National Ethernet

Like many organisations, you may find that the capacity of your Wide Area Network (WAN) isn't keeping pace with the bandwidth growth of your Local Area Networks (LANs). Wouldn't it be easier if you could enable all your LANs across the country to work together as a single Ethernet domain and remove the geographical barriers to running your business?

National Ethernet from Wavenet connects multiple facilities over long distances across the UK.

By modernising or consolidating existing bandwidth provision, National Ethernet lets you extend feature-rich LAN-based services such as hi-res video conferencing, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia applications consistently throughout your organisation.

National Ethernet Key facts

Long-distance Ethernet connections at speeds from 2Mbps to 1Gbps, with both point-to-point and hub-and-spoke topologies supported
Different types of traffic can be treated with different priorities, so low-priority data won't get in the way of time-sensitive or business-critical data
Our web based reporting tool allows you visibility of service performance
Integrates WAN and LAN into a single, easily managed corporate network
Enables the fast transmission of large files between remote buildings and the deployment of distributed applications throughout your organisation
Enables secure, centralised storage of business critical data and can support a robust disaster recovery solution

Why do I need National Ethernet?

National Ethernet enables you to extend the functionality of your LAN across the country with point-to-point or point-to-multipoint connectivity. By bringing LAN performance to your WAN and networking multiple offices over large distances, people and processes at disparate sites of your organisation will be able to function as if they were all in the same office.

As well as creating an integrated platform to deliver converged services such as VoIP and video conferencing, National Ethernet can enable file sharing, disaster recovery provisioning and support Storage Area Networks (SANs).

National Ethernet services are available from 2Mbps up to 1Gbps and use Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology to securely segment different types of traffic. Our high bandwidth connectivity gives you carrier-class reliability and prioritised Quality of Service (QoS) options. Offering multiple Classes, our service minimises latency, packet-loss and jitter, which is especially important when considering deployment of IP-based voice applications across your WAN. Our online reporting tool also allows you to monitor and review service performance.

Improved performance at lower cost

National Ethernet from Wavenet forms a consolidated network that costs less to implement, support and maintain than traditional Leased Lines or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay services.