National Competitive Local Exchange Carrier.
Headquarters:
Herndon, Virginia
Service Area:
Every major market across the United States.
History:
Founded in 1996. Purchased Allegiance Telecom in 2004.
Primary Competition:
Qwest, AT&T, Verizon, TW Telecom, Level 3 & Paetec
Strengths:
- OC 192 Network
- Large CLEC with full suite of services that can compete with the incumbent carriers, like Qwest, AT&T & Verizon
Restrictions:
- Rely on incumbent providers, Qwest, AT&T and Verizon, to deliver local loop or last mile to customer
- Somewhat spotty service history
Product Offerings:
- T1 & N x T1
- Integrated T1
- SIP
- VoIP
- PRI
- Business Phone Lines
- MPLS
- Ethernet
- Fixed Broadband Wireless
- Private Line
- Long Distance
- Co-location services
- Native LAN
- Webhosting
- IP/VPN Services
