Qwest Ethernet Private Line Domestic service provides a point-to-point, dedicated transport of customer's Ethernet frames over the domestic on-net synchronous optical network (SONET) backbone.
Qwest Ethernet Private Line Domestic service is a point-to-point, interLATA, dedicated non-switched electrical or optical data transmission of customer's Ethernet traffic, over a physical circuit located between two Qwest points of presence (POPs) on the Qwest owned and operated domestic network (on-net circuit), where available. The service provides a fixed capacity of bandwidth for transport of the customer's digital communications traffic, utilizing and conforming to Ethernet-over-SONET standards that originate and terminate a physical connection at a Qwest-specified demarcation point located in the Qwest POP. The service is offered at 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 150 Mbps, 600 Mbps and 1000 Mbps. Service supports 10/100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps standard Ethernet interfaces.

The service extends to and includes the equipment maintained by Qwest that is necessary to connect the service to the customer's interconnection facilities at the Qwest-specified network interface points (demarcation point). Interconnection, collocation, and/or Ethernet Local Access services are not included as part of the Ethernet Private Line Domestic service, but may be ordered in conjunction therewith, through Qwest and where available.

Ethernet Private Line Domestic key features:

• Point-to-point configuration that extends a customer's LAN environment
• Competitively priced private line solution with Ethernet transport capabilities
• Highly reliable performance on a backbone based on SONET architecture
• Supports two standard interfaces: 10/100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps
• Maps Ethernet traffic over SONET backbone
• High-speed solutions engineered by National System Design Center (NSDC)