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Hosting and Colocation

What is Colocation?

In theory, a colocation service is a storage service that helps you streamline the way your company’s network functions. By choosing to colocate your network infrastructure, you are doing several things at the same time:

  • You are facilitating the storage of your network infrastructure by placing them on racks or cages of equipment, or inside private colocation suites that are designed to keep each and every part of your network in a storage facility that keeps its arrangement neat and easy to diagnose
  • Giving a remote data center the task of managing the physical security of your network. This includes but is not limited to: ensuring that your system has a constant supply of filtered, uninterruptable power, is sufficiently cooled by third-party cooling units, is properly connected to LAN(s) and WAN(s) that it is supposed to be connected to, and is supported by back-up power generators to safeguard in the event of power outages.

Colocation centers generally make it easier for you to manage your entire network hub using a remote staff of system administrators that are knowledgeable in keeping data centers running smoothly. These trained experts will handle services such as remote server monitoring and control, which means that they keep track of the status and functionality of your server, checking in with your service provider and tech support crew every so often to ensure that maintenance is at 100% efficiency. They will also take care of backing up important network data sent in from across your WAN.

In short, a collocation facility is a cheaper alternative to having an in-house IT staff to handle system servers and network routers for you.

Why Use Collocation?

If you’re looking for a way to manage your servers efficiently without having to worry about keeping a staff of tech support people, collocation is a good idea. This is also a good solution for offices with very little space for complicated networking hardware.

That’s because collocation centers are run round the clock by highly capable technicians with top quality equipment designed to handle a variety of situations, from server maintenance to emergency situations that require a delicate, knowledgeable touch.

In addition, a variety of ways to improve the service quality and function of your server are made available to you via the collocation center. Choose from a variety of outside power feeds and uninterruptible power supplies to keep your network running indefinitely. You can also purchase equipment designed to ensure that your system is safe from overheat and faulty circuits.

You can also choose to buy your data center incrementally, as opposed to setting up a network cabinet in anticipation of the accumulation of the server paraphernalia you’ll accrue through the years. The experience of the collocation center’s administrators will help you improve the arrangement and set-up of your network as the total server system grows.

How to Buy Collocation

Storage spaces used in collocation typically come in racks. If you wish to save on the price, you can go for a partially shared rack in 5U increments. You can also go for full private racks or a cage space if you have a large network storage space requirement.

Other facilities usually have private suites that you can rent for large server needs.

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Calling Card Service

A calling card is a type of “credit” or prepaid card that can be bought and used as a way to redeem telephone and cellular phone minutes. This works by buying the time first, before using the service, as opposed to normal “post-paid” services wherein you use the service first, then the company sends you a bill after a pre-determined time, usually every month.

There are two basic types of calling cards that are offered by phone companies: Cellular phone calling cards, and long distance landline calling cards.

Types of Calling Cards:

A cellular phone calling card, also known as a “pay as you go plan,” requires users to purchase a calling card and to register the serial number to the cellular phone carrier in order to use the service. Different value cards will add different numbers of minute-credits. After all the credited minutes have been used up, one can just purchase and register a new calling card instead of paying a monthly bill. This type of plan is very useful to those who do not have credit cards – such as students, or people who don’t use their mobile phones as often as others.

A long distance landline calling card is, as the name suggests, a type of prepaid calling card for landlines. To use, the user calls an 800 number, registers the serial number of the card, sets up an account, and obtains a PIN or personal identification number before being able to use the paid credits. The access number and PIN is normally entered before dialling the desired phone number. Every call made is then electronically tracked by the carrier to automatically adjust the remaining credits left on the calling card.

Some cards can be “reloaded” by registering more credits into the account. This type of prepaid calling card is ideal for international travellers, or those who do not call long distance often.

Using Calling Cards:

Using prepaid calling cards is a very good way to budget your spending. Prepaid cards allow students and parents of students to track and limit the cost for cellular phone or long-distance usage.

On the other hand, some calling cards are not prepaid; instead, they accumulate monthly charges for every call made. Even though this type of card has no way of controlling spending, it is useful for businesses.

Calling cards come in plastic card form, or an access number and a PIN purchasable online. It is best to buy calling cards from reputable companies. If a carrier goes out of business, clients may be left with useless pre-purchased minutes, so look for services that ensure a credit refund if something like that happens.

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Airespring Long Distance Service

Take a look at your monthly calling bill. If you are paying $1000 or more monthly, then your business definitely needs a dedicated service connection. Your business can realize great savings while allowing you to enjoy the enhanced quality that a dedicated service brings. An Airespring Long Distance T1 circuit is the perfect choice for business-oriented voice needs.

A comprehensive solution for all your dedicated service needs

AireSpring offers Internet T-1 service at very competitive rates. At an average of 33% lower costs than most other carriers, you’ll enjoy not just the savings, but also the convenience. AireSpring’s dedicated service combines all of your business’ communication needs into one plan with a simple, consolidated, and easy-to-read statement that contains all the detailed calling activities of your business, giving you the ability to oversee and monitor your service.

Making it easy for you

Take the effort and worry out of your hands, AireSpring will do all the work for you. They are committed to doing everything, including providing the design, engineering, testing, and building for your business’ specific needs using their first-class service solution. They will provide you with a single point of contact for immediate assistance when needed. AireSpring will take care of all your dedicated voice needs, letting you sit back, and be worry-free.

