Either you lease your network from a ILEC / CLEC, either your have your own network/VPN or you are buying 'bandwidth" form an outsourcer, you always have to monitor on a regular basis that the availability / quality of the network and the cost associated are adapted to your needs.

XTel proposes to help you with the two major components related to these cost:

·  Fixed Cost: related to monthly fees such as T1, DS3 and Rings

·  Variable Cost: related to traffic (PSTN, LD, 411,etc)

Techniques and tools to reduce these two major components exist. The following graph shows a high level process and the key identifiers XTel will provide to analyze and reduce the global cost related to your core network.