The most important key to success in a telecom negotiation is leverage. This is the first installment of CarrierBid’s eleven part series on the telecom procurement process. Entering the telecom procurement process without an overall strategy could cost a company thousands and thousands of dollars. Carriers, like AT&T, CenturyLink and Verizon, have experienced representation that […]
Charge for Network Access, also known as the Subscriber Line Charge, FCC charge, Interstate Access Charge, Federal Access Charge or a few other varieties, is a charge that covers the cost and maintenance of the local phone network. It’s a charge that every carrier charges, but it’s not a government charge and no money goes […]
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 private network. Sprint claims to […]
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 IDEA-Because you can still get […]
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 distance company, third-party RespOrg service […]
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 any carrier sending a bona […]