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Choice Hotels, Clarion Birmingham

The Clarion Collection Birmingham is a newly refurbished 4-star hotel located less than two miles from Birmingham City Centre and Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

Sapphire Business Solutions was awarded the Telephony, IT, wireless and security projects at the hotel.

EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile)

EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) is a new Ethernet based product that has been released in the UK. The new service is provided using the UK’s NEW next generation network and it’s currently being rolled out across the UK.

Unlike Fibre Ethernet which is provided using Fibre Optic cable to your business, EFM uses copper wires bonded together to provide connections capable of up to 20mb download and 20mb upload speeds uncontended. If any of these pairs fail, the service adjusts the rate to a lower speed based on the wires that are still running – avoiding a failure of the line as a whole.

Many businesses are now demanding higher standards in bandwidth due to their increasing need to protect mission critical data and to provide real-time information, but find the costs for these services prohibitive. EFM is broadening the reach of Ethernet lines to many more businesses by offering a lower cost alternative.


product features:

Choose from up to 10Mbps connectivity over 2 copper pairs or 20Mbps on 4 copper pairs - cost effective because it's double the capacity of our competitors on fewer pairs.Symetrical service. This means the same upload and download speeds.
100% dedicated bandwidth, wholly uncontended, so service performance is not affected by other people using the same exchange.
Enhanced service level for faults.
Super resilient connection due to pairs; should one pair fail, service continues over the other pair.
Ethernet presentation simplifies edge CPE choices. There is no need for expensive ADSL modules, micro-filters ro interface cards. Our service can be plugged straight into a firewall or other Ethernet device (internet facing service only).
Simple pricing.
Our network has more EFM enabled exchanges than any other competitor, providing you with greater reach.

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