As trillions of bits of data criss-cross corporate networks, information that needs to get there first may be held up by traffic. Sprint Canada solves the priority problem with its new Business Class for Frame Relay service. As trillions of bits of data constantly criss-cross corporate networks, companies are finding that critical information is more frequently being held up by traffic. That's because information that cannot brook even momentary delays is not always given priority.
Frame relay is a fast and effective method of transferring data between corporate networks.
But until Sprint Canada introduced its new service earlier this year, frame relay services did not offer the flexibility that many businesses need. For example, a delay of a few seconds in receiving an E-mail or completing the transfer of a file is seldom important or even noticeable. But if the data is required to, say, complete a financial transaction, the same delay could be annoying to customers and costly to a bank. This will get data to its destination quickly and a momentary delay will have no consequences since applications like E-mail and file transfers do not require an instant response. A higher-priority service called LAN Plus meets the needs of organizations with applications more sensitive to delay.