Today's applications require both flexible bandwidth and high availability to operate at peak performance. Business Ethernet provides a solid foundation that supports today’s voice, video, data and communications applications, but is flexible enough to accommodate technologies you add to meet tomorrow's demands.

As one of the top three largest business Ethernet providers in the nation, tw telecom delivers managed data, Internet and voice networking solutions to businesses and large organizations throughout the U.S, connecting more than 18,000 commercial buildings to its national fiber network.

tw telecom (News - Alert) has been named a leading competitive provider for business Ethernet services in the U.S. According to Vertical Systems Group's latest research, tw telecom took the No. 1 slot based on Ethernet port share, followed by Level 3, XO, Cogent, Zayo, Reliance Globalcom and Integra Telecom (News - Alert).

According to the release, "These seven companies have achieved positions on Vertical's 2012 U.S. Competitive Provider Ethernet Leaderboard, a new benchmark for measuring Ethernet market presence based on billable ports delivered by competitive providers."

The ranking in Ethernet ports is truly a differentiator for tw telecom. Not only is it a leader in business Ethernet, but it aims to deliver exciting new services, such as the Intelligent Network to its customers. tw telecom’s expertise with business Ethernet enables the company to deliver the services customers need, when they need them.

The Intelligent Network provides a clear view of network elements from anywhere, at any time. It includes Dynamic Capacity, a feature that allows its subscribers to increase their bandwidth up to three times their normal subscribed rate when needed, and Enhanced Management, the first phase of the Intelligent Network that gives customers real-time performance management information, end-to-end and segment-by-segment, from the network. It provides customers with site-specific network performance information including bandwidth utilization, class of service utilization, packet loss, latency and jitter.