Discover the differences between WAN and Business Broadband. Understand how the technology works and what advantages can be achieved with each. Find out why WAN is now more accessible and why forward thinking businesses are adopting it. See infographic here - http://www.panoptics.com/resource/videos/wan-vs-business-broadband-infographic/

1. WAN
1.Guaranteed
fast download
and upload
speed
2.Guaranteed
secure access to
the internet
3.No loss in
performance at
peak times
4.Low latency,
packet loss and
jitter (Latency =
<25ms
guaranteed,
<10ms average,
Jitter = <8ms,
Packet loss =
<0.1%)
5.Stability to
support large
numbers of
devices and
user requests for
data
6.Best platform
for optimum
performance of
digital software
and
communications
such as Citrix
and VoIP / SIP
7.No limit to the
amount of data
transmitted
8.Backed by
SLA (Service
Level
Agreement)
9.24/7/365
monitoring and
support
10.Provides
access to other
IT services
(e.g. BaaS)
1.Installation
time - dedicated
fibre circuits can
take between
60-90 days to
install
2.Installation
process – this
can be more
involved and
may require
some civil works
in order to
connect the
business with
the B-end (e.g.
ISP, another
location or Data
Centre).
PRO’S
CON’S
UPLOAD DOWN
LOAD
DOWN
LOAD
UPLOAD
1.Lower cost to
deploy
2.Requires little
technical
knowledge
3.Simple to
purchase from a
large range of
service
providers
4.Provides
simple web
browsing for a
handful of users
that are not
bandwidth
intensive
1.No SLA
therefore
reasonable
endeavors fix
associated to
the service
2.Service
limitations due to
contention with
other users at
the local
exchange,
distance to the
exchange and
the underlying
copper
connection
3.Complicates
access
to other IT
services (e.g.
BaaS) and
means the
services may not
perform as well
4.Non
guaranteed
levels of packet
loss, jitter and
latency.
5.Cap on the
amount of data
that can be
transmitted (fair
usage policy)
BUSINESS
BROADBAND
CON’S
PRO’S
!
%
Speed
Limit:
Fast
Speed
Limit:
Fast
WHAT IS WAN & BUSINESS
BROADBAND?
TYPES OF CONNECTION
TECHNOLOGIES
A dedicated symmetric,
fixed-bandwidth fibre circuit
from the customer premises
direct into the service
providers (e.g. Panoptics) core
and out securely & safely to
the Internet.
Typically, Business Broadband
connects the customer
premises to a BT telephone
exchange via a standard
telephone line (copper) and
out to the Internet using a
standard BT IP network.
WAN BUSINESS
BROADBAND
10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1Gig are the most commonly
seen sizes of connections in the market place,
however, connections up to 10Gig are possible if
required. It is important to remember that whatever
speed is chosen, it is guaranteed and does not
fluctuate. Also the speed is the same for downloads
and uploads.
A standard BT ADSL line is capable of around
8Mbps download speed and varying upload
speeds. Fibre optic connections can range between
32 Mbps and 100Mbps download speeds, however,
advertised speed rates can vary dramatically from
premises to premises. This is because of the
underlying copper technology used in at least part
of the connection, ISP congestion due to the
number of users trying to access the same local
exchange, distance from the local exchange (shorter
lines are faster but anything over 6.5km is usually
slow), poor premises wiring, interference from other
electrical devices and busy periods on the network.
WAN
BUSINESS
BROADBAND
WAN
INTERNET ACCESS
BUSINESS
BROADBAND
SPEEDS
SYMMETRIC VS ASYMMETRIC
PRO’S AND CON’S
VSBUSINESS
BROADBAND
A dedicated, private fibre
optic line
WAN
A range of technologies are
available, broadly using the
same connection technique,
including ADSL (Asymmetric
digital subscriber line), SDSL
(Symmetric digital subscriber
line), Bonded ADSL / SDSL
(Multiple connected lines) and
FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet)
BUSINESS
BROADBAND
Centrally controlled access to
the internet
(one access policy & firewall)
Global communications via IP
telephony with no drop in
service or timing outs
Easily link PCs and servers in
different locations and premises
together
High mission critical applications are
supported with the needed level of
throughput, non-contention and
secure platform
Consistent scalable enterprise
grade video conferencing and
VOIP
Reliably extending your
corporate LAN network into
multiple offices and datacentres
Provide secure access to IT
infrastructure in multiple
locations
Replication of extremely large
data sources between a site
and the web or other location
Backup systems data using
online or centralised services
Migration of systems and
services offsite
WHY CHOOSE WAN?
