Most companies lack
the internal resources
to manage their telecom
services and devices,
and are therefore
looking to external
solutions.1
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1Source: Forrsights Software Survey, Q4 2011
2Source: Forrsights Networks and Telecommunications Survey, Q1 2011
want a managed
telecom provider to
simplify IT/network &
telecoms2
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How do you simplify,
reduce costs, and
boost performance to
keep your business on
track for growth?
You Need A Single Provider
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One provider that
allows you to
bundle voice, data
and cloud…
…easily, reliably,
and securely.
What If You Could…
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Keep your business on
track for growth
Simplify your office
and lower your costs
Increase flexibility
Increase support
Boost performance
with advanced technology
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Put CenturyLink® Fiber+ to Work for Your Business
Blazing-fast speeds
Flexible platform
Cloud-ready connection
Business-class reliability
Essential business tools
Scalable Data & Voice + Business Essentials
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BASIC COMPONENTS ROOM TO GROW
INTERNET
ACCESS
• Fiber-based Internet connection with download and upload
speeds of 10Mbps/10Mbps
• Service level agreement for network availability
• Symmetrical speed upgrade options up
to 1Gbps (in select areas)
VOICE
• One VoIP line with unlimited on-net, domestic long
distance
• Your choice of calling features such as business Voicemail,
Call Waiting and Call Forwarding
• Manage voice changes, routing, moves and adds easily
online
• Add up to 9 more lines with unlimited
on-net domestic long distance
• Customizable voice features
CLOUD-
BASED
APPS
Web hosting (5GB), registration for 1 domain, and
search engine submission
Online data backup for 10 PCs (10GB/PC)
CloudFax (20 in/outbound pages/month)
10 licenses of Microsoft® Office 365 Business Essential:
Microsoft® Exchange Online email boxes
(50GB per mailbox)
Microsoft® Lync Online
Microsoft® SharePoint® Online, 10GB shared
Spam and malware protection
Microsoft® Office Online (create/edit files via a
web browser)
• Watch for exciting upgrade options,
COMING SOON!
Increase Your Power
• Blazing-fast speeds
Link local & regional offices with
speeds up to 1Gbps (in select
areas)
• Customizable package
Options for private
connections between sites
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UPGRADE TO FIBER + ENTERPRISE
• Full range of enterprise SLAs
Work confidently without service
disruptions
• Less hassle
Combine data & voice over one
efficient, IP-based network
connection
• Business essentials
Access tools for business
continuity, greater mobility
and a bigger online presence
• Cloud support
Back up critical data in the
cloud & leverage managed
services
Why We’re Here
CenturyLink is aggressively focused on supporting your
business through reliable, value-driven solutions:
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Help ensure your Internet
connection doesn’t hinder
your ability to move your
business forward.
Get more out of your
IT for less.
Cloud services help
businesses achieve greater
operational responsiveness,
agility and efficiency.
Our Existing Fiber Connection
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Leveraging the existing CenturyLink fiber connection in your area.
Fiber provides up to 1Gbps of dedicated,
symmetrical bandwidth.
We bring our national fiber technology directly to
your doorstep
Symmetrical upload and download speeds allow
your business to easily support cloud-based
services at greatly reduced costs.
Special offers are available for your area.
MORE SAVINGS: Get special pricing at
your location
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True business-class connectivity at our most
competitive price available.
Leveraging the existing CenturyLink fiber connection in your area.
Benefits Of Leveraging Our Existing Fiber
GREATER BANDWIDTH: Scalable speeds up
to 1Gbps (in select areas)
CLOUD-READY CAPABILITIES: Symmetrical
upload and download speeds that support
bandwidth-intensive, cloud-based applications
EASY MIGRATION: Extend the life of your
existing equipment with a seamless migration
Email
Advanced IP
voice
Fiber + Symmetrical Speeds
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Our symmetrical upload and download speeds allow greater capacity for your traffic to flow,
so you can easily transfer files, back up important data and access applications in the cloud.
Data backup
Video
conferencing
Cable HSI Technology Disadvantages
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Some cable HSI services may have slower upload
speeds compared to their downloads, which puts
constraints on your access to advanced
applications like cloud services.
CenturyLink®
FIBER +
Cable HSI
Traditional T1 Technology Disadvantages
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T1 Internet connections require you to add more
lines to get faster speeds, resulting in
additional expense and limited scalability.
