DS3 Special Access Service

Overview

Get a Line into Service Variety

Win customers by offering affordable bandwidth for the applications they require. Verizon's DS3 Special Access Service upgrades or consolidates your network for provisioning seamless voice, video and data applications that are not only reliable, but also cost-effective for you and your customers. DS3 is your direct line to increased revenue and customer satisfaction.

Verizon's DS3 Special Access Service is like having 672 voice-grade channels capable of handling multiple data streams in high volume at speeds up to 44.736 Mbps. Maintain one powerful connection or link multiple sites. Allocate bandwidth according to need. Control network usage and costs. Eliminate problems when connecting to distant locations or multiple devices. DS3 is powerful, dependable and dedicated for your success.

How It Works

DS3 Special Access utilizes multiplexing technology to transmit multiple information streams over a single connection.

Point-to-point configurations are possible in three rate categories:

  • Channel Termination or Subscriber Access Line (SAL) -- recurring/non-recurring charges apply.
  • Channel Mileage or Transport -- a per airline mile rate is applied, fixed rates and Transport Termination may also apply.
  • Options -- additional charges for signaling, hubbing, conditioning and transfers.

Benefits

  • Verizon offers special pricing plans for DS3 Special Access.
  • Verizon's reliable network positions you for speed-to-market and lets you provide high-speed connectivity without high capital costs.
  • You'll receive near 100 percent survivability where SONET rings are available for connection.

Applications

  • Provide high volume, high-speed voice, full-color imaging, data and video services like: broadcast quality video, videoconferencing, Internet access, PBX interconnections, transaction processing and more.
  • Offer customers a range of connectivity options for wireless, customer-to-service provider, service provider-to-POP, computer-to-computer and LAN links.

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Description

Special Access Service is a dedicated private line service that provide a connection between an end-user customer and a carrier or a connection between two end user customers. The service may be connected through a Service Wire Center or be routed through a Verizon hub where multiplexing functions are performed. And, it can be used for either voice or data transmission. Digital connections are differentiated by bit rate and a DS3 is a High Capacity Digital Service operating at 44.736 Megabits per second commonly referred to as a 45 Megabit channel.

SLA Options

Verizon offers two different service level agreement (SLA) plans for interstate Special Access DS1 services. The basic SLA is the default plan and provides credits for certain service interruptions and, in many service areas, for certain missed installation commitments. The optional National SLA Plans are provided as an alternative to the basic SLA (and require a written subscription). The National SLA Plans provide you with circuit-specific credits for missed installation due dates when Verizon fails to meet an overall monthly on-time provisioning threshold. The National SLA Plans also provide circuit-specific credits when the circuit is out of service for longer than a specified threshold interval and Verizon fails to meet an overall monthly mean-time-to-restore (MTTR) threshold. These two options give you a choice on the SLA plan that best fits your business needs, and are described in Section 2 of Verizon Tariffs F.C.C. Nos. 1, 11, 14 and 16. For more information about our SLA plans, including applicable open subscription periods for the National SLA Plans, contact your Account Manager.

Read Current Analysis' report on our SLAs.

Availability

High Capacity DS3 Services are available throughout the Verizon footprint.

To view a map illustrating the service areas covered by our Federal Tariffs, please click here.

Pricing

Special Access Services have various rate elements and associated discount plans. See your federal and state tariffs for detailed information.

To view a map illustrating the service areas covered by our Federal Tariffs, please click here.

There is a National Discount Plan available for this service.

Features

  • Virtually error-free voice, video and data transmission, at speeds that save time and money
  • Circuits with the capacity to handle data streams ranging from voice communications to full-color images and video, enabling a wide variety of applications
  • Near-100% survivability with optional SONET ring, where available
  • Flexibility to add channels as your requirements change
  • Easy service upgrades (for DS1) and portability features

Applications

  • High volume and high speed dedicated access
  • End-user to IXC connection
  • IXC POP connection
  • Computer-to-computer and LAN links
  • PBX interconnections
  • Video (DS1 slow scan or compressed video; DS3 broadcast quality video) ;
  • Internet access
  • Transaction processing
  • Videoconferencing
  • Remote client server or peripherals connections

Special Access DS3 is an extremely efficient way to build-out a virtual broadband transport network capable of supporting voice, video and data applications with a minimal capital and expense outlay.

Detailed Information

High Capacity DS3 uses multiplexing technology to transmit numerous streams of information across a single physical connection. Each voice, video or data transmission is broken down into pieces, which are combined with others and sent as a group. This not only means that DS3 lines can handle vast amounts of data, but it also lets you divide up their capacity as you like. In the time-division multiplexing hierarchy of the telephone network, a DS3 is defined as the third level of multiplexing and traditionally provides twenty-eight DS1 channels.

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