A physical link from a customer's premises to the nearest GTE Central Office, A Frame Relay Port on the Frame Relay Switch located in GTE's Central Office, and The Data Link Connection Identifier associated with the Frame Relay Port. The physical link is a digital data circuit operating at any one of a variety of pre-subscribed speeds.
Term contracts offer discounts on the monthly recurring charge.
At the GTE Central Office, the circuit terminates on a port on the frame relay switch. The cost of the frame relay port includes the cost of one PVC, and a frame relay port can be associated with multiple PVC's. The frame relay port establishes PVC connections utilizing the Data Link Connection Identifier. The DLCI service element is used when a frame relay port is associated with multiple PVC's or destinations. The cost for multiple PVC's applies individually to each PVC, and discounts are available in stepped increments for more than 10 and more than 20 PVC's.