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Private Port / MPLS / VPN Service
Private Port / MPLS / VPN Service
Reduce Networking Costs and Increase Flexibility with Converged VPN Service Communications on CenturyLink IQ™ Networking Private Port
Today's fast-moving competitive environment makes the reliability of the virtual private network (VPN) that supports your business-critical applications essential. At the same time, you need a way to meet diverse communications needs while keeping costs as low as possible. With CenturyLink IQ™ Networking Private Port, you can meet both needs by cost-effectively combining your voice and data applications onto a single, flexible, and scalable VPN. Based on the CenturyLink OC-192 IP network, one of the most advanced networks available, the service is isolated from the public Internet to provide better security and reliability of your business VPN services. As a fully meshed VPN with any-to-any connectivity, CenturyLink IQ Networking Private Port simplifies support for a variety of access types, including IP access, Ethernet, frame relay, and ATM. Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) and flexible quality of service (QoS) let you segment and prioritize data traffic throughout your network to create the ideal high-performance environment for voice over IP (VoIP), video, and other bandwidth-intensive business applications. Competitive SLAs help ensure optimal business value and return on investment.
Private Port and VPN Services Features
- OC-192 IP backbone network
- Support for Layer 1 and multiple Layer 2 access types
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Flexible QoS functionality:
- Eight priority queues
- 14 percentage templates
- Four queuing methods
- Comprehensive SLAs
- Any-to-any connectivity
- Flat rate, tiered and usage-sensitive billing options (Usage-based billing not available on Private Ports using Ethernet access)
Private Port and VPN Services Benefits
- Eliminates backbone congestion with a state-of-the-art global IP backbone
- Enables you to access advanced IP technologies using your existing frame relay and ATM technologies
- Allows you to prioritize time-sensitive traffic such as VoIP and video streaming for robust QoS
- Provides reliable performance with one of the industry's leading SLAs
- Provides ideal support for multimedia applications
- Lets you meet both bandwidth and budgetary requirements with diverse billing options and competitive rates
How CenturyLink IQ Networking Private Port Works
CenturyLink IQ Networking Private Port connects your remote locations using IP/MPLS-based technology to create an enterprise-wide network designed to carry real-time and data applications over a single customer interface. Customer care centers (CCCs) are available to support your needs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. CenturyLink network operation centers (NOCs) have full visibility and control of the platform with 24-hour management and proactive notification when problems occur. To facilitate access into their network, you have the option of CenturyLink IQ Networking Private Ports with a variety of port speeds, ranging from 56Kbs to 2.4Gbps.
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Case Studies
Auto Wares
Auto-Wares is made up of a group of companies all providing you specialization in inventory, product knowledge, and programs in the automotive parts aftermarket business. They are a distribution company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Auto-Wares has been providing the complete parts needs for jobbers since 1976.
Carlisle Wide Plank Floors
Carlisle Wide Plank Floors has produced the finest restoration and reproduction wood floors in the world for more than 40 years. What started as a small business now has six locations across the U.S., including showrooms and a production mill. Customer calls are answered promptly with the use of Geo Routing, iQ Private Port services and ShoreTel equipment.
City of Los Angeles
The City's Washington D.C office was using a substandard, 56k connection. Managers wanted to upgrade this to T-1 level service to eliminate performance complaints. Moreover, they sought to integrate Internet access redundancy into their City network to better support 40,000 employees.
Community Bankshares, Inc.
Community Bankshares was using frame relay-based communications, but dropped packets and slow application access speeds lowered the level of customer service that employees could deliver to the banks clients. The hub-and-spoke architecture was also time-consuming to set up and administer.
Denver Air Center
Denver Air Center, a fixed-based operator, caters to the airline industry by taking care of private charter and corporate aircrafts, pilots, and passengers. Qwest recommended VoIP using a dual T1 bundle to resolve the strain on broadband and provide network security between tenants and corporate owners. The increased bandwidth allows pilots to complete flight planning online so Denver Air can track flights with ease.
Rothstein Kass
Rothstein Kass was moving its headquarters facilities and planning to roll out a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) system to all of its offices across the U.S. The company looked for a provider to help simplify IT management and standardize equipment across its multiple locations while delivering multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) service with the quality and reliability required for current and future communications needs.
Vantage Oncology Inc.
With multiple Vantage Oncology locations and more planned, the company's network was quickly becoming unmanageable because of a complex legacy system. Vantage Oncology looked to partner with a tier-one provider to help the company avoid this impasse and manage growth effectively.
Washington Trust Bank
Adding functionality to the network meant smoother intra office communication and more efficient means for locations to work together.
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In the News
A. Duie Pyle Upgrades Its Communications Network
By implementing CenturyLink's integrated voice and data solution, this privately owned company was able to prioritize between Internet and private data, allowing the company the flexibility needed to properly manage its network and at less cost than its unmanaged network with the previous provider.
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Fact Sheet
CenturyLink™ Networking VPN Extension
Learn how to extend your Layer 3 MPLS closed user group to site locations not served by CenturyLink's MPLS network.
Private Port
Download this product overview.
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Network Maps
CenturyLink IP Network Statistics
CenturyLink IP Network Statistics; real-time and historic data.
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CenturyLink IP/MPLS Network map.
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