Frame Relay

Frame Relay Service (FR) from Data@ccess is a fast-packet, data transport technology, which offers you the equivalent of a high-performance, private network at economical public network prices.

With Frame Relay Service (FR), you can:

Interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs).
Consolidate LANs to create seamless metropolitan and wide area networks.
Integrate separate networks for connecting LAN and SNA (Systems Network Architecture) applications into a single, virtual network at speeds from DS0 to DS1
Connect with customers, suppliers, consultants and others using the same network.

Benefits

  • Bandwidth on Demand and Throughput: You can allocate bandwidth to applications and users the way you choose. Since FRS eliminates most protocol overhead, real-life throughput is exceptionally high, due to efficient, layer 2 switching.
  • Single Access Facility for Multiple Connections: FRS streamlines your network and simplifies management by replacing multiple line connections with a single facility into each site.
  • Flexibility: FRS allows you to add or delete virtual connections with software, so that you can easily reconfigure your network to meet changing business needs, anytime you want.
  • Standards-based Technology, Enabling Investment Protection: Built to ITU-T, ANSI and Frame Relay Forum standards, FRS boasts a high degree of inter-operability with local access providers, inter-exchange carriers and equipment vendors. FRS supports all major network protocols, including IPX, XNS, SNA and TCP/IP and available over 2 wire DSL and Point-to-Point fractional T1 (FT1) local loops.
  • Cost Savings: You save with flat rate, PVC-based pricing, which decreases with high usage and enables you to effectively plan and forecast your wide area transport costs.
  • Local Area Network (LAN) traffic and high-speed mainframe connections.
  • Large electronic files transfer and Email messaging.
  • Text imaging and forms processing.
  • Switched access for remote and mobile users.

Who Needs Frame Relay?

  • Customers with multiple sites and the need to connect those sites in a many-to-many arrangement.
  • Candidates for FRS may have many locations connected via numerous individual links via private line or dial access. This type of customer benefits from the circuit and port consolidations provided by a single FRS access link.
  • Bursty, sporadic data traffic, characteristic of such applications as LAN interconnection, mainframe-to-mainframe connection, and image transfer at speeds up to 44.736 Mbps.
  • Remote Access to LAN and Internet/intranet networks