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Report Excerpt
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Insight’s
use of the term “public Ethernet” refers to any Layer 2 public network
carrier service that extends Ethernet beyond the LAN (local area network)
and connects to customers across Ethernet interfaces. Public Ethernet may
be marketed as transparent or native LAN, Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet, GigE,
metro Ethernet, Ethernet private line (EPL), Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL),
Layer 2 virtual private network (VPN), Ethernet access, VPLS (virtual
private LAN service), or a variety of other names. Insight’s
definition does not, however, include routed Layer 3 IP-VPN services,
which also can be described as carrying IP (Internet protocol) over
Ethernet. Our use of the phrase “public Ethernet services” includes
relatively longstanding, upgraded, legacy transparent or native LAN
services, whether asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based within the network
core or using an Ethernet over fiber or a synchronous optical network (SONET)
architecture. Our definition also includes newer services from small and
large carriers that variously deliver end-to-end Ethernet directly over
optical fiber, encapsulate Ethernet packets over SONET, or transmit it over
dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) wavelengths ..............
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Market Segmentation
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Total US Carrier Ethernet Access Revenues:
by Topology:
E-Line
E-LAN
Access
by Regional Domain
Metro
Wide-Area
Access
by Type of Sale
Retail, Wholesale
by Bandwidth Level
greater than 1Gbit/s (includes 10Gbit/s, 40Gbit/s, and 100Gbit/s)
greater than 100Mbit/s up to and including 1Gbit/s
greater than 10Mbit/s up to and including 100Mbit/s
up to 10Mbit/s
US Carrier Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput
greater than
1Gbit/s (includes 10Gbit/s, 40Gbit/s, and 100Gbit/s)
greater than 100Mbit/s up to and including 1Gbit/s
greater than 10Mbit/s up to and including 100Mbit/s
up to 10Mbit/s
Sample Monthly Pricing for:
In-Metro E-Line and E-LAN Services
Dedicated Internet Access
Average Price Range for E-Line and E-LAN Services
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Table of Contents
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Chapter I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Public Ethernet
1.1.1 Definitions: Public
vs. Carrier Ethernet
1.2 Market Segmentation
1.3 Market Trends
1.4 Ethernet Market Forecast
Chapter II
BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION
2.1 The Emergence of Public Ethernet
2.1.1 The Ubiquity of Ethernet
2.2 Ethernet Services: Building Blocks
2.2.1 User Network Interface
2.2.2 Ethernet Virtual
Connection
2.2.3 Service Throughput
Parameters
2.2.4 Performance Quality
Parameters
2.2.5 Bandwidth Profile
2.3 Ethernet Topologies: E-line vs. E-LAN
2.3.1 E-Line
2.3.2 E-LAN
2.3.3 Other Typologies:
Dedicated vs. Switched
2.4 The Broader Data Networking Context
2.4.1 Packet Data Networking
2.4.2 Ethernet and SONET
2.4.3 Resilient Packet Ring
2.5 The Public Ethernet Concept
2.5.1 "Carrier Ethernet" vs.
"Public Ethernet"
2.5.2 Ethernet Segments Defined
2.6 The MEF and Carrier Ethernet’s Five Attributes
2.6.1 Service Standardization
2.6.2 Scalability
2.6.3 Service Management
2.6.4 Reliability
2.6.5 Quality of Service
2.7 Public Ethernet Pricing Fundamentals
2.7.1 Costs Beyond Service
Pricing: The Real Deal
2.8 Examples of Basic Public Ethernet Applications
2.8.1 LAN Extension
2.8.2 Layer 2 Virtual Private
Network
2.8.3 Dedicated Internet Access
(DIA)
