PRIVATE. SECURE. RELIABLY CONNECTED. 

Metro Ethernet is a private Layer 2 network service that connects an organization’s locations over dedicated fiber, so traffic between sites never crosses the public internet. DQE Communications delivers MEF-certified Metro Ethernet across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland in point-to-point, hub-and-spoke, and fully meshed designs.

Businesses use Metro Ethernet to connect offices, campuses, data centers, cloud providers, and colocation sites on one private network. Common uses include multi-site operations, data replication between facilities, and real-time applications that need consistent performance. DQE Communications delivers Metro Ethernet for these uses across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland.

E-Line is a point-to-point Ethernet connection between two locations. E-LAN connects multiple locations in a fully meshed network, so every site reaches every other site directly. DQE Communications delivers both as MEF-certified Metro Ethernet over dedicated or virtualized connections, with VLAN segmentation for network isolation.

Metro Ethernet privately connects an organization’s own locations at Layer 2 and never touches the public internet. Dedicated Internet Access connects a location to the internet with reserved, symmetrical bandwidth. Many organizations use DQE Metro Ethernet between sites and DQE Dedicated Internet Access for internet and cloud traffic.

MEF certification means an Ethernet service meets the standards MEF, the industry association for carrier Ethernet, sets for how the service is defined and delivered. DQE Communications Metro Ethernet is MEF-certified, so point-to-point and meshed designs follow those standards across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland.

DQE Metro Ethernet runs on a redundant core with sub-50ms failover over end-to-end fiber, and DQE Communications reports 99.97% availability across its enterprise network. A 24/7/365 in-house NOC monitors the service, and customers see real-time performance in the DQE Customer Control Center.

DQE Metro Ethernet is a private Layer 2 network, so data moves between sites without crossing the public internet. VLAN segmentation isolates traffic, and DQE’s in-house NOC monitors the dedicated fiber 24/7/365.