Comcast Metro EthernetEnterprise Business Services

Tim Murphy

Enterprise Accounts

(484) 680-1086

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COMCAST CORPORATION

Video

Customers

Internet

Customers

Digital Voice

CustomersEmployees

23.6 Million 15.9 Million 7.6 Million100,000

(in 39 states)

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COMCAST REVENUE GROWTH

2009 Revenue $35.8 Billion

2009 Net Income $4.4 Billion

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2010 Comcast is 6th largest origin / transit group ASN (Autonomous System Number) by volume

2009 Comcast becomes the 3rd largest telephone company in the United States

2008 Comcast gains Carrier Class Ethernet certification from Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)

2008 Comcast launches DOCSIS 3.0 Internet service (up to 50Mbps down/10Mbps up)

NETWORK OVERVIEW

National Network• Plant route miles – 600K

• Fiber route miles – 147K

• Optical nodes – 116K

• Traffic type - 95%

commercial or customer of a

direct peer

Technology• 10G/40GBPS regional networks

• Network Production Demo of 100G

• SIP Scaled Infrastructure

• IPv4 and IPv6 operational

• QoS-based voice, video & data

• Self-healing architecture

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Comcast is the largest facilities-based, last-mile alternative to the ILECs / CLECs in the United

States. Physically diverse path to ensure business continuity.

Comcast Network Architecture

Network Resiliency – built to support today’s & tomorrow’s business class performance

requirements

Highly Scalable – able to deliver Ethernet services to more locations with more bandwidth

options in granular bandwidth increments

Integrated Ethernet Access – able to deliver Internet, voice, video and data needs via an

Ethernet handoff

Layer-2 VPN support – delivering any-to-any connectivity. Leveraging VPLS capabilities

within MPLS to provide a Layer-2 VPN enabling the end user to maintain control over

routing protocols

Architecture - dual star topology; leveraging best-in-class multi-vendor solutions

Services - all Metro Ethernet offerings are fully MEF certified both from a service and

hardware vendor perspective

Transparency – full CoS / QoS transparency and non-routing layer 2 and layer 3 protocol

control and transparency

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COMCAST ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICES OVERVIEW

Customer Benefits

MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum)

certified

Online Reporting

Network Monitoring 24x7x365

Local Support

Scalable bandwidth

Network diversity

Facilities based network provider

Improves upon services including:

DSL

T-1

DS-3

Pt-to-Pt Private line

Frame Relay

ATM

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COMCAST ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICES PORTFILIO

Ethernet Private Line

Ethernet Virtual Private Line

Ethernet Network Service

Ethernet Dedicated Internet

*Services not available in all areas

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ETHERNET PRIVATE LINE

SITE 1 Customer

Premise Equipment

Comcast

Switch

Comcast

Switch

Customer

Premise Equipment

Comcast Network

Dedicated connectivity / capacity between locations

Highly secure physical layer data segregation . . . your traffic is not switched or routed with other customer data

Scalable bandwidth options (1Mbps to 10Gbps)

Three classes of service (CoS) options – Basic, Priority, and Premium

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SITE 2

ETHERNET VIRTUAL PRIVATE LINE

Ethernet Virtual Private Line provides a point-to-point connection that

replaces frame relay or ATM services and supports a Service Multiplexed

UNI, allowing for a single physical connection to customer premise

equipment for multiple virtual connections.

SITE 1

SITE 2Customer

Premise Equipment

Comcast

Switch

Comcast Network

Comcast

Switch

Customer

Premise

Equipment

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ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICE

Any-to-Any Connectivity – a site can send traffic to any other site within the network through a single Ethernet interface

Highly Secure – reliable data segregation through the private Comcast network

Scalable bandwidth options (1Mbps to 10Gbps)

Three classes of service (CoS) options – Basic, Priority, and Premium

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Customer

Premise Switch

or Router

Comcast

Switch

Comcast NetworkCustomer

Premise Switch

or Router

SITE 1

SITE 2Comcast

Switch

SITE 3

ETHERNET DEDICATED INTERNET

Dedicated connectivity to the Internet, provisioned from 1Mbps to 10Gbps

Static IP addressing

Domain Name Services – primary and secondary DNS support

Border Gateway Protocol Routing – Optional BGP setup to facilitate multi-homing between multiple ISP networks

Comcast Network

SITE 1

Customer

Premise Equipment

Comcast

Switch

Comcast

Internet Gateway

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How We Deliver Value to Our Customers

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Diversity Completely diverse from all other telcom networks. Unique to the industry

Custom design building entry, street routes, multi-homing and BGP

Our Network End to end 24x7x365 monitoring, control and visibility

We own the entire network including the local loops

Eliminates frustration of finger pointing between vendors

Ethernet Ethernet interfaces are simpler to manage and cost less

Price per Mbps lower than most legacy technologies

Well understood by IT staff. No learning curve. One protocol for LAN and WAN

Scalability Rapidly upgrade bandwidth to support new business applications – up to 10G

No delays associated with provisioning new circuits, bonding or cost of new hardware

Flexible, secure, scalable and highly reliable solutions to help grow your business

Resilient Minimal latency and low packet losss backed by industry leading SLA’s

High network availability ensures your applications run at peak performance

• Financial Stability – a $35B, locally headquartered company

• Ethernet product portfolio that is reliability, scalable and completely

diverse – laser focused

• Flexible, aggressive pricing options

• Local access is delivered 100% over the Comcast built , wholly

owned and operated Network

• No middle man . . . no finger pointing. We are completely diverse,

accountable

• Access to local resources (sales, engineering, service)

• A team that is committed to your success

Why Comcast?

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