2.9 The Case For and Against Public Ethernet
2.9.1 Ethernet’s Drivers
2.9.2 Advantages of Public
Ethernet
2.9.3 Service Adoption
Inhibitors
2.10 Evolving Industry Structure/Market Players
2.10.1 Industry Consolidation:
The Market Context
2.10.2 MSOs Emergent
2.10.3 Provider Strategies:
Incumbent vs. Challenger
2.10.4 Issues in Partnership
and Collaboration
2.11 The Retail Customer Perspective
2.12 The Current Market Context
2.12.1 Public Ethernet Grows
While General Market Declines
2.12.2 Effects of Economic
Slowdown
Chapter III
Trends & Markets
3.1 Ethernet Growth Continues Unabated
3.1.1 Ethernet Access Moves
Toward Dominance
3.1.2 The Global Context
3.2 Bandwidth Demands Intensify, Levels Rise
3.2.1 Yet New Top Ethernet
Bandwidth Levels Lie Fallow, For Now
3.3 Applications and End-Users
3.3.1 Clearly, The Cloud
3.3.2 Ethernet Diversifies
Down-Market, But Top Verticals Stay Strong
3.3.3 Cellular Backhaul Nears
Inflection Point
3.3.4 Wholesale Gains Generally
After Early Lag
3.4 Topology: Any to Any Switched Ethernet Pacing Long-Term
Growth
3.5 Increasing Market Confidence in Ethernet
3.5.1 Despite Confidence,
Market Confusion Rife
3.6 MEF's Ethernet 2.0: Confidence Builder, Head-Scratcher
3.6.1 Ethernet OAM Enhancing
Reliability, Transparency
3.6.2 Intensified Market Focus
on Interoperability
3.7 Availability Remains Problematic, Fiber Keeps Lead
3.8 Hybrid Networking - Beyond Ethernet
3.9 Pricing Varies Across Map, on "Average" Mild Declines
3.10 The Competitive Outlook
3.11 Public Ethernet Expanding In the Long Haul, and Short
3.11.1 International Growth as
North America Catches Up
3.12 From Thirty Thousand Feet: The Market in Three Years
Chapter IV
SERVICE PROVIDER PROFILES
4.1 AT&T Corporation
4.1.1 Network Architecture
4.1.2 Services Offered
4.2 Cogent Communications
4.2.1 Network Architecture
4.2.2 Services Offered
4.3 Cox Cable
4.3.1 Network
4.3.2 Services Offered
4.4 Level 3 Communications, Inc.
4.4.1 Network Architecture
4.4.2 Services Offered
4.5 Optimum Lightpath
4.5.1 Network Architecture
4.5.2 Services Offered
4.6 Reliance Globalcom
4.6.1 Network
4.6.2 Services Offered
4.7 tw telecom
4.7.1 Network Architecture
4.7.2 Services Offered
4.8 Verizon Communications
4.8.1 Network Architecture
4.8.2 Services Offered
Chapter V
MARKET FORECASTS
5.1 Methodology
5.2 Definitions and Forecast Segmentation
5.2.1 Definitions
5.2.2 Segmentation
5.3 Market Forecasts
5.3.1 Total Market
5.3.2 Market by Topology
5.3.3 Market by Regional Domain
5.3.4 Retail vs. Wholesale
5.3.5 Market Forecasts By Bandwidth
Level
Table of Figures
Chapter I
I-1 Total US Public Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
Chapter II
II-1 User Network Interface
II-2 Frame Loss
II-3 E-Line Point-to-Point Service Type
II-4 E-LAN Multipoint-to-Multipoint Service Type
II-5 Typical IP Network
II-6 Managed Packet Network, Virtual Private Line
II-7 Resilient Packet Ring Technology
II-8 LAN Extension Using E-LAN Services
II-9 I llustration of VLAN Tag Support
II-10 Dedicated Internet Access
Chapter V
V-1 Total US Public Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-2 US Public Ethernet Private Line Service Revenues, 2010-2017
V-3 US Public Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service Revenues
2010-2017
V-4 US Public Ethernet E-LAN Service Revenues, 2010-2017
V-5 Metro Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-6 Long-Haul Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-7 US Public Ethernet Access Revenues, 2010-2017
V-8 US Retail Public Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-9 US Wholesale Public Ethernet Revenues 2010-2017
V-10 US Public Ethernet Revenues > 1 Gbit/s, 2010-2017
V-11 US Public Ethernet Revenues >100Mbit/s – 1Gbit/s, 2010-2017
V-12 US Public Ethernet Revenues >10Mbit/s – 100Mbit/s, 2010-2017
V-13 US Public Ethernet Revenues <=10Mbit/s, 2010-2017
Table of Tables
Chapter I
I-1 Characteristics of Ethernet Service Varieties
Chapter II
II-1 SONET and Ethernet Defined Transmission Rates
II-2 Characteristics of Ethernet Service Varieties
II-3 Comparative Strengths of Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
Chapter IV
IV-1 AT&T Ethernet Services Offers
IV-2 tw Telecom’s Native LAN Ethernet Products
Chapter V
V-1 Total US Public Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-2 US Public Ethernet Private Line Service Revenues, 2010-2017
V-3 US Public Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service Revenues
2010-2017
V-4 US Public Ethernet E-LAN Service Revenues, 2010-2017
V-5 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Topology, 2010-2017
V-6 Percentage US Public Ethernet Revenues by Topology,
2010-2017
V-7 Metro Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-8 Long-Haul Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-9 US Public Ethernet Access Revenues, 2010-2017
V-10 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Regional Domain, 2010-2017
V-11 US Public Ethernet Revenues, Percentages by Regional Domain, 2010-2017
V-12 US Retail Public Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2017
V-13 US Wholesale Public Ethernet Revenues 2010-2017
V-14 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale 2010-2017
V-15 US Public Ethernet Revenues, Percentages by Retail/Wholesale, 2010-2017
V-16 US Public Ethernet Revenues > 1 Gbit/s, 2010-2017
V-17 US Public Ethernet Revenues >100Mbit/s – 1Gbit/s, 2010-2017
V-18 US Public Ethernet Revenues >10Mbit/s – 100Mbit/s, 2010-2017
V-19 US Public Ethernet Revenues <=10Mbit/s, 2010-2017
V-20 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Bandwidth Level, 2010-2017
V-21 Percentage Revenues by Throughput Level, 2010-2017
V-22 US Public Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput, 2010-2017
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