Round the clock maintenance

AireSpring’s network maintenance technicians and 24/7 preventive network monitoring and maintenance ensure that your dedicated service is never down. Even if you take time off, AireSpring won’t.

Enhanced RESPORG Services

  • The waiting time for special requests is minimized (updates on SMS system every 15 minutes!) because your toll-free services are all managed by AireSpring.
  • Upfront design and set up of redundancy requirements.
  • Time of day, day of week, NPA/NXX routing.
  • Overflows are automatically routed to multi Internet T-1 ‘ s on inbound.
  • Teleblock – for call center applications. Keeps you compliant with Do Not Call Lists.

Additional Resources

Please contact your EasyT1.net client manager to learn more about how AireSpring can help your business!

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AireSpring Super Local Services

If you’re looking for a premium telecommunications authority that can help you connect your business to the world through a variety of local services, then AireSpring’s Super Local Services is for you. That’s because when you work with AireSpring, you can be sure that you’re working with a winner.

AireSpring has been providing services equal to over one hundred million call records per month. Such massive service for a company held by a private entity, and the fact they have possessed a debt-free record for nearly three decades, is proof that AireSpring is a provider that knows what its doing.

Due in part to their large user base, AireSpring maintains contracts with large Tier-1 carrier networks in order to provide uniform quality service to all their customers. This gives you the power to opt for low-cost solutions that are always at the forefront of current technology.

Why work with AireSpring

One of the benefits of working with AireSpring is the low-cost solution provided by the carrier.  AireSpring knows that money isn’t easy to come by in this day and age, and therefore gives their customers a significant pricing leverage. That doesn’t mean they cut back on the quality of their service; AireSpring prides itself in the high capacity fiber networks it operates, and gives full high-capacity service and redundancy measures to every consumer.

That’s because their service is unique in the sense that they can provide a solution that is flexible and personalized for every customer’s specific needs. AireSpring’s technology uses a multiple carrier bas network that covers a wide national territory – which gives you, the consumer, the power to connect to whichever point you should choose throughout the country.

If you’re setting up a local service for local communications, AireSpring is able to provide you with unlimited free local voice connections. That, combined with their unbeatable long distance rates, makes AireSpring one of the best providers of voice services in the country.

AireSpring can tailor each of their local services to the needs of every customer. Should you need to adjust an aspect of the service you’re getting at any time, just alert AireSpring, and they will help you get the exact service specifications that you require. This helps you save significantly on the services that you’re getting, and ensuring that you are getting only the best in terms of quality for your money.

Quality Service Features

Some of the quality services that you can expect from AireSpring:

  • Unlimited free local calls
  • Low rates in intralata and interlata
  • Dedicated long distance rates
  • Service available in sixty-five national markets
  • No minimum monthly charge
  • No loop fees
  • Free port charges

If you’re looking for unbeatable rates, AireSpring is the service you want. They have provided the nation with quality service for nearly thirty years, helping their clients achieve mission-critical operations without a hitch, and giving them a cost-effective edge in today’s fast-paced market lifestyle.

Additional Resources

Please contact your EasyT1.net client manager to learn more about how AireSpring can help your business!

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Is XO MPLS right for your business?

Does your business require a high-speed dedicated Internet connection that’s flexible, smart and fast? XO Communications’ IP-VPN (virtual private network) might be the right service for you. This network solution guarantees T1 internet with  actual t1 speeds or greater, with a speedy application and deployment without costing you more than what you’d normally pay for a traditional Wide Area Network (WAN) service.

What do you get with an XO virtual private network? Upon purchase, your business is guaranteed a solution that’s cutting-edge in more ways than one. The system is easy to use, helping you design and install your network, making it easier to tailor the bandwidth requirement of the network to your business’s multi-location needs. There’s no need for you to maintain the system so you won’t need to worry about updating and troubleshooting network issues.

A competitive system

The multi protocol label switching system used by XO gives you everything you’ll ever need in the latest protocol-based technology. This ensures that you’ve got a speedy system that reduces packet information loss and will minimize the threats to data integrity, ensuring that you’ve got 100% availability with a latency rate of no more than 65 milliseconds. Should this fail, the service level agreement (SLA) ensures troubleshooting and resolution of issues within four hours. The network quality and speeds of up to 1000Mbps ensure that data-intensive applications such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) will work seamlessly in your network. This also secures the stability of your back-end web applications, a two-in-one package that previous protocols like frame relay and ATM has never been able to supply – the quality of an IP network with the sophisticated security of traditional WANs.

Cost-effective solutions

XO’s VPN lets you hit record-high transfer speeds across a hybrid fiber-optic / copper cable with very little limitations on your bandwidth. This makes it easier to efficiently utilize the bandwidth available for the effective progression of your mission-critical operations. And with XO, you have the reliability and stability of a Billion dollar + company that knows how to take care of their customers.

To learn more about ways that XO can help your business, please contact an account manager at easyt1.net today.

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Internet T1 – over the years

Throughout the past 20 years, Internet T1 have changed in price. In the early 1990′s, internet T1‘s were relatively cheap, but the price steadily rose into 2000 when it hit its peak. Since then, prices of internet T1′s have been falling. Each year represents a lower price for the same service.

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