The aggressive move will also benefit BT's broadband programme, which converts copper phone lines into high-speed data lines allowing for the delivery of higher speed multimedia services to the home. Today, for example, we have announced a new real-time multimedia VoIP service, which will be trialling with UK business customers.
Single networks are easier to manage, requiring fewer resources and simpler administration.
The Cisco 12000 Series backbone router provides a highly available fully distributed architecture that provides unparalleled performance for delivery of revenue generating services. The Cisco 12000 Series backbone router's low latency, true QoS support, and multicast replication enable services such as VoIP, VPN and high bandwidth content delivery. In addition, the Cisco 12000 Series routers scalable architecture will enable BT's backbone to grow as the demand increases. Ignite's network has more than a hundred service PoPs. These Service nodes aggregate BT Ignites wide range of access Services to a common, high speed, core.