Ethernet to the Home/Premises

With the advances and widespread availability of long- and ultra-long-reach photonic networks, carriers can now provide 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet or shaped bandwidths to metropolitan customers, delivering Ethernet demarcation points (optical or copper ports). These services are offered transparently or via virtual LAN (VLAN) or Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) architectures.