Why should you choose Qwest's ISDN service? Perhaps your business is faced with the extra costs associated with telecommuting, or you want to add video conferencing abilities. Or you have occasional spikes in voice and data traffic and need a broadband solution. ISDN provides solutions to these and other situations.

Telecommuting

Teleworking can help businesses:

• Meet government-mandated pollution guidelines, reduce fuel consumption and ease traffic congestion
• Reduce overhead costs for office space, furnishings, utilities and parking
• Enhance productivity by making better use of employee time that would otherwise be spent commuting
• Minimize absenteeism, retain valued employees and attract quality people who are seeking greater flexibility in their work lives
• Accommodate part-time personnel, semi-retired workers and employees who live far from a central work location
• Help employees stay in close touch while traveling, working at remote sites or visiting distant offices
• Have full access to the skills of non-traditional workers and employees with disabilities

ISDN offers the increased data speeds and enhanced voice capabilities required for a telecommuter employee to create a virtual office environment in their home.

Videoconferencing

Businesses today are operating under both operating and budget constraints and need both a cost-effective and time-critical alternative to face-to-face meetings.

Qwest's ISDN Single Line Service, when paired with video communications hardware, can greatly improve upon simple voice communications, and can offer a far more efficient alternative to travel – be it across town or across the country. Solutions range from set-top TV and low-end PC desktop systems using 128 to 384 Kbps ISDN transport to higher-end video conferencing systems. Each system is accompanied by a variety of hardware and software options from industry manufacturers.

Standby Inter-Networking

If your organization has ever experienced an unexpected, system-jamming communications spike – or even if your business is subject to predictable periods of exceptionally heavy traffic – consider the ease and economy of being prepared with standby ISDN lines. Sudden spikes in data and voice traffic can compromise your communications system, interrupting your critical operations and exposing your organization to a variety of risks.

ISDN lines can provide virtually unlimited bandwidth – on demand. When your primary circuits reach maximum capacity, user-provided ISDN bridges or routers can detect the bottleneck and dial one or more ISDN connections in real time to route the overflow traffic. Unlike modem connections, these links are established in two to four seconds, so you always maintain optimum flow of vital communications.