Upcoming in January - distribution of Vertical Systems Group's Year-End 2013 Ethernet and IP VPN Services Survey to network Service Providers throughout the world. Survey response information will be correlated with our independent research on enterprise customer installations and other data, and used as input to our market models. The data will also be used in our calculations for 2013 Ethernet LEADERBOARD market share rankings for the Global Provider and U.S. markets, as well as for three U.S. provider segments - Incumbent Carrier, Competitive Provider, and Cable MSO.

For the latest LEADERBOARD results and more on our methodology, click here. If you represent a Service Provider and do not already receive our Ethernet and IP VPN Surveys, please contact us. 

How much does Carrier Ethernet service cost? That's like asking how much a car costs. The answer is similar - it depends on what you need and what you can afford to spend. Ethernet pricing has been - and will continue to be - a conundrum for both service providers and business customers. Pricing for Ethernet services is highly volatile, with significant discrepancies from provider to provider, and from city to city.