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Frame Relay

Frame relay service combines the high performance and security of a private line with the reliability and flexibility of a high speed network. You get the best of both worlds to support your Wide Area Network (WAN) requirements. Frame provides high-speed, economical interconnections for business applications such as point-of-sale terminals in the retail industry, financial transactions for banking, airline reservation systems, real estate databases, security systems and countless other applications where many locations must be connected in a WAN.

Frame relay offers higher speeds than dial-up connections over regular phone lines, which are typically limited to maximum speeds of 56 kps. Frame relay offers speeds up to 24 times that speed.

Connecting multiple location of your business is efficient and works on permanent virtual circuits, allowing additional security, when needed.

Data rates for frame relay can be specified at a "committed information rate" that allows you to choose what you need.

Frame relay is an ideal solution for organization wanting to:

Run Internet servers (Web Servers, Mail Servers, FTP Servers, etc.) Large file transfer Text imaging and forms processing E-mail messaging Point-of-Sale (POS) authorization Packetized video Client-Server applications Provide Internet access services to a large number of internal users (LAN traffic) Build an Internet-based Wide Area Network (WAN), linking together two or more remote offices via the Internet (High-Speed mainframe connections) Provide Internet-based Remote Access Services (RAS), allowing any number of remote dial-up users to access the member's corporate network facilities via the Internet

Our pricing is extremely competitive. Imbris offers high bandwidth commitment for a wide variety of high-speed access options designed to provide cost-effective solutions for Internet access, Wide Area Network (WAN) construction, and Remote Access Services (RAS) deployment.

Contact us today for a custom quote that suits your business scenario.

Option	Bandwidth	Comments
56 Kbps Dedicated	56 Kbps	Majority of access lines are of this type.
Fractional T1	56 Kbps to 1,536 Kpbs	Requires fractional T1 to end site. Unused T1 channels can be used for other services
T1	1536 Kbps	Current maximum rate for most frame relay networks

Frame relay is scalable. That is, you can start with a 128K connection and move it to higher speeds without changing your hardware.
The hardware for a 128K connection is the same as for a T1 (1.5 Mbps) connection. 56K connections are a special case.
The 56K hardware and phone line are unique and not upgradeable to higher speeds.

Frame relay does require a special dedicated phone line from your telcom provider.

Frame relay requires a router and a DSU/CSU to connect between your network and the telco circuit. Many routers contain integrated DSU/CSUs.

To learn a little bit more about Frame Relay networks, download this .pdf document basics.pdf (PDF format, 583 K, requires Adobe Reader) or visit the Frame Relay Forum.

Voice over Frame Relay: Offers a potential alternative for carrying voice communications over the frame relay network in order to meet intra-company communications needs. Current users of a frame relay service may find that they have "excess" bandwidth available even with the tremendous expansion of applications and increase data traffic. By using voice and data over a frame relay connection, companies save time, money and man-power.