Today, we’re pleased to announce that we can offer FREE set-up for any business signing for a 3 year EFM service. Whilst EFM continues to be rolled out across the UK, there are still a large areas of the UK yet to have EFM enabled. So, this pricing is subject to survey. For those businesses that are within range of an EFM enabled exchange, this r...
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Yes, there’s even a book written about EFM! For those interested in the IEEE 802.3ah EFM Standard this is a must. This book annotates and explains the dense language of the standard document, taking particular care how to explain how the EFM dovetails with other standards. For engineers struggling with the standard, this book will show clearly ho...
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In March 2011 we were asked by a Sussex based company to get pricing for EFM services to their premises. Having suffered from unreliable broadband for years, they were prepared to make the leap to a leased line service. We requested pricing from 5 different UK based EFM service providers, for 2mb/s and 10mb/s, on a 1 year and 3 year term. The pre...
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It seems that there is a lot of confusion out there about EFM and its similarities to bonded ADSL. Many people I’ve spoken to are worried that EFM is simply old fashioned ADSL bonding in new packaging. Both bonded ADSL and EFM are delivered over Copper pairs, but that’s where the similarity ends. EFM is an Ethernet leased line service that can ...
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“My business is being choked by this broadband service. I can’t afford the unreliability, it’s gone from being annoying to being a serious risk to my business” MD, a digital printing company, Sussex UK. Does this sound familiar? Have you been left wandering how it can be that you’ve been sold a service which promises superfast speeds, up to 20 me...
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Welcome to the Ethernet In The First Mile (EFM) blog.We welcome any updates on news, promotions, case studies and general views can be shared with the market as a whole. We also invite any submissions that other companies may want to share with the market. Provided it is of relevant to the Ethernet in the first mile sector, or similarly related to ...
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