Ensure optimal productivity, security
and reliability
IP VPN service from Bell
IP VPN service from Bell is a fully managed wide
area network (WAN) solution delivered over a
leading North American MPLS network. It allows
you to easily and affordably connect your
employees, suppliers and business partners to
share voice, data and video across the country
or around the world, over a single, secure and
reliable private IP-based network.
With IP VPN service, you will receive the
quality, reliability, security and scalability of the
most extensive private networks in Canada –
all of which are crucial in today’s competitive
environment. IP VPN service combines the
flexibility of a private IP model with the resiliency
of optical networks and traffic prioritization
capabilities to enable you to optimize your
communications infrastructure to meet your
evolving business needs.
Bell was among the select North American
companies that Forrester invited to participate
in its Forrester Wave™: Domestic North
American Managed MPLS Services, Q4 2008
(October 2008). In this evaluation, Bell
received the top score for managed service
portfolio quality, Canadian MPLS network
scale and MPLS flexibility.
Features and benefits
• Private and secure – Bell’s extensive private
network undergoes stringent annual security
audits to ensure your data traffic is kept
confidential from other clients’ networks and
protected from the public Internet.
• Reliable protection against costly
downtime – Bell’s network is built on a fully
redundant infrastructure. Our commitment to
quality is supported by leading Service Level
Agreements (SLAs) and objectives which can
only be achieved on a private infrastructure.
Comprehensive reports allow you to monitor
network performance via a secure web portal.
• A vast choice of speeds and options to
meet your unique needs – IP VPN offers
a broad range of connection speeds and a
choice of management, reporting, network
configuration, business continuity and flexible
client equipment options.
• Global connectivity – Our private MPLS
network spans over 80 Points of Presence
(POP) across Canada and is accessible from
over 100 countries around the world.
• Future-proof – IP VPN from Bell is recognized
for its resilient service roadmap and offers the
ideal platform to evolve to advanced applications
such as VoIP, virtualization or collaboration.
• Service excellence – A highly skilled, national,
single point of contact help desk offers technical
support 24/7 to help you reduce IT staff network
administration time and travel costs.
• Optimized capital spending and operational
costs – Bell offers class of service options that
enable you to effectively consolidate voice,
video and data applications onto a single
network. In addition, this affordable fully
managed service has predictable monthly
rates and will help you eliminate equipment
purchases, as well as ongoing software and
hardware maintenance costs.
Choose from any one of three IP VPN service offerings from Bell for a plan that best suits your needs1:
High Performance
Enhanced
Value
Typical location
large/head office
critical branch offices
small /remote offices
Management
3 levels with reporting
3 levels with reporting
4 levels with reporting
Class of service
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•
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•
•
•
•
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• access only prioritization
• standard
Mean time to repair
(MTTR)
4 hours
4 hours
4 hours
Service availability
(per month)
99.9%
99.9%
99.9%
Site availability (per
month and per site)
99.9%
99.7% -99.79%
99.5%
Options
• diversity
• multiple VPNs
• shared Internet access
bandwidth on demand
• class of service on
demand
• extranets
• wireless router
• load sharing
• local IP address
management
• private payment
processor connection
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•
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•
•
diversity
wireless router
extranets
load sharing
local IP address
management
• private payment
processor connection
• dial or high speed back up
• single access for IP VPN
and Internet
• IP enabling
• wireless router
• local IP address
management
• private payment
processor connection
Speed1
from up to 64Kbps – up to
1Gbps symmetrical
• Up to 64, 128, 256,
512 kbps or 1.5 Mbps
symmetrical
• Up to 1.5, 3 or 6 Mbps
asymmetrical
• Up to 1, 6 or 8 Mbps
asymmetrical
Why choose Bell?
voice
video
priority
standard
bulk
IP VPN service from Bell combines a diverse
range of features and options with the resiliency
and reliability of one of North America’s largest
private networks. Bell has extensive experience
providing telecommunications and IP solutions to
customers of any size and helping them manage
their business more effectively. Bell also operates
one of the most established, secure and respected
IT infrastructures in the country.
voice
video
priority
standard
bulk
Countless businesses trust Bell for:
• The power, security and reliability of one of the
country’s largest IP infrastructures
• Industry-leading IT and networking expertise and
resources
• Consistent levels of service, reliability and
performance
• A strong commitment and track record of
performance in developing customer-focused
solutions
For more information contact your Bell representative,
Bell Certified Partner or visit bell.ca/IP
Available to business clients where technology permits. No service provides absolute protection. Other conditions apply, including minimum system requirements. (1) Due to
technical requirements, installer may suggest a different service package than the one initially selected by client. Forrester Wave is a trade-mark of Forrester Research, Inc.
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