Selecting The Best MPLS Service

Selecting the optimal MPLS service starts with a clear knowledge of your business requirements, what size company you have, and your network design. Many sources will unanimously state that it’s best to utilize an Agent service to assist you because they have access to the “best-of-breed” in the industry. “If this is the first time you’re selecting MPLS-based services, get external help from an experienced consultant”,  Ivan Pepelnjak, who has worked in the industry for 25 years. Agent services aren’t tied down to using just one carrier’s products. Many Telecom Agent services or managed service providors have your best interest in mind, whereas dealing directly with carriers, they may suggest you only utilize their services, products, and sales agents who typically don’t have the experience a Telecom Agent does. 

Further suggestions, “Quite often you’ll be forced to combine multiple services in your network: MPLS VPN for smaller sites, VPLS for sites with high-availability requirements (to better control convergence speed and routing protocol behavior) and pseudowires for point-to-point links between your data centers.” NWMAP offers MPLS services from reputable carriers; Paetec, Integra Telecom, and Airespring.

Sources: http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/news/1347699/Buying-MPLS-Managed-service-providers-versus-carriers

http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/tutorial/Classes-of-MPLS-services-Find-the-best-MPLS-VPN-service-for-your-WAN

Best Telecom Providers

NWMAP (NW Master Agent Program) is partnered with over 40 Telecom vendors. This gives our Agents a variety of options to shop for the right fit products and services for small to large business clients. How do we decide what vendors to work with to give a business the best service? Having the variety is helpful so we can do all the shopping around for our clients, but being able to rely on consistent performance and quality of products offered by each vendor is also necessary.

Here’s why we’ve chosen our vendors, because who you buy from can be just as important as what you buy:

Service and Support: Having a positive working relationship with the vendor and help us make quick fixes. Must be easy to do business with.

Channel friendly: Offer a variety and quality services. Communicate efficiently with us: promotions/deals for clients and program changes.

Products: Product reliability, not having to frequently fix their products. Offer a variety of products fairly priced.

Innovation: Updated and new products to assist our clients with the future growth of their business.

With all the Telecom carriers available, many businesses find the search exhausting.  NWMAP recognizes the challenges that businesses need to meet; from growth to managing and lowering overall Telecom costs. NWMAP has over 20 years of knowledge and experience with Telecom Vendors.

Please visit our carriers link here and check our our “Preferred Suppliers” list: https://nwmap.com/carriers

NWMAP February Promotions; Save Money and Time

NWMAP gives you the best of both worlds; specific technology for your business’ needs and the best prices available. They work for you and with numerous Telecom carriers to save you time and money.

What’s NEW!

Airespring’s MPLS-VPN, offering maximum flexibility, scalability, and security at a lower cost than traditional Wide Area Networking (WAN) solutions. This is the ideal product for customers who want to transition from traditional VPN or packet based solutions to the more efficient, secure and economical IP-VPN solutions.

Airespring’s AireConference , implementing this is a breeze. New customers are able to transfer existing PINs to AireConference for maximum ease of use and quick startup. Featuring the highest quality and the ability to instantly conference hundreds of callers at one time.

Integra Telecom is introducing new rates for several of their packages offered in Washington and Oregon; broadband bundles, SIP solutions, and other services such as domestic Toll free numbers, Market Expansion Lines, and new rates for Interconnection Fee (ICF) for On-Net Basic Business Lines.

Integra’s also offering 3 months free on 3 year term for Basic Business Lines and DSL Express!

NEWS! Paetec data center, a business communications company, will open a new 4,400 square-foot data center in Phoenix today!

We have packages and prices perfect for you. Request a quote: http://www.nwmap.com/contact-forms/request-a-quote.php

Multiple Telecom Carriers/Vendors Or a Single Carrier?

Good question. The goal is to get the best technology specific to your business’ needs at the lowest cost available. Realistically, this could take a business owner, a CIO or an IT Manager a really long time to research the many Telecom carriers, compare prices, and collaborate with all parties involved.

The solution often times is a middle man, such as a Telecom Broker/Agent and/or at least three vendors to get the necessary technology you require at an affordable price. Working with a Telecom Agent will solve your dilemma of shopping around, comparing prices, and even installing. They have access to numerous reputable carriers they’ve formed alliances with, which means they’ve done the research for you and can assist you with pairing the solution you need to the appropriate vendors’ technologies.  

If you go to each individual vendor, you may not get the choices you want, the technology specific to your needs, or flexibility and affordability. The integration of multiple technologies as well as newer ones with existing ones is best handled by utilizing multiple vendors. It’s not as tricky as it sounds, and if you have a Telecom Agent working with you on this, you can also get one consolidated bill, which is often less than your existing ones.

Another reason multiple vendors is useful is when you begin with a few solutions and want to add more later. The rate of growth and necessity for new technology is different from one business to another, which is why having multiple vendors and/or a Telecom Agent who has access to multiple vendors is a one-size-fits-all plan.

What’s New; Integra Telecom and XO Communications

NWMAP stays current with the new and cutting edge technology in our industry so we can save businesses money by getting them updated and more efficient systems.  Here’s what’s new that can work for you.

Integra Telecom Debuts SIP Solutions:

  • Combines multiple voice and data options on a single connection.
  • Outstanding bandwidth allocation with high bandwidth options up to 30mbps
  • Voice takes priority and includes SIP trunking to a certified IP-PBX with multiple compression options or regular line, trunk or ISDN PRI handoffs to any PBX.
  • Designed to integrate easily with Integra’s MPLS-based VPN Solutions.

XO Communications expands network coverage across Phoenix. NWMAP provides services in Phoenix and happily reports the expansion. In addition, they have introduced Ethernet- over-copper technology across it’s network in Phoenix in order to provide more scalable, high-speed Ethernet access over last-mile copper.

New technology is affordable and can often save businesses money. The latest technology is here, now businesses only need to realize the benefits, reduced and consolodated costs for these improvements. Follow the NWMAP blog for upcoming detailed information on new packages and services.