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About 2 Drop Ring Capacity

The Two Drop Ring product provides two separate circuits configured in a ring around the network.


Capacity Options

 
Unit Size: Gross Megabit/s: Comments:
STM-4 622 Structured or Concatenated
STM-16 2,488 Structured or Concatenated
STM-64 10,000 Structured or Concatenated
2.5G Wavelength (2.5 Gigawave)  
10G Wavelength (10 Gigawave)  

  • Two Drop Ring Capacity is Assigned as two separate circuits, linking two destination countries.

  • The two circuits terminating in each destination can gain access at the same cable station in the country as shown in the first example above, or gain access at separate cable stations in a particular country as depicted in the second example. A third option is a mix of the same cable stations in one country and different cable stations in another.

  • Two Drop Ring Capacity can be assigned on any traffic path.

  • Reassignment to other products and Traffic Paths is allowed.

  • Service Activation cable station to cable station within 48 hrs.

  • One side failure to STM-16 and STM-64 Two Drop Capacity will be restored to the remaining side within 5 minutes.  (For further information refer to restoration.)