The Verizon (
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The BEST feature enables enterprises to do load balancing of traffic across multiple sites so they can use idle trunk or communication line capacity in one location to support an increase in traffic elsewhere. This capability is available with Verizon Hosted IP Centrex, a cloud-based VoIP service; Verizon Integrated Access, a VoIP option for businesses that wish to keep their existing key telephone systems or PBXs; and Verizon IP Trunking, which provides IP-PBX (
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According to Verizon, the BEST feature is made even more powerful when it is coupled with Verizon Business’ (
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The BEST offering is available immediately in 10 European countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom as well as in the United States. It will be expanded to the Asia-Pacific region late next year.
As for the ADTRAN (
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According to Dennis Gatens, director of strategy for the enterprise division for ADTRAN, the company’s products are high performance and feature rich and do not require software licenses, which allows Verizon Business to evolve services for its customers as their needs change. Gatens adds because there are also no charges for firmware upgrades for the life of the ADTRAN product and because of its built-in diagnostic capabilities, maintenance costs for the gear are low.
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