Posts Tagged ‘ILEC’

Two Perspectives on WAN Optimization

Monday, April 6th, 2009

There are two ways to look at the benefits of optimizing the bandwidth on your company’s wide area network, and it depends on how you spend your workday. (more…)

The Indispensability of Wireline

Friday, March 6th, 2009

It’s partly our fault for not speaking up sooner, but Sprint has gotten tagged with the reputation of a company that just isn’t serious about its wireline business. This is so far off the mark that it would almost be funny, if we weren’t the butt of the joke. (more…)

Avoiding Special Access Charges

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

We talked last time about ILEC special access charges and the pain they impose on an enterprise that uses T1 and other dedicated services. Until the day when (we hope) the FCC remedies this situation, it is up to enterprises to find ways to relieve the financial burden caused by excessive ILEC rates. (more…)

The Special Access Charges Tax

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Special access charges are a lot like the Terminator (in the first movie, that is). They get seemingly more insidious and just won’t die, short of plunging them into a vat of molten steel. Maybe we should try that. (more…)