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April 24, 2012 09:15 ET

     

How Finding the Right Solution Can Maximize ROI for Mid-Sized Businesses

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – Apr 24, 2012) – As companies grow, so too must their IT infrastructures. Communications systems are an important part of this equation. Unfortunately, it is all too common for mid-sized businesses to run into complications during the process of scaling.

A recent Focus Research survey found that although most enterprise phone systems look similar at the outset — 73 percent of buyers did not notice major differences in the basic features of enterprise phones offered by different vendors [1] — unexpected costs materialized after purchase. Equipment replacement, service costs and software licenses were the three most common unanticipated expenses.

These outlays are heedy enough to significantly affect purchasing decisions. Fifty percent of the enterprise users indicated reliability and performance as the most influential factors in selecting a new enterprise phone system.

In growing companies, the imperative for a reliable and scalable system is compounded. When companies add locations, they may or may not use same communications system at each site. IT loses oversight and employees lose productivity as they grapple with disparate systems. Similar effects happen when employees use personal collaboration tools on their mobile and remote computers, a growing phenomenon known as consumerization [2].

More and more companies are avoiding unintended consequences by establishing all digital communications in one Unified Communications (UC) system and interface. While UC systems aren’t right for every situation, such as low-security, public areas, emergency phones and intercoms, their enterprise benefits are far-reaching and applicable to most businesses. Among the benefits of a UC system:

• A UC system will quickly recover any upfront investment, not least by removing monthly lease costs. With SIP trunking, more than 50-percent cost savings can be achieved.
• UC solutions will streamline business processes and deployments in a way that not only improves ROI [3], but facilitates better business.
• Replacing disparate phone systems with a UC system facilitates lower ongoing maintenance and carriage costs while improving employee productivity.

Zultys, a premier provider of innovative UC solutions that empower businesses to collaborate effectively, integrates all communications functions across offices and devices in a reliable, scalable and easy-to-administrate environment. Companies can handle voice calls, UC mobility, high-definition video calling, presence and IM/chat in a single 2U rack-mountable or shelf-top appliance. Zultys can be placed directly into business processes through a number of interfaces and APIs, such as Salesforce and Microsoft Outlook, driving efficient workflows.

“Zultys is built on open standards and deliberately engineered to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) from the outset,” said Steve Francis, chief sales and marketing officer at Zultys. “Zultys systems are so easy to maintain that many of our customers do so with their own internal resources, saving a lot of money in the process. Companies can both scale and customize Zultys solutions without loading up their server rooms and complicating their infrastructure. Enterprises are looking for a way to reduce their TCO, no matter how quickly a company expands, and that’s exactly what Zultys is designed for.”

To learn more about how Zultys can help companies scale cost-effectively, please visit http://www.zultys.com/about/articles/zultys-ip-technology-decreasing-total-cost-of-ownership.php.

About Zultys
Zultys is the global provider of a true all-in-one unified communications solution. Innovative, reliable and scalable, Zultys IP phone systems integrate voice, video, data and mobility — in a single appliance — to optimize collaboration for businesses of all sizes. Zultys delivers a powerful, feature-rich communications system that is easy-to-use, deploy and maintain. Zultys is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices around the world. To learn more, visit www.zultys.com.

Zultys. Innovate. Communicate. Collaborate.

Sources

[1] Focus Media, “Enterprise Phone Systems Buyer’s Guide,” March 2010. (http://media.focus.com/assets/buyers-guide/buyers-guide-enterprise-pbx/bg-enterprise-phone-systems-3.pdf)

[2] GigaOm Pro, “The Future of Workplaces,” March 2011. (http://pro.gigaom.com/2011/03/the-future-of-workplaces/)

[3] InformationWeek, “New Research: Unified Communications 2012,” by Michael Finneran, 28 November 2011 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/unified_communications/231903193).

 

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Most of the predictive dialers work with PBXs digital recordings, VOIP gateways and ACDs. These are known to work in a system that is totally based on performance. This facilitates easy access to all requisite tools that makes a modern call center effective and performance oriented. Almost all hosted systems function with a mission to improve overall performance of the agents that dedicatedly utilize multi faceted systems each day. This also allows these agents to enjoy a comprehensible setting to work from. This goal is significant to prove success for customer service center. The customer center requires updating communications systems on a daily basis.

