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Brix Networks Expands and Enhances Its Free VoIP Quality Testing Portal CHELMSFORD, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- May 25, 2004 ---- TestYourVoIP.com Now Offers Testing Locations In Canada And Europe, Adds New Call Setup And Signaling Quality Metrics, And Allows Users To Compare Results With Others Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com), the trusted provider of real-time service assurance solutions to operators of service-centric networks, today announced Version 2.0 of TestYourVoIP.com, the company's highly popular, free, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) quality testing portal that enables users to independently measure the quality of their residential VoIP connections via a quick, user-initiated test call. In response to increased interest in the site beyond the United States, Brix now offers new testing points in Montreal, London, and Helsinki, the latter being hosted by Creanord Oy, the company's Scandinavian partner, from that organization's SLAvision.net data center. These three new locations join the company's initial two sites in Boston and San Jose. With Version 2.0, TestYourVoIP.com provides even more insight and various performance metrics to prospective VoIP users about the ability of their broadband connections to successfully support VoIP. Specifically, TestYourVoIP.com now reports call setup and signaling quality statistics, including Post-Dial Delay, Post-Pickup Delay, Call Setup Time, and Media Delay. Other enhancements to TestYourVoIP.com that were unveiled by Brix Networks today let users: -- Identify firewall or other environmental configurations that may restrict their ability to run VoIP. -- E-mail a copy of their VoIP performance test results to themselves for future reference or, if they do not achieve the level of performance they require, even to the customer support department of their broadband provider. -- Compare how their test scores stack up against other users based on time (hour, day, week), region, country, or broadband provider. The access technology-independent TestYourVoIP.com site can be used by potential VoIP consumers who have cable, DSL, broadband over power line, satellite, or other broadband options. "With more than one million hits received since the initial launch of our TestYourVoIP.com portal less than two months ago, it has quickly become a 'must visit' site for anyone contemplating or already using a residential VoIP service," said Tom Pincince, president and CEO of Brix Networks. "With these new enhancements, TestYourVoIP.com is an even more useful and compelling tool for VoIP prospects and users alike as it accurately measures the ability of their broadband connection to support IP telephony." TestYourVoIP.com is powered by the Brix System, Brix Networks' award-winning VoIP performance management solution. The Brix System consists of distributed hardware test points, called Verifiers, which communicate with, and are managed by, the BrixWorx(TM) central-site software application. With its unique Brix Tri-Q(TM) Analysis, the Brix System provides total VoIP service testing across each of the areas that impact users' experience of quality, namely: signaling quality (call setup performance), delivery quality (media path network performance), and call quality (overall voice clarity and call experience). The Brix System improves the overall effectiveness of networks, and allows organizations to maximize their investment in -- and increase the value of -- all their business-critical IP services. About Brix Networks Brix Networks develops and markets real-time service assurance and performance management solutions that verify the quality of advanced, Internet Protocol-based services, including VoIP, VPN access, video, and Web-hosted business applications. The Chelmsford, Mass.-based company's hardware and software offerings allow carriers, service providers, cable operators, large enterprises, and government agencies to build, operate, and assure their IP networks and services by providing proactive, end-to-end, service level management (SLM) and service level agreement (SLA) verification. Additional information about Brix Networks can be found on the company's Web site at www.brixnet.com, and by calling 978-367-5600, or 1-888-BRIXNET. Brix Networks, Brix, Brixnet, the Brix Networks logo, BrixWorx, and Brix Tri-Q are trademarks of Brix Networks, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
