Service providers rapidly change their game plans to expand their services.
Customers change how they use services as advanced applications become available.
Under the service, ITXC owns, installs, manages and maintains a simple gateway device that resides on the customer's network. Instead of an expensive T1 line, the device uses the Internet for backhauling traffic to interexchange points. Getting the communications lines provisioned from regional carriers can take up to two months. ITXC is using gateway devices from Lucent Technologies and VocalTec as well as proprietary management software to remotely configure the services. They also must commit to putting 400,000 minutes per month on ITXC's network.