These systems must be enhanced regularly to ensure maintenance of various crucial predictive dialer goals. This further results in easy access to the most updated equipments and systems that helps your organization run in a more smooth and efficient manner. Assigning various targets is very crucial for your organization’s success. The system requires delivering excellent performance in the following areas:

1. Telemarketing campaigns

2. Debt collection

3. Teleprospection

4. Telesales

Smooth operation and consistent performance of your organization is almost impossible without a good predictive dialer system. An efficient system will definitely help you filter out the preferred calls and allows you to stay focused on the most crucial issues of your organization. Bear in mind that the Hosted Predictive Dialer must be capable of delivering up to 70 per cent on the base productivity of the organization to let you enjoy the earnings and profits at a quick pace.

The system is also efficient in will bargaining between varying time zones. The bets thing to do is to keep the agents on top of your preference list. This will motivate them to work harder and remain productive. It is important for the system to create a do-not call list for customers who should not be called back. This will help agents in saving time in calling those who will not be of any use to the production and profit enhancement of your organization.

There is also an option to decide on specific management campaigns you require utilizing with the Hosted Predictive Dialer system. This is usually done as a self-governing division of the system which further facilitates the criterion to be customized according to your specific campaigns requirements.

Jeff Watts is the author of this article on VoIP Predictive Dialer.

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o Reliance Infocomm

o Bharati Telecom (AirTel)

o BSNL

o Tata Teleservice

o Spice Telecom

o Hutchison / Orange

o BPL Telecom

The industry is moving from the Growth stage to the Shakeout stage, although the market is growing fast, but the Cut-throat Competition is slashing the profit margins, which is very common in Later Growth stage and players those who don’t have strong financial back up are going to be sold to the stronger players. So it’s very clear that players with stronger brand and financial back up will make the future profit.

The bigger players are also operating in other Telecom areas like – Landline, ISP, Broadband, Corporate data & voice services etc, to become one stop solution provider, hence forth increase the market share, this clearly indicates the Sorry situation for the smaller players. Entry barrier for any new player is too strong.

Once the Shakeout period is over in next few years the Mobile Industry in India is likely to enter in matured market.

But there is a other theory too – the economic growth in India, currently the market is growing more on the Network area growth, providers are moving to smaller cities from big cities, demand is generated from ‘B’ class & ‘C’ class cities – middle class population. A major section of middle class population of India in smaller cities couldn’t enjoy the advantages of Telecom service due to the Govt. monopoly, poor capacity, regulations; they are the immediate customers of the Mobile operators. The Landline is no more the preferable choice for the new Telco users; people like to use mobile phones because of its added advantages and easy subscription. Also the middle class size is expected to grow in India in next decades, so the Mobile market in India will be probably in Growth – Shakeout phase for a longer period.

Also the Roadmap, which was thought by the Govt. earlier has become more like a roadblock for the growth, to keep the market competitive they introduced lot regulations and zoning concepts, which have become barrier for market growth and to play at Economies of scale, which are likely to change by the market dynamics and market forces. So the Growth – Shakeout phase is likely to continue for a while. Few years before the number of players were many, as TRAI had stringent laws in number of zone operations by single provider, but these are changing rapidly.

o Service Providers Offerings

India is a vast and complex market. The Indian Department of Telecommunications classifies the country’s telecom markets into “metro” and “A”, “B” and “C” circles or zones, based on how many potential subscribers they have. For example, the C circles refer to rural areas and are the least attractive sectors with very little wealth. The 1999 National Telecom Act defined a phased telecom deregulation with national operator, VSNL, privatized in April 2002.

The cellular market is divided into 4 metro areas, 5 circle A areas, 8 circle B areas and 5 circle C areas. When all the cellular licensees become operational, India will be served by 77 networks. This segmentation of the market and licensees has certainly not helped the growth of the Indian market. These Network is increasing very fast, as companies want to tap the middle class population in smaller cities, and technological development, they are able to increase the Network boundary with lesser investment and also the competition.

Indian mobile operators offerings are segmented in two broad categories – Pre-paid and Post-paid. Although mobile market is growing positively, the Post-paid market is declining and Pre-paid market is increasing by leaps and bounds.

TRAI regulations and Indian consumer behavior are causing for the growth in Pre-paid market. As the revenue in pre-paid offer is increasing in Circle ‘A’ and Circle ‘B’ for Economies at scale, the Pre-paid market share is going to be the more important. When Reliance InfoComm came into the market, they didn’t realize this initially, but very soon they came with Pre-paid offer.

o Brief on Customer Service Gap Model

First analyze the Provider Gap

o Market Information Gap – Not knowing what Customers Expect: The Company’s incomplete or inaccurate knowledge of customers’ service expectations.

