SprintLink

Definition - What does SprintLink mean?

SprintLink is to a Tier 1 global Internet Service Provider (ISP) network that provides services through an OC-192 Internet backbone.

SprintLink services include cable maintenance and administration in the TAT-14 consortium. Its communication network provides global voice, data and internet services to multinational companies in more than 100 countries.

Techopedia explains SprintLink

Sprint Nextel Corporation, a global internet carrier, owns and operates SprintLink.

SprintLink's strengths include:

  • Homogeneous global architecture
  • IP layer redundancy and accountability
  • L3/L1 architecture
  • Robust architecture that allows for high stability
  • Peering architecture and multicast technology
  • Zero loss and speed-of-light delays

SprintLink's core service level agreement includes:

  • Forwarding outages < 1 second
  • Packet loss - 0.05%
  • Packet reordering - 1%
  • Round-Trip Time U.S. – 100 milliseconds
  • Round-Trip Time World - 380 milliseconds
  • Jitter – 5 milliseconds
  • Bandwidth/Delay Quota - 2.4 G/350 milliseconds
  • Maximum Transmission Unit - 4470 MB

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