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a Potential 40% - 60% Savings off Telecommunication Costs by using Integrated
Digital Circuits.
History
: Integrated digital circuits or T
service, developed in the 1960s, was the first digital transmission technology
used by telephone companies. It was needed because of increased telephone
traffic from one telephone central office (CO) to another.
Digital transmissions still primarily carry high-speed interoffice voice
and data traffic between
COs
and provide access to the long distance network. The two most common types of digital circuits are T1 and T3, which
support 24 channels (equivalent to 24 voice lines or a combination of voice and
data) and 672 channels (28 T1 lines), respectively.
Physically, a T1 (Trunk Level 1) line is a pair of twisted copper wires
or a fiber optic cable that goes from your premises to a CO.
Why Do Organizations Use
Integrated Ts?
The advantages to using integrated T lines are in reduced cost,
integrated voice and data ability and greater flexibility and reliability.
Even though your telephones may require their signals to be converted into
digital for transmission across the network, the overall costs are still
significantly less than using normal (analog) service. (Your present phone
system may be connected to a T1 line via an interface card or “channel
bank.”)
T
lines are more resistant to noise and other impairments that often plague
regular phone service. Repeaters built
into digital networks recreate the original signals faithfully if they become
weakened or noisy. Thus, digital transmission is cleaner and more reliable than
analog phone service.
Who Qualifies for Integrated T
Services?
Your organization may benefit from
integrated T lines if you have the following characteristics:
1)
At
least 15 phone lines or more in one location or a “campus-like” environment
such as colleges/universities, hospitals and health related facilities, larger
non-profits and associations, office complexes, financial services, auto
dealerships, manufacturers, distributors, hospitality services, professional
offices, real estate offices, telemarketing and call centers or businesses
currently using existing T1 or T3 lines.
2)
Have
combined (local, long distance, international and data) bills of at least $1,500
per month.
Benefits – Where do I Save?
1)
Reduced
cost per minute on local calls,
with local call detail and local accounting codes not usually available from
other providers. (No need to change your
current telephone numbers).
2)
Significantly
lower access charges
with 24 hour network operations center coverage and surveillance; emergency
back-up planning.
3)
Dramatically
lower local and long distance rates
with a dedicated account team and one point of contact. Integrated digital
networks are easily upgradable.
4)
Overall
lower taxes and fees as a result of savings and waiver of PICC charges.
5)
Most
enterprises can expect a 40% - 60% total annual savings on their overall
telecommunications costs,
with increased levels of customer service and network reliability. Five and six
figure annual cost savings are common.
While T1 lines have cost about $1,000
/month, deregulation has cut that cost by more than half. Our partner in
providing integrated digital communications solutions has a national reputation
and a client list that includes prestigious universities, hospitals,
manufacturers, distributors, hotels, and financial institutions.
What’s
the process? How Do I Get Started?
1)
Call
us. First we review your monthly telecom bill for inadvertent mismanagement,
access charges and minutes used for all services.
We check the number of lines you have – do you really need them all? Do you
need more? Are your prospects and clients complaining about busy signals? Do you
need dedicated Internet access or faster data speeds? If
you already have T1 service, what is your monthly rate and usage? Is it
adequate or are you “spilling over” to more expensive POTS (plain old
telephone service) analog lines thus eliminating much of your potential savings?
2)
Do
you need Internet connectivity
or voice/data redundancy if one cable is down? If one CO has problems, will you
need a separate line to a different CO as a backup? Should
you retain some lines on regular telephone company service for backup?
3)
Now
we prepare a comprehensive proposal including
a comparison cost analysis with your expected annual savings, which we present
to your management and technical team. As we proceed, you receive a detailed
checklist of switch-over tasks that we will coordinate with your interconnect
(equipment) vendor and with the telephone company.
Call our office today at
1-800-213-4884 to learn if your organization can benefit from installing
integrated digital T circuits and how much savings your organization can expect
each year.)
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Broadband
High Speed Internet Access
Digital
Subscriber Line (DSL) Services
Background
Broadband,
high-speed Internet access is available in many areas by:
This
article will focus on DSL services.
Bandwidth,
the speed of digital information traveling
through a wire, fiber optic cable or wireless device, is measured in bits per
second (BPS).