Key Factors -

o Inadequate marketing research orientation

o Lack of upward communication

o Insufficient relationship focus

o Inadequate service recovery

2. Service Standards Gap – Not having right standard and design: The Company’s failure to translate accurately customers’ service expectations into specifications or guidelines for employees.

Key Factors -

o Poor service design

o Absence of customer-defined standards

o Inappropriate physical evidence and Servicescape

3. Service Performance Gap – Delivery lag: Lack of appropriate internal support systems (e.g., recruitment, training, technology, compensation) that enable employees to deliver to service standards.

Key Factors -

o Deficiencies in HR policies

o Not match Supply & Demand capacity

o Customers failed to meet their roles

o Intermediaries problem

4. Internal Communication Gap – Promises don’t match: Inconsistencies between what customers are told the service will be like and the actual service performance [e.g., due to lack of internal communication between the service 'promisers' (such as salespeople) and service providers (such as after-sales service representatives)].

Key Factors -

o Lack of Integrated services marketing communication

o Ineffective management of Customer expectation

o Over promising

o Inadequate horizontal communication

Companies wishing to improve their service quality must diagnose the four organizational gaps and take appropriate corrective action to close them. An important message for managers from this overall implication is that a mere external focus (e.g., being customer-oriented and conducting periodic customer-satisfaction surveys) is not sufficient for delivering superior service. Managers must also systematically analyze and correct potential deficiencies within the organization.

Customer perceptions are subjective assessments of actual service experiences; customer expectations are the standards of, or reference points for, performance against which service experiences are compared. The sources of customer expectations consist of market-controlled factors, such as advertising, as well as factors that the marketer has limited ability to affect, such as innate personal needs. Ideally, expectations and perceptions are identical: customers perceive that they think they will and should. In practice, a customer gap typically exists. Good marketing strategies reduces this gap.

o Indian Consumers Behavior & Gap Model

This section is analyzed in following sub-sections -

o Consumer Perceptions -

What do you see?? Perception is the process of selecting, organizing and interpreting information inputs to produce meaning, i.e. we chose what info we pay attention to, organize it and interpret it. Information inputs are the sensations received through sight, taste, hearing, smell and touch. This is very important factor for Indian consumers, as the average literacy level is low in India. People want to judge the quality of service with more on Physical evidences comparing to western world, where people rely on the specifications.

As Mobile Telecom service is ‘Remote Service’, people don’t see any infrastructure of Network, consumers want to see the Front offices / people of the provider. This was realized by Reliance very quickly, they offered the Handset on Mail order basis which didn’t work out well, immediately they started opening retail store which brought lot of success for them, even entering late in the market. AirTel (Bharti), Hutch, Spice offer this presence through the dealer network and selective retail store. But provider direct presence is more valuable.

BSNL being the poor customer handler, they are still able to keep large market share because of their physical presence. But this concept is changing gradually amongst young generation.

Usually the Indian consumers see large gaps in Gap4, and they believe that Physical presence can only reduce this gap, Physical presence also helps provider to get feedback quickly and reduce Gap1.

o Learning & Communications – In India this process is comparatively slower than western world or developed countries. So the communication to the consumers play much bigger role than here, the need for mobile communication is much more in Rural India and cities, but the impediments are the cost and learning process. As the costs of mobile services are coming down, the opportunity in Rural India will grow. But the providers and operators have to communicate much more in teaching the people.

TSPs also need to encourage some retails network in Rural India, which can offer cheaper service, like HLL or P&G offers 1 Rs packet for their toiletries products, or ITC offers Internet centers in villages of several states. Tech. MNCs (AMD is releasing cheaper chips, Dell is coming up with low end PCs) are trying to come with tailored products for the emerging markets, which can be cheaper, less features, and easy to use.

Bharti planned to open a SMS based public booth Network in cities few years before, but that business plan became infeasible as SMS prices dropped like a falling rock. But potential for similar mobile public booth in Rural India is very high.

Learning & Communications are more required to close Gap 3 and Gap 4.

o Perceived risks -

In service risk assessed as it is consumed and experience, also ‘Word-of-Mouth’. People perceive more risk in service than products, because of its’ intangibility. In India this is more because of rudimentary legal framework, the Consumer protection is much less than developed country. This is one ‘Major Reason’ also for booming Pre-paid market than Post-paid. TSPs have to offer some kind of financial warranty in case of Post-paid connection. So far the experience of Indian consumers with Govt. Telecom organization is very poor.

