Scott Berkman wrote:
Yes, number of Tandem trunks and/or PRIs.
Remember that Level 3's voice service was born out of their managed modem service. As the modem business (especially that of their really large wholesale customers) started declining, that capacity was converted to (or shared with) IP media gateways. Therefore areas that didn't have a large capacity in the modem world didn't have a large capacity for calls.
Yes, that I know, but my understanding was that this applies to origination. That is why they have direct end-office trunks to nearly everywhere. How does the termination architecture work? I would assume it's like any other large CLEC and/or IXC: by default, they connect to a POI and have tandem groups from there, and also ride their own network to select end-offices in which colocate equipment for the purpose of generating UNEs, when/if there is switching equipment there. -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671