The introduction of fiber optic cable has been one of the most important innovations in the telecommunications industry. Fiber optic technology is widely used for high-speed communication inside telecommunications carrier networks. But when it comes to business, the availability of fiber lags significantly behind that of cable. Fiber is also…
Internet latency is something we’ve all experienced at some point. If you’ve ever waited for a video to buffer or a webpage to load, you’ve experienced Internet latency. According to a study by Lumen Technologies and IDC, worldwide IT business leaders rate latency as a higher priority than circuit speed.…
Businesses need to connect with people all over the world on a daily basis. The traditional way of making such connections has been through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) aka Plain Old Telephone System (POTS). The PSTN was originally based on analog technology. The transition to digital technology brought…
Internet Protocol (IP) has revolutionized networking for the enterprise. Whether it is data or multimedia (voice/video), IP networking offers benefits that legacy systems cannot match. According to Transparency Market Research, the SIP market will be valued near $35.5B by 2030. With SIP-based telephony offering multiple technical and economic benefits over…
The problem that ABC Company faces: ABC Company* was closing their office in El Paso, TX. They had an Internet T1 through CenturyLink and were still under contract. ABC was unhappy with the bandwidth (1.54 Mbps) of the T1. CenturyLink quoted an early termination penalty of $4,134.60. If ABC simply…
Many business people head into a telecom negotiation, pricing exercise, or RFP without any formal training or a telecom consultant's aid. They rely on the guidance they receive from carrier direct reps, i.e., the phone companies' sales reps. That might not be the smartest thing to do because carrier reps…
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