Physical presence and financial back up required more to reduce the risk factors. The risk will be perceived less as Gap 3 and Gap 4 will be closing.

o Group Dynamics -

This is one of the most important factors in Indian market, here ‘Word-of-Mouth’ is much powerful than any other communication, and people follow their families, friends, and social groups. The Market communication from TSPs should keep this in mind.

The Call Plan should consider this with high importance, some mobile operators are considering this factor, but there is no still Customer analysis or segmentation done. Group dynamics consideration should be taken care in closing Gap 3.

Customer Service Quality analysis

Extensive qualitative and empirical research-spanning multiple phases, covering a variety of sectors, and involving a number of companies-suggests the following general insights about how customers assess service quality. Firstly, customer-defined service quality stems from a comparison of customers’ service expectations (i.e., their mental standards about what a company ought to provide by way of service) with their perceptions of the delivered service.

Secondly, customers evaluate the nature and extent of the gap between their perceptions and expectations along five broad service attributes (listed below in decreasing order of importance):

Reliability: Ability to perform the promised service dependably and accurately. This is more dependent on the Technology and Network Infrastructure is used, Indian TSPs are at per or near per with Global standards in this regard.

Responsiveness: Willingness to help customers and provide prompt service. – This one major are Indian Mobile operators are lagging and lot of work needed to be done.

Assurance: Knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to inspire trust and confidence. This is also another lagging area.

Empathy: Caring, individualized attention the firm provides its customers. This is also another lagging area.

Tangibles: Appearance of physical facilities, equipment, personnel, and communication materials. Mobile service is ‘Remote Service’; the Tangibility needs to be created other ways.

The Evidence of Service

Because Services are intangible, customers are searching for evidence of service in every interaction they make with the provider. Here is the general diagram -

People

- Contact Employees

- Customer him / herself

- Other customers

Process

- Operational flow of activities

- Steps in process

- Flexibility vs. Std.

- Technology vs. Human

Physical Evidence

- Tangible communication

- Servicescpe

- Promises

- Technology

- Internet integration

Service Quality Key Drivers -

o Employee (Call Agents) training

o Employee motivation

o Employee empowerment (This is highly lagging, still the managers take the decision, by that time customer loose patience and run away.)

o Retail outlets to ensure tangibility (has to be done more organized way, tie-up with Super market chains etc.)

o Measure service delivery / customer satisfaction

o Right BSS and CRM Solution

Need for CRM Solution -

With a CRM package sitting on the top of billing software, it can generate various kinds of data for the company to understand the service preferences, usage pattern and demographic nature of its customers. Previously it was a few discreet parameters. Now with a separate software package seamlessly integrated with the billing modules, the service providers can build relationships among different parameters to take important business decisions. A normal CRM package has around 12 odd modules from contact center management, campaign management, customer profiling to sales management. All these can help a mobile telecom company create an efficient sale and marketing and customer care operations. Using CRM as marketing and customer care tools, the telecom companies can differentiate their services for different strata of customers. For example profiling and segmentation of customers open up new marketing opportunities. With the help of a good CRM tool, a customer base can be divided into different segments and subsegments. Take the case of students as a group. Then one can have school and college students. Then the locality from where these students are coming. So segmentation can go on and on. It helps a mobile company to understand what a customer wants and the nature of services the company should deliver to prevent churning.

Segmentation is really important in Indian market as Demographics variation is very high here, so the System should be flexible enough to work with different process flows, different types of Service delivery, specially the very less focus made on Pre-paid market for customer satisfaction, where as pre-paid market stands for the larger share. Most of the operators consider pre-paid users as Anonymous, as they consider the ‘Exit Barrier’ is less in Pre-paid connection, where as the ‘Exit Barrier” is almost same as Post-paid, typically consumers consider the hassle of changing Mobile number and new SIM card cost as ‘Exit Barrier’.

Recommendations & Conclusion

Till today all the Mobile Operators are focused on Transactional Marketing (Get new customers) than Relationship Marketing (Retaining old customers). They are more focused on increasing Network area and circles – which is definitely require. And India has a huge market, which is fragmented in nature and too many customer segments – geography, income, age, language spoken, culture. Relationship Marketing is not much emphasized in India but the Industry, which is too competitive and can be operated remotely, this will be more important.

As the Industry will move towards mature stage (as happening in Developed countries), Relationship Marketing is more required and it needs to start now. The communication was pathetic till late 90s, but as it improves the Regional customers information sharing will increase.

Also the operators should come with new Business plans for Rural Areas, there is huge market in Mobile Data & Voice communication, there is huge potential but proper learning tool and communication required. As the Wireless Network cost is reducing, the focus in rural area will become important.