The higher the bandwidth, the faster the data can travel. A standard telephone
PC modem can move data at a maximum rate of 56 KBPS (56 thousand bits per
second.) Broadband speeds are 128 KBPS or greater. Throughput, or actual rate of
data transmission, varies because of Internet bottlenecks. You pay for bit rate
but what you get is throughput.
Does Your Organization Need DSL?
Broadband
services allow your company to access new sites and services that a 56 KBPS
dial-up connection will not easily allow. This is especially true with the
downloading of large files such as video, audio and multimedia.
Speed/bandwidth:
For comparison, here’s how long it would take to send the graphics and text of a 350-page book, about 27.33 megabytes, over
the following links:
Speed/service
Time
Where do the savings come from?
In
the case of DSL, all the users on your LAN (local area network) can access
information on the Internet, 24 x 7, without having to install multiple phone
company modem lines. All users will experience significantly faster access
speeds, and since you don’t share a DSL line with other businesses (as with
cable modems), there is only minor degradation in speed as more users go
on-line.
With
one DSL line you could have your whole office on the Internet, simultaneously, 7
x 24, at speeds many times faster than modems for a flat fee per month! In
addition, many programs are offering a host of other Internet services at no
additional cost. Some monthly promotions offer free routers (modem-like devices
to connect you to a DSL line), free installation or even a free month of
service.
History
:
DSL
is a relatively new form of connectivity from your home or office to the local
telephone CO. Customers close to the telephone company CO use DSL primarily for
high-speed Internet and LAN connections. Like ISDN, an older digital service,
voice and data applications can be used simultaneously on one line, but unlike
the metered charges applied for ISDN use, DSL is charged at a flat monthly rate
based upon minimum speed or bandwidth.
The major advantage of DSL is its high-speed “always on” data transmission
to the Internet.
This is achieved by using “packet-switched” digital services over an
existing pair of copper wires from your premises to the telephone company CO and
an ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Telephone companies have billions of dollars invested in existing telephone
lines and DSL technology allows them to offer high speed data services over
their already installed wires.
Be aware that DSL is not available everywhere and that bit rate (speed) will
vary upon the distance from your office to the CO.
Consumer-grade
DSL packages are meant for casual use.
They usually include an inexpensive router and a scaled down service package and
are generally not suitable for serious business use.
Commercial or business packages vary but you should expect:
bandwidth from 144 KBPS to 1.5 MBPS, Internet account with unlimited usage, 20
MB Web site, hosting for your own domain, 16 static IP addresses and 24 x 7
technical support. Extras should include Usenet newsgroups, 5 email accounts,
corporate-grade hardware router with built-in security features such as a
firewall, a virtual private network (VPN) for creating secure connections
between two locations and primary and secondary domain name service (DNS).
There
are multiple versions of DSL technology available:
ADSL:
asymmetric DSL,
18,000 feet from CO - is primarily a residential service. The problems
associated with this flavor of DSL include slow deployment of equipment and
interoperability.
UADSL: Universal Asymmetric DSL.
New service to provide speed vs. pricing flexibility.
IDSL: ISDN symmetric DSL,
18,000 feet from CO, 128-144 KBPS. Point-to-point data service. Basically a
non-usage-sensitive ISDN service.
HDSL:
High-bit-rate DSL,
12,000 feet from CO, 1.54 MBPS (T1). Does not offer data service. Can be used as
an alternative to T1 services.
RADSL:
Rate Adaptive DSL,
12,000 feet from CO, 90 KBPS - 8.0 MBPS. Evolving technology.
SDSL:
Symmetric DSL,
10,000 feet from CO, 160 KBPS – 1.5 MBPS. Popular business level DSL. Best
suited for telecommuters or small business. Most popular service at present time.
VDSL:
Very High-data-rate DSL,
1,000-4,000 feet from CO, 1.5 Mbps-52 MBPS. Evolving multi-media service.
Highest data rates, shortest distance to CO.
What’s the process? How Do I Get Started?
Give
us a call at 1-800-213-4884 and we’ll do a free, no obligation, preliminary
review to determine what options you have available to you.
We will advise you as to which carriers are available at your location and what
speeds you should consider based upon your intended use.)
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