IceNet, LLC, Dallas, has added Solo101, a service provider in
Philadelphia, to its customer list. Solo101 chose IceNet's
VoiceWorks 32Connect Web-based solution for a quick and structured entry
into the retail VoIP market. The pre-packaged, pre-branded 32Connect
utilizes IceNet's unique network design, which prioritizes voice
packets on a fault-tolerant and fully redundant carrier-grade IP
backbone.
As interest in the cost savings associated with VoIP continues to
grow, ISPs, cable companies, CLECs and other service providers need to
be able to cost effectively add IP telephony solutions to their current
product set. However, if service providers intend to compete with
traditional wireline options, price is not the only concern. Quality and
reliability are also important to consider when choosing a provider. By
implementing 32Connect and utilizing IceNet's carrier grade
network, service providers can offer customers competitively priced VoIP
with comparable reliability and quality of service.
Using a software-based "soft phone" or an analog terminal
adapter for common single-line telephones, 32Connect allows users to
receive and place calls anywhere in the world. Solo101 customers use the
Grandstream 286/486 analog terminal adapters to connect regular
household phones to its broadband telephony service. With these
adapters, regular PCs are not necessary to place a phone call. As an
alternative, Solo101 customers can also use a software-based phone
client, downloadable from the Solo101 Web site. The "soft
phone" client allows all customers instant activation -- they can
start making and receiving phone calls within minutes of signing up with
service.
"IceNet's 32Connect provides us with a reliable
long-distance calling solution for residential and small business
customers," said Alex Doan at Solo101. "Its plug and play
design allows us to scale quickly and easily to our customers'
needs. In addition, it will help us support back-office operations
including ordering and billing."
Headquartered in Dallas, IceNet currently services wholesale
customers with over 25 gateways and 250 markets. The company already
carries approximately one hundred million minutes per month and has not
had a single network outage in the past year.
IceNet's VoiceWorks Network provides customized, end-to-end,
bulk-rate access to a variety of VoIP services. IceNet also offers its
wholesale suite of services, VoiceWorks Anywhere, VoiceWorks IXC,
VoiceWorks IPlex and VoiceWorks IP Centrex. Through the VoiceWorks
AnyWhere capability, customers will benefit from enhanced long-distance
and toll-free numbers, which are routed over IceNet's VoIP
backbone. VoiceWorks IPlex is a full-featured residential service that
is designed to be an IP alternative to traditional residential telephone
service. All of IceNet's products and services are competitively
priced and include enhanced local, long-distance, toll-free and DID
services and applications.
About Solo101
Founded in 2004, Solo101 is dedicated to delivering high quality
telephone service to residential and small business environments by
using Voice over IP technology and taking advantage of existing
broadband Internet connections. Solo101 offers next generation telephony
services that are both cost effective and feature-rich. Customers
benefit from unlimited domestic calling, cheaper international rates,
and a host of advanced features not typically available from traditional
telephone services. Solo101's mission is to deliver cheaper more
affordable quality phone service and with a background in the Internet
Service Provider business, Solo101 has the experience and expertise to
deliver first-rate service and support to its customers.
Solo101 can be found at http://www.solo101.com.
About IceNet, LLC
Founded in early 2003, IceNet has built the very first
enterprise-class VoIP network designed specifically to carry voice, data
and video traffic. IceNet is the first service provider to offer a true
carrier quality VoIP network uniquely positioned to take full advantage
of the explosive growth and demand for an assortment of IP telephony
services. It delivers the internetworking and IP alternatives required
by service providers and end-users, and is engineered to enable business
class quality VoIP services.
For more information, visit http://www.icenetllc.com or call
812/437-7527.
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