Final Recommendation List to Close Customer Gaps -

o Relationship Marketing focus

o Employee management

o Service focus on Pre-paid market

o New Business Ideas for Rural market

o Usage of right CRM tool

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A number of conventional Internet service providers are known to use cables to distribute their bandwidth to their clients within areas that already have the existing cable infrastructure. As much as the cable technology has proved very convenient for many situations, there are situations however that may not be very conducive for the use of these common Internet connections through cables. It is in such settings that the use of VSAT technology comes in handy.

VSAT – Very Small Aperture Terminal:

The VSAT technology simply translates into (Very Small Aperture Terminal) in which a small earth terminal and an antenna are configured to transmit signals from the earth to the satellite. The entire process and management of signals from the earth to the satellite is managed and commandeered from an established point known as the master earth station. To make a long story short, VSAT technology can transmit packets from the satellite to any location on earth where the master earth station can exchange signals successfully. This technology should therefore come in very handy in secluded areas such as open deserts and country sides where there are no cable lines to provide DSL or cable Internet connections.

How does VSAT connect small offices and homes to the Internet?

The process of connecting small offices and homes using VSAT technology is not as complicated as many may think, the first step is to get the relevant equipment which include the 1.8 meter outdoor unit also commonly referred to as a satellite dish, the indoor unit or IDU from where the link can be connected to a PBX, a terminal controller or LAN switch which will enable connections to other smaller gadgets such as fax machines, computers among other appliances.

Once the equipment is put in place and duly configured to communicate to the master earth station from where all maintenance and management will be carried out, all it takes for the engineers at the master earth station to activate your link and give you an IP address and you should be up and running.

Advantages of VSAT:

Looking at the technology through which VSAT enable Internet connections, it would be accurate to state that VSAT technology gives an easier to maintain means of Internet connectivity in addition to its ability to connect in the remotest of places. Trouble shooting of network problems has never been any simpler in all the other forms of Internet connections thanks to the direct link between the satellite and the master earth station which reduces the intermediaries as are common with other terrestrial cable connections.

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The term “core competencies” was defined in The Core Competencies of the Corporation, published in 1990, as a “cluster of extraordinary abilities or related ‘excellences’ that a firm acquires from its founders, after consistent striving over the years, and which cannot be easily imitated.”

What is an Answering Service?

A Las Vegas answering provider is a company that focuses exclusively on responding to calls, e-mails, letters, etc. that are sent in by customers from other companies. Instead of focusing on their own product, per se, they support large businesses in providing customer service. They provide technology, networks, and employees in a centralized location. Global companies, with thousands of customers, find it nearly impossible to keep up with demands of tech service and one-on-one interaction – outsourcing to an answering service provider can ensure that quality service is given every time, even as companies and consumer bases grow.

Take Advantage of Technology

Call centers are designed to handle bulk numbers of daily calls. Part of this comes from expensive technology. CTI dedicated servers, ACD devices, secure information databases, and adapted software are all needed to keep things running efficiently and the customers happy. VoIP PBX servers have developed to the point where they can run efficiently through the internet – when the internet access bill comes in, it’s easy to see how much money is saved when compared to expensive phone billing. Call centers are dedicated to improving their technology, and can focus on developing new and exciting ways to interact with customers, including your company.

CTI, specifically, has services that are not available on general networks. Automatic and predictive dialing, mixed data transfers between parties, call routing, and quality control monitoring. With information gathered through interactive voice recordings, agents can look up a caller on their database before even speaking to them, ensuring that both security and enough information is provided. Calls can be answered at any time, and are not dependent on your business hours. For every customer, there’s an agent at a console, and CTI is able to sort through information fast enough that they’ll be matched up within minutes. Save yourself the headache of trying to keep up when you could be focusing on more integral company matters.

Another recently developed idea is called Cloud communications, where information is stored in a separate database but can be accessed just by using the internet. CTI is constantly updating itself.

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Like with so many new developments, there are benefits and disadvantages to combining the three mentioned services. Let us have a closer look at the benefits we gain from combining Telephony, Internet and Television, but also the drawbacks.

Telephony

Combining all three services means you will receive them all digitally, instead of the old analogue situation, where you received each service separately. For your telephony services this means you will be calling through a system that is called Voice over IP (VoIP). The immediate benefits are cheaper phone calls, because VoIP telephony basically is Internet telephony, and the other immediate benefit is a better quality of telephony as voices will sound crisp and clear. Digital telephony means no loss of quality in sound and the signal is also not susceptible to distortions, unlike analogue telephony.

