XO communications

[mboy]

Looking for opinions on them vs Qwest, Verizon, Paetec, etc for T1 PRI Voice and redundant T1 for data.

Thanks.

 

[randal]

I have a handful of XO T1s here, and one of our customers is exclusively XO. I haven't had any problems with their service at all. Our customer has had one of their T1s go down inexplicably on two separate occassions, incurring ~15minutes of downtime. Their support is a little slow-moving, but otherwise very good. In general I would say they're a good choice if the price is right.

Depending on where you are at, If you have experience in dealing with the LEC, buy their loops if you can - it shaves off a layer of bureaucracy. If you are not able/willing to spend time with the LEC folks, then absolutely go with XO -- they -do- have the LEC experience and will be able to get things done when needed.

I'm a total prick when it comes to support though, and demand insta-fixes, so ... FWIW

 

[mboy]

I already have my Data 1, loop thru verizon and ISP is a local Co.

I am looking at XO mailny for Voice T1, but they are throwing in a data t1 for another $270 per month with a free Cisco router, free install, etc.

20,000 local minutes, 10,000 LD minutes and 100 DID's for roughly $1k per month (including data t1) with an LD overage of .027/mn.

No one has really come close to their pricing yet.

Data T1 from XO would be purely for redundancy/ Failover.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[skyking]

Wow. that is a good deal.
I have a customer who wants a new system and network in a new office. I will do some pricing before buying their equipment for sure!

 

[mboy]

Real nice pricing considering I am 30 miles or so outside of NYC.

That is why I am kind of leary, pricing is REALLY good,lol.

 

[skyking]

this office wants a used phone system and VM, which is fine. I do the comdial equipment. If they want to mess with a T1, I'll have to get a dxp or better, to take full advantage.
That and an adtran TSU and they'd be set. The dxp and fxp series have a card for integrating vioce off a T1.