1. A MILLION POSSIBILITIES
ONE PLANET ONE NETWORK
A MILLION POSSIBILITIES
Pacific Rim Networking Meeting
February 22, 2002

2. Agenda
AMPATH Summary – A collaberative effort with Global Crossing and FIU
The Global Crossing Network
WaveLengths
IP Network
IP Transit
IP VPN Express Route ™
Global Introduction of Global Crossing’s Research Network Connection Program

3. AMPATH Current Networks Connected
REUNA – Chile
RETINA – Argentina
RNP – Brazil (Rio)
FAPESP / ANSP – Brazil (Sao Paulo) – 2 connections: DS3, STM-1 (IP VPN Express Route)
StarTap / StarLight: (IP VPN ExpressRoute – GE with OC3 MPLS path)
Internet 2
S. Florida GigaPOP, Florida International University U of Miami, FAU
Other Latin America Networks soon

4. Multi-Service Network
Product Hierarchy
All of Global Crossing Products are transported over the Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical layer
Traffic Aggregation
Managed Services
Interconnection &
Peering
Content Hosting
& Distribution
Wavelength Service
IRU Capacity
Traditional
Voice
Private Line
Other
Other Access Alternatives
ATM
Dial
Frame Relay
IP Voice
IP VPN
(IPSC)
Dedicated
Internet
IP Transit
Distribution
Content
(MPLS-Based)
IP-VPN
DSL
ATM
SDH
IP Service Node
SDH
SONET
Multi-Service Network
(ATM)
Core IP
Network
Purpose of the slide:
To illustrate the composition of our global network from the physical level to the services which ride the network
Let’s trace the building blocks for Global Crossing’s transport and service platform.
The Global Crossing backbone is designed, developed, and deployed to provide for fast, reliable, high capacity transport of various traffic types within and between the high-density traffic areas around the world. The network reaches 200 cities, in 27 countries, on 5 continents around the world, supporting:
Traffic aggregation - customer traffic accesses the Global Crossing Network and is routed across our backbone to its destination
Interconnection and peering - Global Crossing interconnects with other provider networks to enable peering and traffic hand-off between networks, ensuring worldwide reach/delivery of our customers’ traffic
Content distribution - the network is designed to provide the capacity, speed, and reliability demanded by data intense applications, such data center content hosting, streaming media/video applications, etc.
At the base of our network is our DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) fiber optic network. Riding directly on top of the DWDM network is our Wavelength Service. Available at speeds of up to 2.5 or 10 Gbps, this Service provides carriers or business enterprises an alternative to purchasing dark fiber on traditional private lines and provides a point-to-point, linear service which is protocol transparent. Alongside the Wavelength Service, and also directly deployed over DWDM, are three distinct service platforms - SDH/SONET, a Multi-Service Network (ATM), and our Core IP Network. Deploying these service platforms directly over DWDM provides for improved throughput and scalability, vs. traditional deployment which stacks the service platforms on top of each other over the DWDM network (imposing protocol overhead on each layer).
SONET/SDH - provides an intelligent system that offers advanced network management and a standard optical interface. This system uses a self-healing ring architecture that is able to re-route traffic instantaneously.
Multi-service ATM Network - a cell-based platform which supports various CoS (voice, data, video, etc) and differentiated QoS
Core IP Network - a packet-based platform which provides internet connectivity and traffic distribution/delivery
On the SDH/SONET service platform, three services are available: IRU, PL, and Voice
On the Multi-service network, ATM services are deployed globally over a single, seamless OC48/STM16 ATM network. FR is deployed on the ATM network. The services use a single switch vendor, avoiding interoperability issues, and are serviced on a unified platform for provisioning and network management. The multi-service network has the advantage of allowing Global Crossing to interwork different services seamlessly (Frame Relay to ATM Service Interworking).
On the Core IP Network, IP Transit provides XSPs and network providers connectivity to the Global Crossing IP backbone for worldwide internet access at speeds ranging from DS3/E3 through OC48/STM16. Content distribution is facilitated by Global Crossing’s globally deployed, fully meshed, MPLS-te enabled IP backbone, which provides improved traffic management and content throughput/delivery. MPLS-based IP VPNs will meet the demand for secure, high capacity, high speed, IP data transport. These IP VPNs will utilize evolving MPLS capabilities to provide economical, point-to-point, on-network delivery of IP traffic with security and reliability.
Traversing the Multi-Service Network (ATM) and the Core IP network is the IP Service Node, which supports services such as VoIP, QoS capable IP VPNs, and Dedicated Internet Access for business enterprises. VoIP and QoS capable IP VPNs will first reside over the ATM network, until MPLS evolves to be able to provide differentiated CoS/QoS. In some cases, Dedicated Internet Access will be provided over the ATM network as part of IP enabled FR/ATM PVCs. In some cases, Dedicated Internet Access will reside directly on the Core IP Network when FR/ATM services are not required by the customer application.
Various options are available to access the SDH/SONET, Multi-Service, and Core IP Networks, including SDH/SONET, ATM, DSL, Dial, and other options (local loops, Metro Networks, etc).
Finally, Global Crossing is introducing Managed Services to provide full premise-to-premise network management solutions to business enterprises. This will include CPE procurement, implementation, proactive monitoring and network management service, along with maintenance service and lifecycle management. These capabilities will be available across the PL, ATM, FR, VoIP, IP VPN, and DIA services.
DWDM Fiber Network

