Alaska Communications Systems
Enterprise Solutions

ACS Metro Ethernet - Connect multiple locations within a city
ACS Metro Ethernet is the perfect solution to connect all your business locations in a city with a flexible, reliable, secure and cost effective network.


Because Ethernet is already the networking standard in your office, ACS Metro Ethernet is compatible with your existing hardware - it is the only solution available that doesn't require hardware upgrades. And your staff works with Ethernet every day so there is no need to hire specialists or maintain additional certifications.


Statewide ACS Metro Ethernet is only available at ACS. Unlike legacy technologies, each location can be customized with speeds from 768 kbps to up to a GigE depending on your needs. This flexibility allows you to invest in high bandwidth where you need it, and save at smaller locations, optimally managing your overall spend.


At ACS, most future upgrades are simple software changes. We do it in hours rather than the weeks that legacy technologies require, particularly valuable for seasonal businesses.


ACS Metro Ethernet converges all of your voice, video, internet, and data applications on a single circuit and saves you more. With ACS Traffic Management capabilities, we manage your traffic to your priorities. Mission critical applications will run ahead of less sensitive applications. We can change as your priorities change.


Your data will be packaged in its own "envelope" so that it's isolated and protected from the public internet. It is managed by ACS and built off of Cisco Carrier Class hardware, so you know it's reliable. The ACS architecture is built with world-class hardware, and has no single point of failure within the core. This is what we mean by reliable and secure.


ACS Metro Ethernet is the lowest cost, highest value solution in the market today.

Lower Initial Costs: No hardware upgrades, no specialized training.

Lower On-going Cost: Cost effectively scale the network to your needs, and simplify your on-going network maintenance.

Converge Services: Combine voice, video, internet, and data services for greater efficiencies.

Savings that Grow: The cost per location declines as you add more sites.

The result is that your total-cost-of-ownership is significantly less than any alternative solution.


Let us work with you to design a solution that exceeds your current performance. Call today or email us at business.leads@acsalaska.com.


Speeds Supported Up to GigE
Network Architecture Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint
Standards Supported Ethernet 802.3, 802.1p, 802.1q
Interfaces Supported 10Base T, 100Base TX, GigE (Optical)
Full or Half Duplex
Enhanced Services Managed Network Services and performance
reporting available
Metro Ethernet Target Guarantee
Service Availability 100% 99.95%
Service Performance Delay = 40ms. Delay = 60ms.
Terrestrial Packet Delivery 100% 99.5%