Backbone Directory: Verizon Business

Verizon Business, the result of the merger between Verizon and MCI, now offers ISPs a 446,000-mile global IP network.

by Jeff Goldman [March 22, 2006]

Verizon Business was created in January of 2006 through the merger of Verizon Communications and MCI. The new entity targets enterprise clients with a broad range of integrated services, including both wireless and wireline network access offerings:

Verizon Business currently serves more than 94 percent of Fortune 500 companies.

The company's global IP network covers more than 446,000 miles, reaching over 2,700 cities in 150 countries on six continents. Available speeds range from dial to OC-48. "Our extensive broadband footprint—combined with award-winning IP solutions, such as VoIP and Managed Services—immediately set us apart from the competition," says Verizon Business President John Killian.

With over a Terabit of aggregated backbone capacity in North America, the Verizon Business network carries data traffic up to 10 Gbps in the United States and 2.5 Gbps in Europe. The network operates at speeds up to OC-192, deploying Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) on the OC-192/OC-48 North American and European IP backbone networks to improve traffic engineering and management.

Verizon Business has five Network Operations Centers (NOCs) in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific, and supports more than 200 data centers in 22 countries. Since research firm TeleGeography began tracking Internet backbone connectivity in 2001, the Verizon Business global IP network (formerly MCI) has ranked number one as the most connected backbone each year.

The company's Wholesale IP Services include the following:

• Integrated DS1 Access allows products such as 1+, toll free, private line, frame relay, Internet access via frame relay transport, and Private IP all to be transported over the same DS1 local loop
• Dedicated Internet Access is a suite of Internet products providing a full range of access options for connectivity to the Verizon Business global Internet backbone
• Private Label DSL Internet offers large enterprises and ISPs the ability to brand Internet service as their own
• MAE is the Verizon Business brand name for Internet Exchange facilities that allow interconnection of ISP networks
• Virtual Internet Provider (VIP) Dial offers access to the Verizon Business network, as well as complete control and flexibility over branding and pricing
• Carrier IP Termination provides facilities-based customers with a cost-effective solution for terminating traffic that originates IP on the carrier's end user's equipment
• Internet Dedicated Ethernet uses established Ethernet technology and extends it beyond the local area network (LAN) environment into a metropolitan area network to deliver Ethernet access from the customer's location to Verizon Business' global Internet network.
• Internet Dedicated Fast Ethernet Port Only uses established Ethernet technology to enable an Ethernet connection between a customer's router and a supported IP hub
• Internet Dedicated Gigabit Ethernet Port Only is dedicated point-to-point Internet access product designed for net-centric companies
• Internet Access via Frame Relay Transport allows up to 1.536 Mbps of Internet traffic to be transported over a single DS1 through the Verizon Business frame relay network
• SIP Gateway Service is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that transports VoIP media between IP networks and the PSTN
• Colocation Services provides a secure, dedicated environment in which customers can colocate their Internet servers, data networking or voice equipment

Corporate Contact Info:

	Executive:	Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications John F. Killian, President, Verizon Business
	Headquarters:	Verizon Communications, 140 West Street, New York, NY 10007
	Toll Free:	866-232-4282
	Network Support:	800-900-0241
	Web Contact Form:	http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/customer/contact/
	ISP Products:	https://www22.verizon.com/wholesale/solutions/ industry/?indId=200005
	WISP Products:	https://www22.verizon.com/wholesale/solutions/ industry/?indId=200002
	Account Management:	http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/customer/myaccount/
	Network Status:	http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/tools/noc/status.xml
	NOC:	http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/tools/noc/
	Newsroom:	http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/about/news/
	Financial:	NYSE: VZ

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