New Edge Rolls Out Class of Service over DSL

New Edge announced today they are the first company to offer Class of Service (CoS) over DSL. For those who don't know, this means applications can be prioritized to maximize performance. Example: your VoIP always takes priority so their is never any latency. This also means that if you are chatting on the VoIP line and a co-worker fires up You Tube, your experience will be unchanged, your co-worker on the other hand might have to give You Tube more buffering time depending on the bandwidth.

This is a big deal. This will give small companies, or companies with many small locations the ability to hook their locations up to a powerful and comprehensive network. In the past companies that wanted to use MPLS (or Class of Service) required a $400 T1 line. Sites connected through DSL to an MPLS network will only need one, relatively inexpensive, data line and they will be able to service all their voice, video and data needs.

New Edge already had the nations largest DSL footprint. Implementing CoS over DSL was made possible by deploying Red Backs throughout their network. The Red Back aggregation points are really cool pieces of hardware, if you ever get to see one.

If you are interested, you can find the press release here.

read more | digg story