Layer 2 Access Products
Layer 2 products include the bitstream equipment and services which transmit basic data from one point in the network to another over the Layer 1 physical assets. It is the data link layer and provides the functional and procedural means to transfer data between network entities.
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Chorus Layer 2 products
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Description | Agreement | Status |
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| Next Generation Access (NGA) Evolve (Bitstream 2) | Designed to deliver basic fibre connectivity to residential and small business customers. When combined with Baseband a voice service over fibre can be provided. | CFH/UFB | Available |
| NGA Business (Bitsteam 3/3A) | Supports business-grade applications such as voice, Citrix and Virtual Private Networks. Can deliver up to 100Mbps of dedicated dowstream and upstream bandwidth with VLAN transparency. Suitable for medium businesses or branch offices. | CFH/UFB | Available |
| HSNS Premium (Bitstream 4) | Top of the line access service that meets the high performance demands of corporate customers, schools and medical centres. It has new top access speed of 10Gbps of dedicated downstream and upstream bandwidth with transparent VLAN, making it ideal for supporting complex busines-grade applications. | CFH/UFB | Available |
| Baseband |
Baseband enables you to offer voice services over fibre when copper is no longer available. A Baseband variant can be sold with NGA, BUBA, WVS, EUBA. Range of Baseband variants include: |
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MED STD | Available | |
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Commercial | Available | |
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Commercial | In development | |
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Commercial | Available | |
| Basic UBA (BUBA) | Our basic ADSL2+-based broadband product. Available clothed or naked. It will be available with a Baseband product variant. | MED STD | Available |
| Enhanced UBA (EUBA) | Our premium ADSL2+ broadband service, providing Class of Service (CoS) network capability to support the simultaneous delivery of both latency sensitive applications such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and internet access.Can be purchased with a Baseband product variant, Handover Links (HSNS & Enhanced UBA or Handover Fibre) and EUBA Backhaul |
MED STD Commercial |
Available |
| Wholesale VDSL2 Service (WVS) | Our premium copper-based broadband service delivered using VDSL2. Can be purchased with a Baseband product variant, Handover Links and WVS Backhaul. | Commercial | Available (Soft launch) |
| Data Products |
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| High Speed Network Service (HSNS) Lite | Provides a high speed Ethernet access solution that allows service providers to realise a new level of speed and flexibility in deployment of Ethernet based services. A cost effective option in extending network reach without heavy investment and is available in copper or fibre variants. Can be purchased with HSNS Tail Extension | Commercial | Available |
| Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPC) Lite | Allows service providers to extend the reach of their service to a customer site where they do not already have access or do not wish to take on the complexity and cost of building the access network component themselves. Delivered over legacy ATM technology and provides service outside of the reach of Chorus' Ethernet footprint.Can be purchased with UPC Tail Extension | Commercial | Available |
| UPC | Commercial | In market | |
| Layer 2 Handover Connections |
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| Handover Links | UFB - 10GigE and GigE (7450) Handover Connection and Handover Fibre. | CFH/UFB | Available |
| Handover Fibre - used to terminate products such as P2P Backhaul | Commercial | Available | |
| UPC & BUBA - ATM Handover Connection and Handover Fibre for ATM-based services | Commercial | Available | |
| UBS & BUBA - GigE (M40) Handover Connection and Handover Fibre | Commercial | Available | |
| HSNS & EUBA - GigE (7450) Handover Connection annd Handover Fibre. | Commercial | Available | |