Features to Demand from Cheap T1 Phone Services and Internet Access Providers

All businesses shop for cheap T1 phone service and internet access in order to keep down costs and remain profitable. They should, however, also demand the best features from such T1 phone lines, phone service and internet access providers. It is not enough to be content with just a dial tone. Excellent quality and outstanding service should be required.

Companies with multiple phone lines and computer networks have need for T1 phone service and internet access. Such T-1 digital communication lines with a bandwidth of 1.544 megabits per second are sourced from telecom companies. They are used for two way digital communications transmission within private business networks, as well as for two way digital communications transmission between the said private business networks and their respective internet access service providers.

This article will identify some very important features that companies should seek to ensure high quality although cheap T1 phone service and internet access.

Primarily, companies should check that the cheap T1 phone service and internet access provider they are considering is properly state licensed. Apart from that, it would be a big plus if the service provider is also certified as a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) by the Building Industry Consulting Service International, Inc. (BICSI), especially considering the fact that BICSI is regarded by the finest telecommunication consultants in the Information Transport Systems (ITS) industry as their premiere organization.

Once recognized as a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), a telecommunications company has to consistently and fully comply with the BICSI Code of Ethics and the BICSI RCDD Standards of Conduct in all its professional activities. This protects the interests of its clients because the two said standards represent the highest levels of professional and ethical behavior for members of the Information Transport Systems (ITS) industry. As an example of such ethical behavior, a telecom company should not give preferential treatment to large companies such as call centers with hundreds of phone lines against small companies with only a few phone lines.

A telecom company that is not only fully licensed by the state but is also RCDD certified by the BICSI to boot is indeed a company's best bet when shopping for cheap T1 phone service and internet access. You should expect such a company to also have the following capabilities.

A company should demand that the telecom company it is considering is experienced in the proper installation, maintenance, repair and transfer of phone and voice mail systems, including their special applications such as Call Accounting and Automatic Call Distribution (ACD). It is particularly important that the telecom company is an expert in all the top brands of these systems.

A company should demand that the telecom company it is considering is experienced in designing and implementing Voice IP or VoIP technology solutions, and particularly in customizing these to the specific needs and requirements of the client. This includes using VoIP technology in setting up IP connections for client offices in separate locations, integrating the business phones with the business computers of the clients, establishing a central station where phone calls to the clients' separate business offices are managed, and implementing the many variations of call forwarding. Aside from these, the telecom company should have a strong ongoing business relationship with the top VoIP carriers that will enable it to successfully achieve the lowest priced and most beneficial VoIP packages for its clients.

A company should finally demand that the telecom company it is considering is experienced in the proper installation and maintenance of phone cabling, fiber optic cabling, structured cabling and computer Ethernet cabling and jacks.

Everything a company should demand from a telecom company with cheap T1 phone service and internet access can be provided by Tribute Telecom, LLC of Florida.


Tribute Telecom, LLC.
701 S. Howard Avenue
Suite 106-351
Tampa, FL 33606-2473
813.285.0308
800.694.1364
fred@tributetelecom.com
http://www.tributetelecom.com