5. A MILLION POSSIBILITIES
ONE PLANET ONE NETWORK
A MILLION POSSIBILITIES
Broadband Private Line Service

6. North American Crossing
SAC
PAC
MAC
AC-1
PEC
North American Crossing
PC-1
EAC
AC-2
Global PL POPs: 280
120
Europe
UK (104), Dublin, Stockholm,
Malmo, Gothenberg, Oslo,
Copenhagen x 2, Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Dresden,
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt x 2, Hamburg x 2,
Hannover, Leipzig, Munich
Nuremberg, Strasbourg-Kehl,
Stuttgart, Zurich,
Milan, Turin, Paris x 3, Lyon, Marseilles
Antwerp , Brussels x 2,
Madrid, Barcelona, London x 2
Geneva
143
North America
118 US POPs,
Toronto, Montreal
TECOTA/ Miami
Asia
Hong Kong, Tokyo,
Nagoya, Osaka, Sydney
Taipei
Seoul, Korea
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Manila, Philippines 6
LA&C
Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro, Santiago,
Lima, Caracas, Mexico City,
Tijuana, Guadalajara, Monterrey
Panama City
St. Croix
Bogota, Cali, Colombia 11
Available
Planned
GLOBAL PRIVATE LINE

7. GLOBAL CROSSING
WAVELENGTH SERVICETM
PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION

8. North American Crossing
Harbour Pointe
Seattle
North American Crossing
Ajigaura
Nagoya
Grover Beach
Osaka
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Shima
EAC
PAC
Legend
Landing Stations
Cities Connected (Backhaul)
Connecting Systems

9. East-Asia Crossing Japan: Today Hong Kong: Today Korea (Seoul) 1Q/02
PC-1
Korea
Ajigaura
Shima
Tokyo
China
PC-1
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan: Today
Hong Kong: Today
Korea (Seoul) 1Q/02
Taiwan: 1Q/02
Singapore: 2Q/02
Kuala Lumpur: 2Q/02
Philippines
Malaysia
Legend
Landing Points
2.5 Gig Wave Cities
10 Gig Wave Cities
Planned Wave Cities
Singapore

10. Pan European Crossing Legend Landing Points 2.5 Gig Wave Cities
Stockholm
Oslo
AC-1
Gothenburg
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Malmo
Copenhagen
Leads
Sylt
Dublin
Liverpool
Nottingham
Hamburg
Birmingham
Beverwijk
Manchester
Amsterdam
Hannover
Berlin
Bristol
London (Dock.)
Dusseldorf
Bude
Rotterdam
Cologne
Antwerp
Dresden
AC-2
London (Slough)
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Whitesands
Strasbourg
Nuremberg
Reading
Brussels
Chineham
Stuttgart
Munich
Paris
AC-1
Geneva
Zurich
Lyon
Milan
Turin
Marseilles
Legend
Barcelona
Landing Points
2.5 Gig Wave Cities
10 Gig Wave Cities
Global Crossing Europe can current provide 2.5 Gbit Wavelengths to 33 cities and 10Gbit/s to 32 this will increase to 36 &35 respectively by Please note special conditions apply to Spain and Dublin where provisioning lead times are on an ICB. Metro Wavelength Local loops are possible as ICB in London, Amsterdam Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt & Milan .
Madrid
Pan European Crossing