THE CONNECTION IS YOURS AND YOURS ONLY! THEREFORE,
YOU CAN (BASED ON A 100MB WAN CIRCUIT):
* Based on this being the only activity on the circuit at that time
CUSTOMER
SITE
PANOPTICS
NETWORK /
SECURE
CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENT
WAN INTERNET ACCESS
FEATURES
Availability - 99.99%
Service Level Agreement
- Full
Latency – Guaranteed
<25ms, average <10ms
from customer site to our
Datacentres
Other Benefits:
24/7/365 monitoring and
support
Quality of Service
enabled (QoS) allowing
prioritisation of
services such as voice
QinQ enabled allowing
multiple secure VLAN’s
to be tagged to the
customer site from the
Panoptics platform
Guaranteed
uncontended
synchronous throughput
to the Panoptics platform
Optional dedicated ASA
security contexts
centralising firewalls
(removing the need for
firewalls on other sites,
leaving one service to
manage)
CUSTOMER
SITE
CONVERSION
TO ADSL
BT
NETWORK
ISPS NETWORK
/
GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION
BT LOCAL
EXCHANGE
(DSLAM UNITS)
TELEPHONE LINE
(COPPER)
ADSL CIRCUIT
Features:
Typical contention ratios
of 20:1 and 50:1
BUSINESS BROADBAND
FEATURES
Availability – No
guarantee
Service Level
Agreement – None
Latency – 10-50ms
Non Quality of Service
enabled (QoS)
Other points to note:
CONNECTIONS TO
THE INTERNET
A DEDICATED
SYMMETRICAL
FIBRE CIRCUIT
Features:
Contention ratio of 1:1
WAN uses this type of connection, whereby the
bandwidth is guaranteed meaning that both upload
and download speeds are identical and completely
consistent at all times. This type of connection, with
low latency, is critical for applications such as
financial trading and VoIP for instance, where every
millisecond counts and its essential that no packets
are dropped or lost which would lead to trades
taking longer or in the instance of voice calls the
quality of the voice call deteriorating.
SYMMETRIC
This is a typical Business Broadband connection,
whereby a connection to the Internet differs in
download and upload speeds. The upload speed is
usually much lower than the download speed, and
as such can affect digital communications such as
telephony & video conferencing, online production
environments as well as restrict the ability to backup
data to the cloud.
ASYMMETRIC
50
MB
Download a 50Mb
file in 0.5 secs*
Have 1000 concurrent
VoIP calls with no loss in
quality (based on 100
kbps up and down
required per call)
Backup 10Gb of
data to the cloud in
as little as 1 minute
& 40 seconds*1000 10Gb
www.panoptics.com
POINTS TO NOTE ABOUT THIS
CONNECTION:
Average straight line distance from
customer site to exchange is 1.631 miles
(Urban) & 3.370m (Rural)
DSLAM units have max throughput of
256Mbits and can have up to a
maximum of 900 customers
connecting at any one time
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THIS
CONNECTION:
Access to Panoptics portfolio of
services including VOIP telephony,
BaaS, Colocation and
Hosted VM’s
A WAN delivered internet circuit is capable of
supporting huge numbers of users and will facilitate
consistent, reliable internet access and application
operations for multiple users and multiple sites.
*Depends on the size of the circuit
Business Broadband can be suitable for up to 10
users, providing non-SLA backed access to the
internet and supporting low level usage of onsite,
online or site to site applications (via a VPN).
**FTTC required for 10 users
WAN
BUSINESS
BROADBAND
USER LIMITS
WANINTERNET ACCESS
A DIRECT CONNECTION TO
THE INTERNET
A CONNECTION TO
THE INTERNET
Public Internet
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1 - 10max**
-
*
Speed
Limit:
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A KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAN INTERNET ACCESS AND
BUSINESS BROADBAND CAN BE ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ANALOGY
OF A MOTORWAY. WHEREAS WAN WOULD BE YOUR OWN PRIVATE
MOTORWAY WHICH IS UNCONGESTED AND FREE FLOWING WITH A
CONSISTENT SPEED LIMIT, BUSINESS BROADBAND ON THE OTHER
HAND WOULD BE A BUSY, CONGESTED MOTORWAY WITH NO
GUARANTEES AND AN INCONSISTENT SPEED LIMIT.
TYPICAL USES OF WAN CIRCUITS