Archive for November, 2009
The Golden Ticket To WallStreet
Nov 25th
With a spin from Willy Wonka, Verizon Business has been touting their new Golden Route as the quickest connection from Chicago to New York. The financial folks on Wall Street cannot get their information fast enough. Milliseconds can cost or save them millions, depending if you are a Bull or a Bear. I guess they believe this is their ticket to riches…
Verizon Business is stating roundtrip latency at 17.9ms. From current users of the circuit, we are hearing 18.2ms, is the actual performance. Even at 18.2ms, I believe, this is still the quickest route from Chicago to New York.. Intelletrace is offering some great rates for this route at the 2.5gig and 10gig speed.
Give us a call for more information.
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Coming Through In The Clutch
Nov 23rd
A Carrier was behind schedule and needed assistance for a quick turn up. Being a small company, they just did not have the resources to search for the best Carrier to provide the services and the man power to get this installed quickly.
Intelletrace searched out the best Carrier for these services (Time Warner), negotiated a competitive price (which was cheaper than what they had paid in the past), and processed the order immediately. Within five business days, we turned up the circuit and met the customer’s deadlines.
“Wow, you are good…”, was the first reaction. The best reaction, was they placed another order with us. This business understood the value and the outside resource, like Intelletrace can bring. We love when customer’s have deadlines and rely on us to make it happen.
Challenging Times…
Nov 6th
I am coaching my son’s basketball team. I got hooked in the last minute, when the league was desperate for coaches. Being I love the game (although I am too old to play anymore), I thought it would be fun to start teaching it. How tough can it be?
Running a basketball team of 4th graders, is like running a company. I have been part of Intelletrace for 6 years now and I never had a challenge like this one. Teaching all levels. Some having never played before and others going on their 3rd year. The attention span is short and when the kids are not busy, the chatting gets going and the minds start wandering. It can be compared to the work environment, when people are not busy with work and are not motivated by their managers or leaders to be productive. The gossip begins and the breaks seem to get longer.
I am going on 4 weeks. The experience has been great. We got beat up pretty bad in the first game, but we know what we need to work on and have set a benchmark on what to improve on.
I will keep the blog updated as the season progesses. I look forward to the challenge and seeing improvement after every practice.
Buying from a Middle Man
Nov 2nd
I still find it hard to believe people look at resellers or switchless Carriers, as just a middleman. At least get know the company, to make sure they have references, the experience, and the knowledge of providing the services. In this day and age, people must look at all options and give every option their full attention. Especially, when that solution is the least expensieve way to go.
People have no problem working with a middleman on the most expensive purchase they will ever make, a HOUSE. The majority of house buyers get a loan through a broker and never deal with the bank directly. Why would you? A broker takes the headaches out, deals with the bank, and shops around for the best interest rate. When I have a problem or question, I deal with my broker.
How many times are people going to let the Big Carrier, delay projects, not deliver on time, not return calls, no proactive updates, incorrect billing, and give bad information? It is time to keep an open mind. We need to start understanding not only what we are buying, but who we are buy from.
Marc Alciati
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Industry: Telecommunications
Occupation: President CEO
Location: Novato : CA : United States
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