11. Fully deployed global network – Asia to N. America to Europe
Unprotected, bi-directional point to point service for data centric customers
2.5 & 10Gbps services
Standards-based SDH/SONET Framed Signal
Transports SONET/SDH, IP, ATM applications over Wavelengths
DWDM based solution using best-in-class partners Lucent, Hitachi, Nortel…
Fully deployed global network – Asia to N. America to Europe
Europe, Trans-Atlantic, N America, Trans-Pacific – Ready For Service
Asia, S America available 1Q 2002
Strategic alternative to dark fiber and protected private line
Eliminates redundant protection schemes enabling customers to leverage in-house networking expertise and applications hardware
Economics – CapEx and OpEx savings versus network/infrastructure development
Speed to market – reduces network deployment from years to days
Scalable Solution – supports cost-effective capacity on demand
Access Solutions
Global Colocation in 50+ cities and Mid-Span Meet capability
Third-Party & On-Net Metro premise solutions – general availability 1Q 2002

12. A MILLION POSSIBILITIES
ONE PLANET ONE NETWORK
A MILLION POSSIBILITIES
The way to the future
Global Crossing IP VPN ServiceTM

13. The Global Crossing Network
IP Nodes
Tokyo
Seoul
Hong Kong
Singapore
Taipei
Osaka
Nagoya
Sydney
PEC
AC-1
AC-2
North American Crossing
PC-1
MAC
IP Nodes
London
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Paris
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Zurich
Milan
Connectivity
Madrid
Stockholm
Dublin
Rotterdam
Brussels
Marseilles
Barcelona
Lyon
Oslo
Berlin
EAC
PAC
SAC
IP Nodes
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Mexico City
Panama City
Connectivity
Lima
Caracas
Santiago
Rio De Janeiro
Monterrey
Based on announced network

14. The Global Crossing IP Network
New York
Customer
Networks
L.A.
Customer
Networks
Peering
Partners
Peering
Partners
The Global Crossing IP Network
AS 3549
North American
Internet Backbone
European
Internet Backbone
Customer
Networks
Amsterdam
Peering
Partners
London
Tokyo
Peering
Partners
Customer
Networks
Asia/Pacific
Internet Backbone
Sao Paulo
Mexico
Peering
Partners
Customer
Networks
South/Central
American
Internet Backbone

15. Current Network Performance
Latency:
the roundtrip time a packet travels between two designated sites.
Packet Loss:
the percentage of packets lost in transmission. 
North America Average Latency ms
Average Packet Loss %
Europe Average Latency ms
TransAtlantic Average Latency ms
Real Time Performance: Fri Nov 9 19:13:44 GMT 2001

16. North American IP Backbone
Small IP Hub
IP Hub
IP Hub and Peering Center
IP Over DWDM (OC48/OC192)
IP Over SONET (OC3 and up)
Seattle
Minneapolis
Detroit
Chicago
Rochester
Boston
Denver
Kansas City
New York City
Tokyo
San Francisco
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Colorado
Washington
Amsterdam
Las Vegas
Raleigh
London
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Albuquerque
Atlanta
San Diego
Dallas
Tucson
Austin
Houston
Orlando
Sydney
Tampa
Panama
Mexico
Miami
Sao Paulo
Caracas
Mexico

17. European IP Network NYC on AC1 and AC2 Total bandwidth: 10 Gbps
Stockholm
Oslo
Gothenburg
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Copenhagen
NYC on AC1 and AC2
Total bandwidth: 10 Gbps
Dublin
Amsterdam
Liverpool
Leeds
Hamburg
Hanover
Manchester
Birmingham
Berlin
London
Bristol
Dusseldorf
Rotterdam
Cologne
Dresden
Antwerp
Leipzig
Brussels
Frankfurt
Prague
Nuremberg
Stuttgart
Strasbourg
Munich
Vienna
Paris
Zurich
Geneva
Lyon
Milan
Bordeaux
Turin
Florence
Bilbao
Marseilles
Rome
Large IP POP’s and peering locations
IP connections pop’s
IP over SDH (STM1 and up)
IP over DWDM (STM16 and up)
Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia

18. East Asia IP Network Expansion
Japan
Korea
Seattle
China
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
IP POP’s
IP POP’s, End Q2 2002
IP over DWDM, STM-4
IP over SDH (STM1 and up)
Phase 2, 2002
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
Sydney