On the other hand, with analogue connections, you may have an occasional bad connection, with terrible sound, making it hard to have a conversation, but you at least have a connection. With digital telephony, you either have a perfect reception or no connection at all. There is no middle way.

Television

Digital television, delivers a much clearer signal, making HD broadcasts possible, and also enables other services, like Live Pause functionality and Video on Demand (VoD). The downside is that it goes through an Internet connection, just like your digital phone, and like with Analogue telephony, you may have an occasional bad reception with your analogue cable connection, you at least see a broadcast. Digital TV, like digital telephony either has a perfect connection or none at all.

Internet

A cable connection which also provides your internet services, offers fast connections at often high speeds. The downside is that cable is what we call a shared medium, while Broadband Internet through your phone line (DSL) is a dedicated medium. This means that on the same cable you get your internet connection through, every subscriber in your area is also connected, and you share the available speed, so at times your connection can be very slow, to be lightning fast at other times. DSL Internet does not have that problem, as the phone line that goes from your home to the datacenter of the ISP, is yours, and not shared with anyone else.

Combining the three

Combining Internet, television and Telephony, has many advantages, like higher Internet speeds, better quality of television reception, and cheaper phone calls, but besides the disadvantages as mentioned above there is two major drawbacks that should be taken into serious consideration:

When the Internet connection fails, so do all other services. While with separate services, one can go down, the other keep working, if your internet connection fails, there is also no more telephony and no more TV.

When electricity fails the phone fails also. Analogue telephony does not require power, and a simple phone would still work even when the power is out. Therefore it is highly recommended that even when you decide to switch over to digital telephony, to maintain at least one working analogue landline, in case of an emergency.

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One of the fastest Internet and telephone lines which businesses do avail of is the T1 line. In United States only, more than 3 million are already using this line. Although there are other Internet connections which are better than T1, still, its usage by people is continually increasing as each day passes by. Since it is mainly invented for businesses to avail of, they take the opportunity of being able to install T1 line to their business offices.

T1 has basically a high speed rate of 1.544 Megabits per second (Mbps). This is sixty (60) times faster than your old DSL Internet and telephone connection. With this speed rate, you can expect a constant communication with your customers, vendors and employees as well. Furthermore, the unproductiveness of your employees due to your old Internet and telephone line connection will lessen, or better yet, be eradicated. For you to be able to avail of this line connection, make sure that your users will reach between 5 to 50 users like your employees to function well. These T1 users can access of the line simultaneously without affecting the speed of the line connection. Moreover, you can also download and upload large files for your business simultaneously without affecting your bandwidth speed. Based on these facts, it is no wonder why T1 technology is known for being reliable and being a fast telephone and Internet line connection.

There are different types of T1 line which your business can avail of. The type which will be ideal to your business will depend on what your business needs when it comes to voice and data transmission and the level of T1 service it requires. The four main types of T1 are the following: Integrated T1, Fractional T1, Burstable T1, and the Bonded T1. Identify first if your business is small, medium, or large in size. Then you will be able to identify the right type of T1 connection for it.

With regards to the costs of T1 line, it is also famous being quite expensive. However, though you have to spend a quite large amount of money for it, you can be assured that it would not be put into waste. It is because T1 line is famous for being a cost-effective Internet and telephone line connection, based from the facts which were mentioned awhile ago. Therefore, you do not have to worry for future regrets later on when you opt for T1 line. Just be sure it is what your business needs.

A Type of T1 Line for Every Business

T1 line is basically invented for businesses to avail of. Businesses which used the traditional DSL line connection before have already shifted to T1 line connection. With its high speed rate of 1.544 Megabits per second (Mbps), every business would dream of having this Internet and telephone line connection in its office. Also, with its speed, constant connection is made possible especially for your employees who had become less productive due to your previous, slow Internet connection. If you will choose T1 line connection for your business, then expect that the less productiveness of your employees is going to be eradicated. It is no wonder why T1 line connection is popular to be a reliable Internet and telephone line connection for businesses. Moreover, there are different types of T1 line for every kind of business. The four most common types of T1 line are the following: Integrated T1, Fractional T1, Burstable T1, and Bonded T1 line.

The first type of T1 is the Integrated T1. This is basically ideal for medium sized businesses to avail of. It is also considered as the basic full type of T1 since you can use the full blast of T1 technology with this type. Used for voice and data transmission, its 24 channels which it can carry can be divided into two: a number of channels for voice transmission and the remaining channels for data transmission and signal. Also, the use high speed rate of 1.544 Mbps is possible for this type.

