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Unlimited Bandwidth Service
Merit Network is pleased to offer MeritFiberPLUS to its Members. The Merit statewide backbone, once provisioned exclusively over circuits, is now composed largely of Merit-owned and provisioned private fiber-optics, MeritFiber.
MeritFiber allows Merit Network to provision nearly unlimited bandwidth on its backbone without the "stair-step" price increases associated with increasing capacity on circuits. Taking advantage of Merit's facilities-based network, Members that have a MeritFiber connection to the backbone can now gain additional flexibility and significant cost savings with adding MeritFiberPLUS as their connection service.
Members must be connected by fiber to a Merit core backbone node to be eligible for this service. Currently approximately 25% of Merit's backbone nodes are capable of supporting MeritFiberPLUS.
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The areas that are currently capable of supporting MeritFiberPlus are:
- Ann Arbor
- Clinton Twp. - Macomb
- Detroit
- Grand Rapids
- Hillsdale
- Jackson
- Kalamazoo
- Lansing/East Lansing
- Marshall
- Marysville/Port Huron
- (Midland, Saginaw, Flint, Big Rapids) **
- Mt. Pleasant
- Muskegon
- Rochester
- Southfield
** Members in this area should contact Merit Network to ensure that their area is eligible for this service.
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Two Tiers are available.
- Tier 1 - 500 Mbps
- Tier 2 - 1 Gbps
Benefits of MeritFiberPLUS- No bursting charges ever!
- No packet shaper appliance required resulting in savings on:
- equipment
- equipment maintenance cost
- power & rack space
- upgrades, etc.
- Members can leverage the investment of their MeritFiber connection.
- Members use of the network without additional provisioning or charges.
- Members can concentrate on their mission and let the network handle the through-put.
Equipment FeaturesMeritFiberPLUS will currently support the following features: IPV6, Multicast, Jumbo Frames, Policy Routing, Rate Limit, IPTEL, BGP, 10/100, 10/100/1000, and 10 Gbps. Additional features may be available in your area. Members should contact Merit Network if they are interested in additional features.
Members with additional locations connected to Merit's backbone by a MeritFiber connection qualify for this service.
Unparalleled Network Connectivity and ReliabilityMerit's regional, mesh network and peering agreements with national networks places Member connections closer to Internet content, providing your organization with a faster route to its destination than you may experience from another provider's network.
Merit's robust backbone boasts two physically diverse 10 Gigabit paths to Network Access Points in Chicago that connect with the commodity Internet and Internet2, a 10 Gigabit connection to Internet2 in Cleveland, over 25 peering agreements with private networks and content providers, as well as connections to other research and education networks in the Midwest. With the completion of our REACH-3MC broadband stimulus project, the Merit backbone will feature over 3,800 miles of fiber-optic network infrastructure that stretches across both the Lower and Upper Peninsulas and crosses the Mackinac Bridge. Merit, the longest-running regional network in America, is also the best connected.
Backed by a World Class Member Support Center
MeritFiberPLUS Members receive network monitoring from the Merit Support Center 24x7, 365 days a year. The Merit Support Center, formerly called the Network Operations Center, has been monitoring high-performance networks since 1987. Our support center analysts are the most experienced in the industry and use techniques that efficiently diagnose and resolve incidents.
MeritFiberPLUS connections are supported by a dedicated support team. Merit Member Relations Managers provide high-touch, knowledgeable assistance, and follow each issue through to completion.
For more information on MeritFiberPLUS, please contact a Member Relations Manager at
or call 734-527-5700.
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