Pacific Crossing Limited has announced Gigabit Ethernet access support for carrier and ISP customers seeking connectivity options across its 21,000-kilometer undersea fiber cable PC-1 system, between Asia and North America.
Pacific Crossing’s new service allows customers to access the PC-1 network using a standard Gigabit Ethernet interface at the company’s four points-of-presence in the U.S. and cable landing stations in both the U.S. and Japan. For customers in Japan, Pacific Crossing adds, it also has the ability to offer access directly to a customer’s premises through a domestic partner network.
Pacific Crossing says its Gigabit Ethernet service offers a standard Gigabit level port for customers and flexible bandwidth subscription options in increments of 155 mbps (STM-1), adding that customers may scale up their bandwidth subscriptions quickly and seamlessly during their contract period. Additional subscription options to cater for seasonal or event-specific demand are available on a case-by-case basis.
“Delivered on top of our state-of-the-art infrastructure offering the lowest latency across the Pacific, the new Gigabit Ethernet service will enjoy full protection against potential cable faults from our underlying SDH ring architecture,” said Seth Davis, Pacific Crossing CTO, in prepared comments. “Customer traffic is automatically restored on an alternate fiber along the same path, or routed in the opposite direction on the fiber ring to ensure network integrity at all times.”
Pacific Crossing did not list pricing for the new service.
