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Wide Area Network Solutions


Shopping for Wide Area Network? Our expert consultants will work with you free of charge to find your business a best-fit WAN Provider. We know this is a tough solution to shop for but with over 100 solution provider relationships, we can make this process a lot easier.


Why Wide Area Networking?


WANs are typically utilized by organizations operating out of multiple office locations that require a secure, flexible and cost effective means for their employees to communicate and share information across a central computer network.
Wide Area Networks form a proper foundation for a number of business critical applications including:

 
  • VoIP phone service
  • Centralized merchant transactions
  • Remote application
    access (Citrix)
  • Remote user access
  • File transfer/sharing
  • Video delivery
  • Secure access to internal
    software applications
  • Outsourced network management
  • Compliance requirements
  • Central data storage & backup

There are a number of different approaches to the design of wide area networks. Some solutions are geared toward low cost, low bandwidth requirements while others are geared toward enterprise class applications. Whether you are implementing VoIP phone service or processing merchant transactions, Frontier Networks can help you identify the most cost effective solution.

 

 

Business Verticals Leveraging Wide Area Networks


Any business operating across multiple locations can benefit from a wide area network. With the emergence of VoIP phone service, private wide area networks are serving a very important role in ensuring call quality, performance and security across the enterprise.

 
  • Retail Businesses
  • Restaurant Chains
  • Hospitals and Clinics
  • Doctor and Dentist Offices
  • Call Centers w/ Remote Staff
 
  • International Corporations
  • Financial Institutions
  • Government Entities
  • Hotels
  • Franchises
 
 

Types of Wide Area Networks


 

Wide Area Networks come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are either private or public, wired or wireless, managed or self-managed and they can be implemented through a number of different technologies.

 

Private Networks

  • Point to Point Connections
  • Private Lines / Dedicated Lines
  • IP VPN Networks
  • MPLS Networks
  • IPSec VPN
  • Remote Access VPN
 

Wireless Mesh Networks

  • Municipal Wireless Networks
  • Campus Wireless Networks

We can help you sort out which solution approach makes the most sense for your situation.

 

 

Why Shop Your Wide Area Network with Frontier Networks?


  • We shop Wide Area Networks everyday and we know the marketplace
  • We work with over 50 WAN service providers operating worldwide
  • We support a variety of WAN solutions and can help you pick the right approach for your business application
  • We do the leg work so you can focus on other tasks
  • You get access to our expert consultants for free
  • You get better pricing and better service
 
 

Why are we different?


  1. Consultation
  2. Information Collection
  3. Vendor Research
  4. Presentation
  5. Discussion
  6. Implementation Planning
  7. Implementation
  8. Billing
  9. Support


Qualities We Look For From WAN Solution Providers


 
  • Flexibility and Responsiveness
  • Professionalism
  • Bandwidth Offerings
  • Network Quality
  • Service Area
  • Performance Measurement
 
  • Time Required for Install
  • Managed Services Available
  • Business History/Reputation
  • High Customer Satisfaction
  • Fair Pricing and Terms
  • Voice/Data Convergence