The second type, which is the Fractional T1, is ideal for small businesses to avail of. Based from its name, only a fraction of the full technology of t1 line is being used for this type. To be specific, you can only use a limited number of channels from the 24 channels a full T1 line can normally carry. The bandwidth speed will also be lessened but still appropriate for your business size. It is because a small business has only few requirements for T1 service and is not very demanding. On one hand, you can always use the remaining unutilized channels once your business grows.

The third type is Burstable T1which is known to be the most convenient type of T1. It is convenient because you only have to use and pay for the bandwidth that your business needs. You do not have to pay for the idle moments, if there is any, when you are still connected with your T1 line. This is only ideal if you do not use the T1 connection as often and if you are considering the price you must pay for the said line connection.

The last type is Bonded T1 in which you have to bond multiple numbers of T1 for this type. This bond creates a higher bandwidth speed ideal for large businesses.

How to Use T1 Line

Many people have already heard about T1 line especially those who own businesses. The said line is very famous for its high speed rate of 1.544 Megabits per second (Mbps) and the reliability you can gain from it. Aside from that, it is also known to be cost effective and has different types to suit different businesses as well. But how can someone really benefit from T1 technology? When do or can use it? Basically, you can use it in different ways. Some of these ways are In-House Website Hosting, Secure Data, ATM Purchases, and Telemarketing Sales Call Centers.

The first use of of T1 line is for In-House Website Hosting. There are businesses which do their hosting to their domains and wants to manipulate security and the features of its servers. The reason why using T1 is advantageous for this type of businesses is because they require the reliability of a connection which the said line can give. If you have a good T1 service provider, then it is better. Moreover, reliability is the most important factor to consider when you want to have a in-house domain in your business.

The second in line is securing data. There are some businesses which would want to have private access for their data. And for them, this data should only be shared among the branches of their business. The ideal type of T1 line for this type of business is none other than the Point-to-Point T1 connection.

The third use is for ATM purchases. Basically, people know that processing of ATM or credit cards is very famous during shopping or doing the groceries. A lot of people opt to choose ATM over money. This is the reason why T1 connection is needed because the reliability and bandwidth speeds banks look for is in this line. It is also because the speed of the bandwidth is not affected even though many people are using it simultaneously. Moreover, this line also helps the stores and banks be handled well despite the busy and hassle ambience of their stalls or establishments.

The fourth use would be for telemarketing companies or also known as call centers. To be more specific, voice T1 is ideal for this type of business. With the unlimited calls it receive every day, and the cost it will have for long distance calls, this T1 line has become an option for this business. Moreover, voice T1 is one of the reasons for the productivity of call centers nowadays due to its reliability and its fast bandwidth speed.

These are only some of the famous uses of T1 line. There are still many advantages which you can get if your business opt for a T1 connection.

Updates for T1 line for your Growing Needs

T1 line has been already famous for many years. Businesses still opt to use it despite the many lines connections now available for them to use. Every business, whether small, medium, or large in its size benefits from the reliability and the fast speed rate of 1.544 Megabits per second (Mbps) that a T1 connection has. However, the needs of businesses also grow. For this situation,updates and developments for T1 technology have been discovered to still give solutions to the growing needs of businesses which T1 line can only give.

One of the many famous updates for T1 connection is its difference with DSL connection. For the first one, as most people do know, its speed rate is 1.544 MBPs which is 60 times faster compared with DSL. Aside from that, there is reliability assurance when it comes to using T1 line. The bandwidth is also not affected despite the downloading and uploading of large files for your businesses simultaneously. With DSL, there is no sure bandwidth speed. It changes depends on how heavy your business is.

Aside from that, only a single pipe is being used to carry the 24 channels of a full T1 type. This pipe can offer 1.544 Mbps speed rate for data transmission which means that every channel it carries has a speed rate transmission of 64 Kbps each. This is the reason why T1 line is famous for PBX business phone systems.

Moreover, there is an existing digital cross connect system for T1 lines. This system is used for switching traffic for T1 lines. This can be even used to integrate channels instead of reaching it to the whole circuit. For the manual device which connects T1 lines, it called as patch panel.

Further, you can lessen the money you have to pay for the fees of your T1 connection. You can basically do this if there are other businesses residing in your building or you can even avail of it in a business park.

