TalkTalk Business is offering partners greater and more accessible interconnect resiliency for wholesale Ethernet, EoFTTC and EFM connectivity via its just launched Shadow VLAN proposition, which comes at a lower cost and is available to order via its MyNet portal.
"The channel and many service providers are continuously failing to recognise that there is too often a single point of failure in the way networks are being designed - the interconnect between the wholesale Ethernet provider and service provider's network," stated Pete Tomlinson (pictured), Commercial Director at TalkTalk Business.
"If this is interrupted, through a power outage or an issue with network equipment, then all traffic that uses that interconnect may come to a grinding halt. The impact of this can be disastrous for both the provider and their customers."
According to Tomlinson Shadow VLAN addresses this issue by instantly re-routing traffic to a secondary interconnect in the event of the primary one failing.
"Over 90% of wholesale Ethernet services are currently being ordered without this protection," he added. "There is still work to be done in terms of educating service providers and the wider channel on the different types of resiliency available to them.
"We have therefore embarked on an educational campaign to make greater interconnect resiliency the norm, and ensure that resellers understand that without that resilience their customers' connectivity could be exposed to a single point of failure resulting in potential huge losses."