Derrick Hamilton

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Growing Possibilities The SBC Network

• Derrick Hamilton
• Vice President
• SBC Midwest Network Services

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SBC Roadmap

• Expanded Network
• Increase POP density
• Expand reach within LATAs
• Evolve Network Architecture
• Continue infrastructure enhancements
• Hone network reliability and customer service
• Enhance Service Offerings
• Voice over IP
• Hosted IP Communications Service
• MPLS enabled services
• Network based VPNs

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Core Network Vision
San Francisco
Dallas
IP Backbone
Compressing the Existing Core Networks
IP
IP
FR/ATM
FR/ATM
FR/ATM
Ethernet
Ethernet
Other Protocols
Other Protocols
IP
IP
IP MPLS Backbone
DWDM Core
FR/ATM
Single Common Core Network To Carry All Layers
of Services
FR/ATM
Ethernet
Ethernet
Other Protocols
Other Protocols
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Wireless Not Just Mobile Phones
Wi-Fi in public hotspots
Wi-Fi in the Home
SBC PremierServ VPN
Wi-Fi in the Office
GPRS/EDGE
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Critical Communications Needs Solved by
Optical/Broadband Solutions

• Platforms that accommodate a variety of
  applications
• Traditional TDM applications (voice, data
  video)
• Local Area Network connectivity, Internet Access
• Storage Area Networking and remote data backup
• Data Center Connectivity
• CAD/CAM File Transfer
• Multimedia Streaming
• Platforms that meet communications requirements
• Capacity for high-bandwidth, high-speed,
  high-reliability
• Business Continuity
• Mission critical data networking
• Disaster recovery

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High Tech Manufacturing
Enterprise HQ
Regional Office A
10 FC Dark Fibre
Regional Office A
Application Back-up of secondary data for
disaster recovery and consolidation of
distributed storage Large enterprise sites (500
employees/site) networking FC SAN storage across
data centers in a metro area CAD/CAM connectivity
between locations
CAD/CAM
Channel Extension Dark Fibre Cost
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What does this mean to
you?

• Elegant Future-Proof Services
• IP-MPLS Backbone
• Flexibility at the Edge
• IP Business Services
• All Optical Solutions
• Integrated Wireless-Wireline Services
• SBC World-Class Reliability

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