Bold statement or just a matter of fact? You Decide.

By nature we are lazy, secondly we can only compare like services. This all comes down to two items, Price and Service. I am not talking Cheap, because most times you get exactly what you pay for. On that rare occasion you may only need what you get. If you only need what you are getting is it for a good price? I like to look for the combination of Price and Service. When I get the best of both worlds it is inexpensive.

Price is Price; if you can equally compare two items then price is easy. If you can’t compare two items equally how can you compare price. Internet access is just that. How do you compare Carrier ABC vs. Carrier EFG? Each Carrier has a benefit and a detriment. They are only as good as they meet your needs. The first step is to properly identify your needs. The second step is to accurately compare identical services.

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What is the difference between a Carrier, Agent?

Carrier:
Technically any company that can sell you the service and then bills you for the services including taxes is a carrier. There are many companies that will buy the service from somewhere else include the taxes as a cost of goods then mark it up and bill you a flat rate. Be cautious if you don’t see taxes on your invoices. It is not that you are a good guy; it is probably they aren’t registered to collect, or sell the services.

Here are a few examples of carrier designations and a wiki link for more detail.

• LEC – Local Exchange Carrier
• CLEC – A competitive Local exchange carrier.
• IXC – Interexchange Carrier

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Welcome to my first tech blog. This one will not be so technical but I plan on rummaging around the industry I live in to see if I can help out the people trying to find their way as it applies to services offered in the industry. I warn you there will be an opinion given but I find that helps as opposed to leaving topics vague instead of drawing a conclusion.

Let’s first understand the industry I am in. I get asked regularly what we do. It is a difficult answer because the answer is often misunderstood. The benefit of what we do is often lost because of the hype of the Dot Com Boom. Examples of this are as follows.

“No one was ever fired for using AT&T”
“No one was ever fired for using IBM”

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