Tdm Vs Voip

Clearfly Communications Leverages 360networks's Ethernet Services to Meet ...

"In addition to the reliability and cost savings, we also like that we can quickly add channels on the Billings end of the circuit," said , chief marketing officer for Clearfly Communications. "360's flexible, pay-as-you-grow model fits well with our need to efficiently keep pace with our end users' requirements."

360networks developed EVPL for communication service providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), cloud infrastructure and storage providers, co-location providers, content providers, content distribution networks, cable MSOs, and others who need flexible, high performance SLA based, Layer 2 networking solutions.

"We are excited that customers like Clearfly see the benefits of our EVPL service and are deploying it as part of their networking solution," said , director of product management for Ethernet services at 360networks.  "Our EVPL is a carrier class service providing flexible Ethernet connectivity between major metropolitan areas and unique markets throughout our footprint so customers can efficiently grow their network into our markets to meet growing demand from their customers."

The 360networks EVPL service is fully mesh-protected for ubiquitous connectivity between major carrier hotels, data centers, Internet exchanges, and neutral peering points across the company's entire 18,500 route mile footprint.  360networks's EVPL eliminates the mileage associated with traditional private line services.  Customers instead pay a monthly recurring charge per port in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint configurations.  Because 360networks owns and operates the network its EVPL customers benefit from a level of reliability and control not available from shared network configurations.

Open PBX: Hosted VoIP Phone Systems vs. TDM: Who Really Wins on Cost?

Let’s start with the argument for a TDM phone system. In a nutshell, these providers cite the benefit of their systems as being the fixed cost to own, e.g. pay for the PBX equipment and the installation, and it’s yours to own for life. They then compare that high fixed cost to a month-to-month hosted VoIP service like FreedomIQ over some extended period, say, 24 months, to say the TDM phone system carries a smaller price tag in the long run. Conversation over, right?

With a hosted VoIP phone system, you’re not dropping capital into hardware that’s going to become obsolete. There’s no buying replacement parts for your wall switch and no risk that a year from now you’re going to be stuck with a 5-figure paperweight. Not to mention the fact that the equipment delivering your hosted service from remote is enterprise-grade and fully-redundant, something you’re not going to get from a comparable TDM solution.

TDM phone systems are notoriously inflexible to the growing needs of your business. With this kind of phone solution, you’re likely to fall into one of two camps: the over-paying, or the under-provisioning. That is, you either buy a PBX that is too big for you right now, thinking that you’ll eventually grow into it, or you buy a PBX that meets your short-term needs, understanding that you’ll have to figure something else out should your needs change. Result? You’re paying more than advertised, either right now for the privilege of future expansion, or down the road when the necessity to upgrade your PBX hits you like a ton of bricks.

Hosted VoIP phone systems are scalability machines. By taking your hardware off-premise and having phones interconnect and transmit calls via the Internet, you’re removing the limitation on what size of PBX you can have. You won’t need to overpay for more phones and capacity than you need or buy a brand new PBX within a year because your staff size has grown by 20%. With hosted VoIP, you can add phones to your system at any time and from anywhere with no extra costs to scale.

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