High commitments do not improve your leverage with telecom carriers. The carriers want you to believe that the more business you commit to their company, the more bargaining power you’ll possess, but high commitments will have the opposite effect. This is the third installment of CarrierBid’s eleven part series on…
Level 3 has a completely private IP network, separate from their network connected to the Internet. Our Level 3 rep challenged us to ask other providers for a MPLS quote that didn’t include Internet access. He mentioned that banks and medical facilities are exposed on anything less than a completely…
If you’re a company with significant (or just very important) toll free traffic, you have three choices: Place all your toll free traffic with one carrier (bad idea) Become a full fledged RespOrg (Okay, but can be expensive and hard to manage) Use an Independent third-party RespOrg Service Provider (GREAT…
There are four types of toll free numbers, 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 and 833. Toll free numbers became portable in 1993, through a mandate by the FCC. Every toll free number is managed by a RespOrg. RespOrg stands for Responsible Organization. A RespOrg could be a carrier, long…
Number portability is the process of moving your phone number from one phone service provider to another. Number porting was mandated by the FCC in 1996. The mandate required all the carriers in the top 100 market places to be LNP (Local Number Portability) capable and to port numbers to…
Even in the world of burgeoning wireless technology, Ethernet, the wired big brother, is still maintaining its stronghold among many businesses. While the 'being set in their ways' argument could have some weightage to it, it is more about performance, security, and scalability that makes Ethernet the clear winner among…
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