Bandwidth, Last Mile Connectivity & DDoS Protection. 5.1.1. The bidder to provide: 1. 512Mbps dedicated premium Internet Bandwidth with single last mile connectivity at Bank’s Data Center, Mumbai with 1:1 bandwidth; uncompressed, unfiltered, and unshared with DDoS protection. 2. 256Mbps dedicated premium Internet Bandwidth with single last mile connectivity at Bank’s DR Site, Chennai with 1:1 bandwidth; uncompressed, unfiltered, and unshared with DDoS protection. 3. Pooled DDoS protection for DC and DR of 3Gbps capacity. 5.1.2. The ISP shall provide ingress committed rate (ICR) and egress committed rate (ECR) between the CE (Customer Premises Equipment) and the corresponding PE (Provider Premises Equipment) for each of the location such that ICR = ECR = bandwidth specified for that location in this RFP document. In other words, the ISP shall ensure that the links can be used in full duplex mode with sending and receiving available on the same circuit. 5.1.3. The ISP shall ensure to provide last mile connectivity only through optical fiber media. 5.1.4. The optical fiber media entering the Data Centre & DR Site should ensure from two separate entry points so that the road works at one entry point should not disturb the connectivity. 5.1.5. During the period of contract based on its business requirements, Bank would upgrade the bandwidth of the locations as per the contracted rate. Hence, the last mile and infrastructure proposed by the bidder at DC and DR should be scalable to support 03 Gbps from day one. 5.1.6. Last mile connectivity between Banks locations and their local POP or exchange using their own infrastructure i.e., bidder should not hire last mile from another ISP. The last mile at both Mumbai and Chennai should be on fiber. Wireless last mile is not accepted. 5.1.7. The ISP will obtain all the necessary clearances, permissions, licenses/permit etc. from all the authorities concerned to provide network connectivity at the Bank’s locations as specified in this document. 5.2.
