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What is MPLS? Multiprotocol Label Switching, or MPLS, is a protocol for efficiently managing network traffic flows.  It's a good network solution for enterprises requiring collaborative working across their organisation and with their customers and suppliers.
Benefits of MPLS

  •     Lower cost -MPLS allows sharing of large network resources but private routing for customer's traffic
  •     Scalability - it allows automatic configuration of the network making it easy to set up new paths, and bring on new sites
  •     Flexibility - can tailor the network to suit the customer and MPLS can carry any type of traffic making it very versatile
  •     QoS - Quality of Service can be applied meaning the customer can determine the prioritisation levels associated with different types of traffic
  •     Resilience - Traffic is sent on predetermined paths which can be changed automatically in the event of failure on one path


AirSpeed's MPLS network provides businesses with

  •     A single network platform
  •     Proactive management 24x7x365
  •     Network design customised to business requirments
  •     Additional services like advanced security and SIP voice
  •     An SLA (Service Level Agreement) with metrics guaranteeing network availability and performance.




Case studies

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