Quote2bill maintains a building database of over 50,000 competitive lit buildings in the United States, representing almost 100 carriers. These are typically commercial buildings with telecom services provided by at least one carrier other than the market incumbent. The resulting choice of carriers drives down pricing for telecom buyers.
This application combines the Quote2bill building database with Google maps to produce a powerful research tool. Read on to learn how you can use this tool to lower your costs today.
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Back to topOn the left side of the screen, you will see fields for location A and location Z addresses, which are required to map a circuit. You can enter partial information in either set of fields and click on the orange Search Database button to find matching building addresses.
For instance, if you enter "Sacramento" in the city field and select "California" for state and click on the Search Database button, a drop-down menu will appear under the Search Database button with a list of competitive list buildings in Sacramento, California. When you select a building address from this list, it is automatically populated in the address fields.
Back to topOn the left side of the screen, you will see fields for location A and location Z addresses. These fields must be populated to map a telecom circuit on the right side of the screen. You can either enter addresses manually or search for them in the building database. To search for addresses, enter partial address information and click on the orange Search Database button. After the drop-down menu containing matching choices appear, select the desired competitive lit building from the list of choices to populate the address fields.
Once both the location A and location Z address fields are populated, click on the Map Circuits button and the circuit will appear on the map on the right side of the screen.
Back to topEach circuit illustrated on the map consists of a location A endpoint (circuit starting location), a location Z endpoint (circuit ending location), and a line connecting the endpoints. On-net or competitive lit locations are identified by red endpoints. All other locations (off-net locations) are shown with green endpoints. On-net to on-net circuit lines are colored red. Off-net to off-net circuit lines are colored green. On-net to off-net circuit lines are colored orange.
Back to topClick on either circuit endpoint to display the location address. In addition, for competitive lit locations, the number of competitive suppliers at the location is displayed. Click on the circuit line to display the circuit distance in miles.
Click on the "see details" link to find out which suppliers provide access to the building. Quote2bill charges a nominal transaction fee for each supplier look up.
Back to topTo map more than one circuit, simply search for or enter a new set of addresses and click on the Map Circuit button. There is no limit to the number of circuits which can be mapped simultaneously.
Back to topWhen the application first starts, a map of the US is displayed and a message appears at the top of the screen prompting the user to zoom in to see details. The message and associated building count will appear as long as more than 100 buildings are contained within the map boundaries. Once you zoom in to a level of detail in which less than 100 buildings are contained, the competitive lit building locations are displayed on the screen.
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Click on a competitive lit building and building details are displayed, including the building address and the number of competitive suppliers at the location. You can also click on the "see details" link to view supplier details as well as detailed building information such as V&H coordinates. Quote2bill charges a nominal transaction fee for each supplier look up.
Back to topThere are two easy ways to purchase transaction credits using our partner PayPal:
You can pay using your PayPal account or a major credit card. Volume discounts of up to 55% are available.
Back to topClick on either orange Clear Address button to clear the corresponding address fields.
Back to topClick on Clear Circuits button to remove all circuits from the map. Refreshing the browser screen also clears the circuits.
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