SprintLink ATM

A high performing and cost-effective ATM solution delivered over Sprint’s global IP network.

Overview

Sprint is leading the industry with SprintLinkSM ATM—a global ATM service that provides customers exceptional international traffic management. An ATM solution that utilizes Sprint's award-winning IP backbone for its network core, SprintLink ATM connects customers to numerous countries worldwide. With its robust capabilities and global presence, SprintLink ATM can work harder and go farther more cost effectively than traditional ATM networks.

Dedicated access is available at speeds from T1/E1 to OC12/STM4, depending on your location. Since easy upgrades are readily available from Sprint, your SprintLink ATM service grows with your network requirements. Our teams have the knowledge, experience, and in-country contacts to deliver the results you need.

SprintLink ATM features include:

• Sprint-owned facilities in many key locations all around the world
  
• A broad selection of bandwidth options up to 622 Mbps (OC12)
  
• Industry-leading service level agreements (SLAs)
  
• Simplified pricing
  

Benefits

With SprintLink ATM, customers can benefit from the scalable bandwidth, intelligence, and reliability of IP, while continuing to leverage existing investments in ATM Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and expertise. SprintLink ATM offers high reliability, consistent bursting up to full port speed, and security equal to that of legacy options.

Additional Benefits:

• Support for multiple applications over a single connection
  
• Meet ATM customer requirements and QoS
  
• Leverage existing ATM CPE and expertise as customers start on a migration path towards an IP-based solution
  
• Consolidate carriers by using a single provider to ease support
  

Details

Maximum connectivity, maximum security—minimal complexity SprintLink^SM ATM is based on Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, Version 3 (L2TPv3) a technology developed by Sprint and industry-leader Cisco Systems to help maximize connectivity with improved performance, survivability, and flexibility. The solution provides support for classic, layer 2 ATM access at the edge and L2TPv3 encapsulation to transport the traffic across Sprint’s high performing global IP network. SprintLink ATM includes strong service level agreements (SLAs) for availability, data delivery/packet loss, latency, and jitter.

With SprintLink ATM, you can:

• Extend scalable, reliable global connectivity enterprise-wide
  
• Choose from a wide range of port speeds for exactly the performance you need
  
• Leverage optional Sprint Managed Network Services(TM), including system integration and performance management
  
• Interconnect local area networks (LANs)
  
• Integrate with virtually any data application, including legacy protocols
  

Value-added services

• Equipment purchase, lease, or rental
  
• Simple maintenance plans for equipment
  
• Sprint Managed Network Services