Making a Drop-Dead Simple Videoconferencing Bandwidth Choice

There’s an obvious reason videoconferencing provider Glowpoint (News - Alert) uses Covad T1 services: “The value for price we receive is phenomenal compared to traditional point-to-point, dedicated, private-line T1,” said Tom Schroeder, Glowpoint VP.

 

If you think about it, that decision is almost drop-dead simple. Nailed up private line circuits are mileage sensitive. So an enterprise linking multiple sites across the country, especially in a mesh configuration, is looking at a significant bandwidth bill.

 

By using Covad (News - Alert), Glowpoint customers pay for a local T1 access circuit, which then hits a Covad point of presence for wide area transmission. In a mesh configuration, that means paying only for the tail circuits, not each of the dedicated long haul T1s.

 

“You don’t have to nail up a nationwide T1 dedicated circuit,” said Tadashi Egami, Covad senior marketing director.

 

But Schroeder also gives Covad high marks for service intervals.

 

“Typical delivery for traditional private-line service is 15 to 30 business days,” he said. Covad also has been known to install within four days, and the average is 10 to 12 days, he said.