Posts made by SteveMcDonald

Hello I.T. Folks!
I am Steve McDonald, Telecom Design Architect for Global Fiber & Data Solutions Inc - a nationwide Telecom & Technology Consultancy who's job it is to assist you with brokering and obtaining pricing and rate structures for a wide variety of I.T. related things provided by technology companies like AT&T, Centurylink, Verizon, Comcast, Spectrum, Rackspace, Level 3 and a million other private and public tech companies. Typical services we are asked to help with include such things as ISP internet circuits, WAN data circuits from and to somewhere, private lines, dark fiber, co-location, SIP Trunking, Voice and Internet failover solutions, Fixed Wireless, in-building wiring, Satellite and Wireless back up ISP connections, and all the various Cloud solutions such as Cloud PBX seats, Cloud hosted firewalls and everything you ever heard off that ends in "aaS" or "as a service" like UCaaS, SaaS and on and on and on.
What I do for you costs you nothing; I spend countless hours each day chasing the right price points and right companies to bring to the table to suit whatever ordinary to extraordinary need you have told me you have. Each tech company pays me a recurring commission for anything you purchase after we have checked everyone who can do whatever it is you need done and you purchase from the one you like the best or has the best rates, etc; so I am HEAVILY incented to see you not only get exactly what you were looking for and at the right cost, but that you stay happy through contracting and implementation and then on from that for years to come, renewing with me and growing etc because I would lose that recurring commission if a client were to become unhappy or choose to leave at the end of the term for another solution.
So, that said, I would like for any of you who have contracts expiring with ISP's or have technology needs related to any of the above to contact me and let me help you. 100% of my client base is made up of I.T. Directors and Managers like you who are all similarly a little stretched for time in each busy day to mess with tracking these things down, doing conference calls and design calls, taking quotes from whomever for whatever and trying to make the right pick.

I can be reached anytime directly at [email protected] or text or call my cell at 256-486-1988. Thank you!

I am a telecom consultant who's job it is to help IT managers and IT folks find useable fiber and other forms of ISP access.
I have access to networks that are often thought to be carrier-only, wireless tower link only and longhaul so let me do some exploration on this address where your CEO is struggling to get fiber and let me see what I can pull up in all my maps. I can be reached at 256-486-1988 or [email protected]. I work for free and am paid by the hundreds of carriers, so no cost to you to have me take a look. Look forward to hearing from you soon

Thanks for the warm welcome....looking forward to reading up on everyones posts over the coming weeks....

So, to throw in some much needed carrier news you might be interested to know, many of you already know when it comes to Fiber-optic delivery of dedicated *synchronous *internet access, AT&T is one of the hardest carriers to beat service and price-wise against any carrier, but they are continually being beat up by the Cable operators who offer low-cost shared asynchronous coax cable which gives consumers super high speeds for download and a more throttled upload - so where AT&T is feeling the "heat" it offers lower rates to combat the cable threat in that area. So, Comcast has proven overall to be the biggest menace to AT&T's plans in given markets where the two telecom giants compete for market share, and as such, AT&T has lowered its Ethernet Internet access rates in those markets to what we are calling "Comcast rates" so to speak.

For customers whose site address is in a city or town not served by Comcast as the default cable operator or franchise holder, such as Mediacom, Charter, Time Warner etc then there are similar but higher cost rates for the same circuit speeds because AT&T is simply not feeling the competitive threat in those areas yet. So, generally AT&T customers are being told by their assigned reps and by call center agents, other consultants etc that they can not qualify for the lower "Comcast rates" because they are not in a geography served by Comcast. However, unknown to most at AT&T, there is a unique "exception" process we can go through if your address proves to be within 500 ft of available AT&T fiber, where we can request Comcast level discounting on Ethernet circuits even in these areas not served by Comcast - if approved, AT&T will give you the Comcast rate.

Currently, a Comcast area client can get 10M w/ 23 channel VoIP PRI and 6900 free long distance minutes for only 587.50 monthly - very hard for any competing carrier to beat this with a dedicated circuit. Pricing starts at 587.50 for 10M + 23 cc PRI and goes up to 1,451.00 for 100M + 23 cc PRI. Inquire if you need further details - thank you Steve

Among the many things a telecom consultancy does in serving its client base, one of those things is growing a coast to coast network of what I call "sub agents". Sub agents are simply I.T. professionals, Phone system vendors, Data integration companies, and private I.T. guns for hire who want for whatever reason to be able to earn a one-time or residual commission from bringing Voice and Data opportunities to the table - so, for example I have a sub agent in Arkansas who is a retired AT&T employee drawing his check every month and although he is retired and does not need to work, he still knows a ton of business owners in his state, so on a very "as needed" basis, he will randomly call up and tell me to contact someone he has recently spoken to who needs something - usually a fiber optic based internet access circuit or voice migration, etc. I then in turn contact that person at whatever company, and go down the path of helping them with whatever telecom concern it may be. If a contract with AT&T, Windstream, Level 3, etc is the result, I then pay him a one-time or residual commission based on what we earn from the winning carrier. He may or may not bring another deal to the table for months, but anytime he needs to, he can. Another scenario is similar to this one, but instead is a sub agent in California who primarily works as an I.T. Manager at a hospital, but he is involved in online forums, rotary etc and just has a knack for digging up other I.T. Managers in need, so every month I send him a check for anywhere from 5,000.00 to 8,000.00 on average because he sends other IT managers to me to buy their Ethernet Internet access circuits, private lines, and MPLS drops from me. Generally in his case, AT&T seems to usually have the best rates, so he gets a high commission because they only pay all at once - not residually.

So the job being offered here is simple: you can keep the job you have and add finding voice / data / internet referrals to what you already do, and through very little effort on your part, earn VERY high commissions just from digging up the leads. So whether you are an IT professional with a job already and just looking for a way to earn easy money on the side or someone who wants to work a full-time straight commission job, then this opportunity is for you. Contact me for details.

Hello Mangos - you now have a new I.T. related resource at your finger tips (should you need one) who can assist you with one of the hardest things to get objective help with in the I.T. world - telecommunications carrier / voice & data needs and issues. In a world filled with here today / gone tomorrow direct telecom carrier reps who just want to "sell you something" in an on-going effort to hit their quotas, it is sometimes very difficult to get non-biased, long term help with voice or data providers and services. Telephone companies, internet service providers, SIP providers, etc are all offering you choices of services that are difficult to tell apart or to know what makes one a better fit than another for what you are trying to accomplish. I am a telecom consultant and I use my experience and 15 year tenure in the business to help you understand the often complex and confusing array of service providers to find the right carrier to help you. Unlike many consultants, there is no fee for my on-going assistance and account management, and I also specialize in working with AT&T where many consultants purposefully avoid AT&T because of the required licensing, specialized skills, extensive training and complex understanding you have to have to work with them vs most other carriers. So I support you in any way you need, and I support over 40 carrier partners we can engage as needed to meet your requirements. I specialize in Ethernet Internet Access, Cable / DSL, MPLS, VoIP PRI and SIP, Wireless etc, and a wide variety of other voice & data related services. So feel free to use me as your own personal resource when faced with making choices related to carrier provided services and I am happy to assist or just give you my opinion when needed.

Thank you, Steve