T1 service
INEFFICIENT EFFICIENT
CenturyLink®
FIBER +
Notas do Editor
Main Point:
In your fast, ever-changing environment, you need a trusted ally to help you meet your business objectives and overcome challenges by using advanced technologies and agile solutions.
Story:
Seventy four percent of businesses like yours say improved business agility was the key driver for their investment in cloud solutions. They are also interested in using more third party provided network and telecommunications services in order to simplify their IT/network and telecommunications operational management.
Main Point:
You need someone today to provide an easy-to-use, scalable solution that integrates with your current applications and systems. You need someone who will help you compete now, and be more effective with your company employees and with your partners. You need someone to help you serve your customers better, and develop your products and services quickly and efficiently, so that you are optimally positioned for tomorrow.
Story:
As a buyer, you’ve heard that using integrated network and cloud solutions will power the business applications that live on the network without causing trouble, delays, or increased risks. However, that increased expenditure doesn’t equate to the increased value. These days, you juggle many resources, many applications, and multiple vendors, along with the day-to-day administrative takes that prevent you from taking care of your company’s strategic initiatives.
You believe that you will be better off if you could get most, if not all, of these solutions from a single provider that will take responsibility and accountability for the service and support performance. Teaming up with such a partner today would allow you to focus on growing your core business, setting up an even better future for your business.
Main Point: You already have many obstacles and pitfalls to control: managing multiple vendors, services that may not work well together, overpaying for services you don’t need, or not knowing about or understanding services and technologies that can help overcome these challenges to growing revenue and serving your customers better than the competition.
Story: Communication and network solutions you buy must perform well without delays, with predictability, protect the voice and data being used, accommodate growth in the business, touch many customers, employees, and partners, and have the service support uncompromising in the market.
Main Point: By partnering with CenturyLink, you can!
Story:
You can have a low-risk environment today to empower your business applications living on the network with integrated Network and Cloud solutions. You can improve responsiveness to new business opportunities, and receive a higher return on investment from cloud and hosting initiatives, putting you on the road to success. These solutions are ideal for retail, financial services, social networking applications, media and entertainment applications, and independent software vendors.
Main Point:
You will reliably connect over a high-quality, low latency private or public network, and meet the requirements for time-sensitive, critical applications with all the benefits of complete Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service solutions. You get an easy transition to the future of enhanced networking services, hosting for data storage, cloud servers, and application development. CenturyLink is one of the three industry leaders in IT infrastructure management and networking for a reliable connection.
Story:
You will have everything needed to establish a cloud migration strategy that reflects your business objectives. By working with a single-source provider of networking, cloud hosting and extensive, flexible, comprehensive enterprise-class managed services, you’ll find your cloud transition a smooth one—not marred by the finger pointing and lack of accountability that can occur when working with numerous providers. You will get the tools, support and products needed to efficiently manage their network and cloud environment—with little to no downtime.
CTL Notes:
Fiber + is oriented to smaller offices and businesses with Internet-centric data needs and offer bundles that provide either data only or voice and data.
IA Package and Public Port only for Fiber +; supports up to 24 voice lines
Designed to be competitive with Cable broadband bundles (Internet access)
Best suited for single location businesses that connect directly to the Internet or have existing CPE-based VPNs to support data only networking between sites
Fiber + Enterprise is oriented to SMB and Mid-size businesses with more complex data needs, and offers integrated voice and data or data only solutions with supporting SLAs.
Designed to compete with CLEC competitors
Best suited for businesses that need enterprise-grade SLAs, multiple sites, or need dedicated Internet connections or private connections across the CenturyLink MPLS network.
Main Point:
CenturyLink can help you grow your business today and focus on the future.
Story:
Relying on CenturyLink, you'll have a high performance global network platform and integrated services to support your growing demands for enterprise communication and computing capacity, anywhere. You'll be able to delegate network management and utility computing responsibilities that now distract your organization.
Focus on the future of your business with CenturyLink
Customers tell us all the time our value is we work with them to make them better and enable them to focus on their core business. We would like to show you how we can do the same for you. When can we get started?
CenturyLink is aggressively focused on supporting your business through reliable, value-driven solutions that help increase:
Business ValueGet more out of your IT for less with integrated solutions that are 25% or more off the lowest advertised competitive rate.*
Business ReadinessCloud services help businesses achieve greater operational responsiveness, agility and efficiency. Ensure you have the upload speeds to use these advanced services now or in the future.
Business PerformanceThe Internet is essential to business operations. Ensure your connection doesn’t hinder your ability to use it in ways to move your business forward.