AES Broadcast 05/18/2007 Broadcast # 2007015
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ABI Administrative Message
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be finalizing the replacement
of the existing 800 Dial-up and Sprint Frame Relay/MQSeries services that
currently support older trade system interfaces to the Automated Customs
System (ACS) and Automated Export System (AES.) The upgrade of these
mission critical interfaces is necessitated by rapidly accelerated changes
in the telecommunications industry. As a result, CPB has been replacing
existing IBM SNA (LU6.2/RJE) and frame relay infrastructures with
solutions that utilize Internet Protocol (IP) services. The IP solution
we have been migrating to is Virtual Private Network (VPN.)
ABI Administrative message 05-0954 announced the effort to replace the
800 Dial-up service in August, 2005, while estimating the conversion to
conclude in eighteen (18) months. At this time, CBP has established
September, 30, 2007 as the final sunset date for 800 Dial-up service to
end. In addition, the sunset date for Sprint Frame Relay/MQSeries users
will be August 31, 2008.
In accordance with the above dates, Trade Partners will have the option to
implement one of following five methods of communicating to CBP; (1) Public
Internet Cisco VPN/MQ Series via a client provisioned Internet Service
Provider (ISP); (2) Sprint or Verizon Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
VPN, a private Cisco VPN/MQSeries solution; (3) Service Center; (4) VAN
(value added network); (5) VPN via toll free dial where an ISP is not
accessible.
If you have not already started your conversion effort, contact your
software provider or Service Center. Additional information can be
obtained from your assigned client representative or on the CBP website at
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/operations_support/automated_systems/data_comm_changes/
For additional assistance you may contact US Customs and Border Protection at 703-650-3500.
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