19. South American IP Network ExpansionLA
NYC
NYC
Miami
Mexico City
Panama
Cartegena
Valencia
Medellin
Bogota
Cali
South American IP Network Expansion
Quito
Guayaquil
Lima
Brasilia
Belo Horizonte
IP POP’s
Backhaul Pops
IP over DWDM, STM-4
IP over SDH (STM1 and up)
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Curitiba
Sao Paulo
Porto Alegre
Cordoba
Santiago
Mendoza
Rosario
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Punta del Este
Las Toninas

20. IP Transit Pricing Two pricing models:
Fixed Fee - pricing depends on access bandwidth
Access port with guaranteed bandwidth
Access bandwidth is maximum bandwidth
Price is fixed per month
Common outside US-Region
Variable (also known as “burstable”) - pricing depends partly on committed access and also on usage if usage exceeds committed
Customer commits to a certain bandwidth, access port bandwidth will be higher then committed
If necessary customer can burst above committed up to access port bandwidth
Billing based on 95/5 usage
Monthly price will vary based on actual usage
Local Loops or IPL access priced separately
Pricing Guidebook:
Pricing contacts (Morristown, New Jersey):
Al DiGabriele, Director
Lou Najdzin, Manager

21. IP Backbone Architecture
OC-48/OC192 IP over dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)
Most competitors run IP over ATM
IP direct over DWDM provides improved throughput and enhanced scalability
IP over ATM creates approx. 15% overhead when encapsulating IP into ATM cells (known as “cell tax”). Running IP direct over DWDM avoids this overhead.
MPLS
Enables “IP Tunnels” for improved bandwidth management
Reduced “hops” on the network
Improved performance reliability

22. ExpressRoute IP VPN™ Network
GLOBAL CROSSING
MPLS / IP BACKBONE
CUSTOMER
SITE “A”
CUSTOMER
SITE “B”
MPLS TUNNEL MESH IP
Traffic IP
Traffic
Global Crossing ExpressRoute IP VPN™ Service

23. ExpressRoute IP VPN™ Availability via Global Crossing Private Line PoPS
Asia/Pacific
Australia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Korea (South)
New Zealand
Taiwan
Europe / Middle East
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland UK
Americas
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Venezuela
USA
30 Countries Worldwide

24. Latency (Round Trip Transit Delay)
ExpressRoute IP VPNTM
Trans-Atlantic ms
Intra-Europe ms
Intra-North America 75 ms
Intra-South America 170 ms
Trans-Pacific 150 ms
Intra-Asia 140 ms

25. Global Crossing IP Network Differentiation
Fully Redundant IP Hub Designs
Minimized ‘single point of failure’
Multiple ingress/egress paths for IP traffic
Multiple data paths within the hub
Multiple power supplies in router and switch chassis
Multiple power feeds (AC) or 48VDC where available
First Carrier to Deploy MPLS Globally into Production Environment
First Carrier to create a fully-meshed World-Wide MPLS network

26. One Network, One AS
First Carrier to deploy fully-meshed global MPLS network into
production for 25% increase in data delivery efficiency
European
Internet Backbone
North American
South/Central American
Asia/Pacific
Other Asian/Pacific
Internet Networks
Other European
Other South-American
US and worldwide
AS 3549
Tokyo
Amsterdam
MPLS connection

27. Global Crossing’s Research Network Connection Program
Based on Global Crossing’s IP VPN Express Route ™ Service and IP Transit
Express Route is a fully meshed, MPLS based Global IP network that provides “any to any” connectivity, thus,
Research Traffic is segregated from commercial traffic with express delivery to research network peering points
Single local loop for best economics: IP Transit / Express Route

28. Global Crossing’s Research Network Connection Program
Ability to create Layer 2 and Layer 3 IP VPN’s
Allows for the creation of Extranets with other NREN partners, IPv4 & IPv6 supported
High performance, GigE speeds with SLA for Latency, Packet Loss, and Availability
“Any to Any” is ideal for both short term and long term projects

29. Global Crossing’s Research Network Connection Program
Several NREN’s are already utilizing this service/technology, Such as Fapesp, AMPATH, and a major European NREN with connectivity to StarLight/Startap, thus, direct connectivity to these networks is easily facilitated.
Special pricing has been developed. Either pay only for actual bandwidth used (usage based) or a custom Flat Rate to meet budget requirements

30. THANK YOU
Discussion / Questions