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How to Have a Continuous Connection without
Paying for a Full-Time Line

Frame Relay Basics

Frame relay is a telecommunication service designed for cost-efficient data transmission for intermittent traffic between local area networks (LAN) and between end-points in a wide area network (WAN). Frame relay puts data in a variable-size unit called a frame and leaves any necessary error correction (retransmission of data) up to the end-points, which speeds up overall data transmission.

For most services, the network provides a permanent virtual circuit, which means that the customer sees a continuous, dedicated connection without having to pay for a full-time leased line, while the service provider figures out the route each frame travels to its destination and can charge based on usage. An enterprise can select a level of service quality, prioritizing some frames and making others less important.

Frame relay is offered by a number of service providers, including AT&T. Frame relay is provided on fractional T-1 or full T-carrier system carriers. Frame relay complements and provides a mid-range service between integrated services digital network (ISDN), which offers bandwidth at 128 Kbps, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), which operates in somewhat similar fashion to frame relay but at speeds from 155.520 Mbps or 622.080 Mbps.

Frame relay is often used to connect local area networks with major backbones as well as on public wide area networks and also in private network environments with leased lines over T-1 lines. It requires a dedicated connection during the transmission period. It's not ideally suited for voice or video transmission, which requires a steady flow of transmissions. However, under certain circumstances, it is used for voice and video transmission.

What's it mean to you? Your enterprise can have a continuous connection without paying for a full-time line.

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