AnonAnonAnon
@rr.com
| reply to T1 Rocky
Re: What questions to ask when shopping for T1 / T3 services?
"Unless you are buying from AT&T, Verizon, Qwest or Sprint,"
i thought Sprint spin off their last mile facilities into another company called Embarq?
also- are you saying that overall taxes and fees are higher when buying direct than through a reseller? |
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RockyBB
Premium
join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| said by AnonAnonAnon :
are you saying that overall taxes and fees are higher when buying direct than through a reseller?
T1 Rocky's generalizations are worth keeping in mind, but not to the point of not soliciting info from ILECs. If you need a circuit, get quotes from many companies. For many addresses, the variance in cost of the access loop itself could be greater than the sum of taxes and fees. Ask the questions about the circuit cost, about "below the line" surcharges and fees, and about taxes. When you call references, ask them what additional charges show up on the bill besides the original quoted price. This is a big world with many companies and jurisdictional requirements -- way too big with way too many companies for such broad generalizations to be helpful.
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
 ·Time Warner Cable
| "i thought Sprint spin off their last mile facilities into another company called Embarq?"
I don't know the answer to that specifically because I've never dealt with Sprint (I'm in Texas.) But Embarq is probably a subsidiary of Sprint if that is the case.
"also- are you saying that overall taxes and fees are higher when buying direct than through a reseller?"
Yes, in my experience they are. The case scenario is you get a quote from an ILEC for a T1 and they send you a quote that says $500. You sign up for service and when the first invoice comes it is for $700. You call your sales rep and ask them what is up and they that the additional $200 is for taxes and other fees that the government "requires" them to collect.
When you buy from a CLEC, you pay state sales tax and that is it (8% in most places.) When you are quoting from an ILEC, its good to use the words, "what will this look like exactly on my invoice?"
"This is a big world with many companies and jurisdictional requirements -- way too big with way too many companies for such broad generalizations to be helpful."
I respect your opinion but I disagree. I think that my statements are accurate for 95% of the country.
But I totally agree with rockybb when he suggests that you get as many quotes as possible.  |
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RockyBB
Premium
join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| said by T1 Rocky  :"i thought Sprint spin off their last mile facilities into another company called Embarq?" I don't know the answer to that specifically because I've never dealt with Sprint (I'm in Texas.) But Embarq is probably a subsidiary of Sprint if that is the case. Embarq is a totally separate company, having been spun off from Sprint as a regulatory condition of the merger with Nextel. »www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=12060
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