Why Pay for Bandwidth You Never Use? 

Fast, powerful communication services are a must. In today's high-powered marketplace, companies are looking for new, smart and efficient services to help manage all their communication needs in the most cost-effective manner possible. What once seemed like an impossible task—having all the necessary voice lines and Internet bandwidth services at an affordable price—is now possible. Time Warner Telecom's VersiPak service combines local voice, Internet and long distance services into one dedicated clear channel T1.

Here's how it works. Using dynamic bandwidth technologies, the same T1 line carries voice and data. Voice lines always have priority over data. But when voice lines aren't in use, even during those small silences in normal telephone conversations, the system automatically carries data packets over the unused voice bandwidth. This flexibility provided by dynamic bandwidth not only gives companies extra bursts of bandwidth for Internet applications, but saves money as well because it eliminates the need for separate T1 facilities dedicated to just one task. Most small-to-medium businesses have both voice and data applications, but not enough of either to fully utilize a dedicated T1 line for each function.

"The speed is fantastic, and we save 20 to 30 percent with equal, if not better, service," says Tony Willis, information systems officer at Interim Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas.

Time Warner Telecom's VersiPak is a smart technology. Using voice activity detection and silence suppression, the bandwidth that would normally remain idle when the voice line isn't in use is reallocated for Internet transmissions. Customers specify a minimum bandwidth needed at all times for data transfer—also known as the committed information rate (CIR). As voice lines go idle, the information rate "bursts" up, meaning all the bandwidth on voice and data lines is utilized. The VersiPak service is scalable, so as a company and its CIR grows, the telecommunications system can accommodate that growth.

Centers of higher learning use VersiPak for key tasks both on and off campus. For instance, web-enabled services support online loan applications, registration, book purchases and transcript orders. Network connectivity within and between campuses creates a seamless virtual campus. Voice, e-mail and conferencing capabilities are now available for students, faculty and staff. Online courses and lectures, along with satellite programs, facilitate distributed learning in remote areas.

In the healthcare field, this dynamic bandwidth service expedites medical records management, file transfers, x-ray and MRI transfers, claims processing and billing. It also enables collaborative communications with voice, e-mail and conferencing interactions between employees, patients, vendors and partners.

"Time Warner Telecom was the only vendor that offered burstable-capacity technology. From a data throughput and cost standpoint, it was by far the best," says Brian Sossaman, manager of information technologies for ReliOn Labs in Spokane, Wash. "We now get twice the capacity for about the same price—with voice service and burstable capabilities thrown into the mix."

Is your business ready to take full advantage of your bandwidth without paying for separate facilities?  For more information about VersiPak, visit www.twtelecom.com.

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