Lastly, Channelized T1 and PRI can be used to handle two protocols in a switched circuit telephony. The first one can basically provide you with its 24 telephone lines when utilizing in-band signal. On the other hand, the latter can only give you 23 telephone lines and the remaining line is used as a channel signal which can give you the Caller ID of your calls.

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Now the broadband internet has brought a new scope to give entertainment a new face. You can use broadband to watch movies online uninterruptedly. Gone are the days when you had to wait for hours to download a movie from online sources. Internet banking, research, communication, education everything has been boosted by the power of broadband. With the help of video conferencing tele-medicine is becoming more accessible with lesser spending. E governance has also become easier for many areas of the world.

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Now the Big Pitch is that 5linx will launch once again in Canada. What will be the difference this time, what is the difference between 5linx Canada and A C N Canada?

I have been in the industry for years and worked with some of the most successful leaders in the industry and have the experience. I see a lot of potential with 5Linx but feel the least I can do is provide an honest 5Linx review, what it has to offer for your future and how you should go about doing your own research of this company, or any other opportunity.

When I write reviews on companies I look at the most important factors in determining the businesses viability and the long term potential for newly recruited Associates.

Here’s what I look for:
1. Unique Leadership
2. Unique Products
3. Unique Selling Point

Starting with Leadership

Mr. Craig Jerabeck established 5LINX in 2001 and is also the President and CEO of the company. Apart from Craig Jerabeck, the other two pioneers who actively participated in the formation of 5LINX are Mr. Jason Guck, Executive Vice President for Sales and Mr. Jeb Tyler, Executive Vice President of Marketing for 5LINX.

The following have made 5LINX a huge success and one of the top MLM companies. 5LINX uses a business strategy called “MLM” (“Multi Level Marketing”) “Network Marketing “to sell their products. This business model works well for any company because the overhead is low, you motivate entrepreneur minded individuals to go out and work their buts off. Most people who get involved in MLM, Network Marketing have no to little experience in Marketing and Sales. They fail fast when they run out of friends and family to pitch the business to. How does this work? Invest a start up cost and purchase the products and service for themselves and then go out and try to sell to others. This is all legal and does work if you know what you’re doing.

Lets look at the Product Now

5LINX is a true one-stop shop for all your telecommunications products and services! Whether you are looking for digital home phone service that provides unlimited local and long distance calling in the U.S., Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico plus FREE unlimited landline calls to 75 calling areas, wireless phones and accessories, satellite television, or Broadband Internet service, 5LINX has something for everyone.

The CU-3000 is cutting-edge Videophone technology (VoIP)
Family Share Plan
PBX for Business
For Small and Medium Size Businesses
Cellular
Home Security
ID Guard
Identity Theft Protection
Satellite TV
High Speed Internet
High Speed Internet Service
Energy Service

Is There A Unique Selling Point?

The selling point on this is that everyone uses or need the services that 5linx provide. So it is a comfortable sell.

The Leaders and owners are the same people in ACN Most of the top leaders in 5LINX are coming from ACN, in fact the big Canadian launch that will take place July 24, 2010 are mostly top ACN representatives that have already hit the top positions and are positioning themselves in 5LINX to make it look like they achieve these positions overnight with hard work, when in fact it is an up sell. Remember in MLM facts tell but stories sell even more, so the story will be “if you get in, you can do exactly what I did within the same period of time”. What about the people that get in later. Who will show them how to MARKET. See if all the A C N people who now joined 5LINX were savvy marketers and the business was profitable they would not have jump to 5linx because they would have known how to teach their teams to truly market. They are jumping from one company to another that is simply offering the same services that A C N offers.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are some slight changes to the 5linx compensation plan that may be better than A C N but the end result is all the services that Both companies provide are not unique and your in a very competitive market especially here in Canada where there is still a monopoly in place. Learn how to market and you will be successful in 5linx or ACN. Market yourself and not your service or business. What sets you apart from all the other 5linx A C N reps out there? What Value will you provide to the people who will join you? When they run out of family and friends who will they talk to and how do they use the internet to market their business, service and themselves. If you don’t know how to do any of this then don’t get started or you will be the next door to door sales person here in Canada. Are you not already sick and tired of all these people who are knocking at your door offering you the next great service and deal?

Before you fall for the hype, come see how we teach you how to market yourself and your business effectively. Before you become a doctor you must go to medical school, before starting a McDonald’s Franchise they send you to Hamburger University. Before you start your 5linx or A C N Business earn and learn, learn how to market, learn how to sell and earn an income even if your leads don’t join your 5linx or A C N Business.

See You At The Top
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