In fact, this model is currently being used by some of the largest frame relay providers in the world. This new initiative does more than impact operational support costs or customer satisfaction. It enables providers who deploy under the new intelligent management paradigm to achieve substantial differentiation over existing fast-packet service providers. Once customers see the inherent manageability of these services, they will migrate this business critical traffic onto them. Here lies the real prize for those service providers who step up to this model.
Intelligent management is more than a product concept.
It is an idea whose time has come. What makes it so compelling is that the benefits of this model are available to both subscribers and service providers. Equally important, it facilitates a partnership between subscribers and service providers. And this goes a long way to changing years of finger pointing and negative perceptions. This partnership makes both sides accountable for the quality of wide area networking, and ultimately furthers the business goals of both parties.