(3)Tone Business Services are a suite of enhanced voice and data services hosted on the Level 3 nationwide platform that provide partners and customers with the ability to quickly offer a low-cost, PBX or Centrex replacement service - all with the flexibility and durability of IP.

For businesses seeking a cost-effective and reliable toll free calling infrastructure to terminate calls made via 8xx numbers on the PSTN to IP endpoints, Level 3 offers (3)VoIP Toll Free.

(3)VoIP Local Inbound service is an innovative solution for calling card companies, conferencing service providers, call center operators, voice portals, and other businesses that need the same capabilities of (3)VoIP Toll Free but on a local basis.

VOIP - Definition

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a term used for voice being transported via the Internet, intranet or data links to the Internet. The data network involved might be the Internet itself, or a corporate intranet, or managed networks used by local or long distance carriers and ISPs. Who runs the network doesn't matter — what does is the fact that you're taking voice (i.e., analog information) and encoding it digitally, converting it into packets, and then using a data network to move those packets along the most efficient path to their destination, where they get reassembled and delivered in the format they started in: voice. The main advantage for users of VoIP connections is that they generally only have to pay their usual (local) Internet connection charges regardless of where they are calling anywhere in the world. An IP Telephone has its own IP number and contains memory; it can easily be moved around an organization, making moves and additions easy.

Value & Benefits

• Minimizes Capital and Operational Expenses
• Allows faster time-to-market
• Builds unified communications services
  • Create National Campus for customers - "Metro-like" dialing plans
  • Creates common user experience, new applications
• Integrates converged applications on a single platform
  • "Customer-ization" to meet unique needs of each enterprise