Production Services

MAX engineers work closely with participants to provide the best services and maintain high reliability.

Core Services

  • Layer 1: Optical Lambda Transport Over DWDM Gear – 1G / 10G (DWDM or 1310 handoff)

    • MAX can provide a point-to-point optically-protected Layer 1 connection between any two points on our network. This is 100% dedicated bandwidth between your devices, and since everything is built on a ring topology, if there is a fiber cut you won’t even notice. National transport is available over the NLR wavenet. If you have a need to connect beyond the mid-Atlantic region, we can also work with you to provide a nationwide lambda transport solution via either Internet2′s WaveCo service or NLR’s WaveNet.

  • Layer 2: Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Transport

    • This is similar to Layer 1 but is ethernet-based switching at Layer 2. We can provide VLANs across your existing ports to connect your locations together, or we can provide dedicated interfaces. The 1GE of traffic goes across our non-oversubscribed 10G backbone, ensuring your packets get from end to end. Nationwide VLANs are available over the NLR framenet. We can work with your requirements for a national scope via either Internet2 ION or NLR FrameNet services to connect you to your research partners in other regions. FrameNet is a classical “permanent” configuration – once it’s up, it’s up. ION was originally intended to be a dynamic “build it as you need it, tear it down when you’re done” service used for high bandwidth and short duration needs to diverse locations, but they’ve recently relaxed the time constraints and you can now build circuits that will stay in place for a year. It’s still most useful when used as a dynamic service that you control, while FrameNet is static. We’ll be happy to discuss your options in more detail.

  • Layer 3: Research and Education (R&E) Services Port

    • National Lambda Rail (NLR) and Internet2
    Complementary R&E services; both available depending on needs and what you are trying to reach.

  • Collocation

    • If you have a need to collocate equipment, we can either collocate it for you directly in one of our locations, or coordinate on your behalf with our existing collocation providers around the region.

  • Redundant Connections

    • Two routers on your end to two routers on our end. May need L1 DWDM as well depending on specifics.

  • Commodity Internet Services

    • Qwest, TransitRail, and TransitRail/Cogent Blend subscriptions available.

  • Next Generation Internet Exchange (NGIX) Connections

    • MAX runs the east coast federal agency peering fabric. Multiple federal agencies exchange traffic at this location.

  • Washington International Exchange (WIX) Connections*

    • *WIX is an upcoming international exchange point.

Value-Added Services

  • Guidance through the initial connection process

  • Traffic Utilization Graphs

  • SmartHands

  • 24/7/365 Network Operations Center (NOC) as a single point of contact for all issues