Comcast Metro EthernetEnterprise Business ServicesTim MurphyEnterprise Accounts(484) 680-1086Timothy_murphy4@cable.comcast.com
COMCAST CORPORATION2
NETWORK OVERVIEWNational NetworkPlant route miles – 600K
Fiber route miles – 147K
Optical nodes – 116K
Traffic type - 95% commercial or customer of a direct peerTechnology10G/40GBPS regional networks
  Network Production Demo of 100G
SIP Scaled Infrastructure
  IPv4 and IPv6 operational
  QoS-based voice, video & data
  Self-healing architecture3Comcast is the largest facilities-based, last-mile alternative to the ILECs / CLECs in the United States. Physically diverse path to ensure business continuity.
Comcast Network Architecture Network Resiliency – built to support today’s & tomorrow’s business class performance requirementsHighly Scalable – able to deliver Ethernet services to more locations with more bandwidth options in granular bandwidth incrementsIntegrated Ethernet Access – able to deliver Internet, voice, video and data needs via an Ethernet handoffLayer-2 VPN support – delivering any-to-any connectivity.  Leveraging VPLS capabilities within MPLS to provide a Layer-2 VPN enabling the end user to maintain control over routing protocolsArchitecture - dual star topology; leveraging best-in-class multi-vendor solutionsServices - all Metro Ethernet offerings are fully MEF certified both from a service and hardware vendor perspectiveTransparency – full CoS / QoS transparency and non-routing layer 2 and layer 3 protocol  control and transparency4

Comcast metro ethernet enterprise services overview

Editor's Notes

  • #5 Network Architecture built to prevent & mitigate any catastrophic network or infrastructure event.Shared architecture for all mission critical Business Class Services, ensuring a consistence user experience by delivering voice, video and data services via widely deployed Ethernet access technology.Meets or exceed the performance challenges of today’s mission critical applications by adhering to stringent service level objectives.Core network built around support of 40Gig today with support for 100Gig and beyond in the future.