STERLING, VA. - Network Access Solutions (NAS) is selling digital subscriber line (DSL) as more than just a local access technology.
The regional service provider sets up WANs that can span East Coast cities from Boston to Richmond, Va., using DSL technology for access, but also providing long-haul links.
Most other DSL competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC) hook customers to the Internet using DSL's ability to turn regular phone lines into dedicated broadband pipes. Or else they connect remote corporate offices to company headquarters located in the same metropolitan area.
But NAS offers local access and long-haul links on its own network. The company has points of presence in nine cities and plans to expand throughout the mid-Atlantic and New England regions as customer demand dictates.
So a corporation with sites in Washington, D.C., New York and Boston could link them to headquarters via DSL without having to use multiple carriers.
NAS' long-distance net runs over fiber leased from MCI WorldCom and Level 3 Communications. This provides NAS with route diversity in case MCI WorldCom or Level 3 suffers a network outage.
NAS also offers a symmetric DSL service supported by new technology from Ascend that provides SDSL at speeds of up to 2.3M bit/sec.
NAS limits the speed of that SDSL offering to 2M bit/sec so that the company can extend the service to more customers. Other SDSL offerings typically top out at 1.5M bit/sec.
NAS links customers into its network via DSL lines ranging in size from 128K bit/sec to 2M bit/sec. Prices range from $129 to $348 per month, with discounts for long-term contracts.
Extending a link city to city costs from $387 per month for 128K bit/sec to $1,044 for 2M bit/sec.
NAS: (703) 742-7700
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