Architecture: Access

• Access node at many Qwest PoPs

  • Qwest Sonet switches needed equipment

• Access lines connect from core node to gigaPoP

  • Local part: gigaPoP to access node
  • Long distance part: access node to core node
  • IP-over-Sonet or IP-over-ATM possible
  • OC-3 and OC-12 typical

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