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IP Exchange Lines
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Overview | Features | Benefits | Technical Requirements | Product Sheet
Overview

Providing secure, reliable business-grade Voice over IP (VoIP) services, IP Exchange Lines are ideal for customers that have an existing IP network or are planning one, and would like to make the most of their infrastructure.
 
A next-generation alternative to direct switched voice services, IP Exchange Lines allow customers to connect their IP PBXs or IP Gateways to the PSTN over our leading-edge next-generation network. This can help to lower capital costs and reduce line rental charges, and gives greater flexibility and scalability.

IP Exchange Lines are delivered as a true end-to-end business-grade service with THUS managing all elements. This eliminates problems associated with other VoIP services, where uncontrollable elements (such as the public Internet) can impact on reliability and performance. Our high quality service is backed up by stringent Standards of Service. 

Features
Looks and feels like an ISDN30, with features including:

  • Direct Dial-In (DDI)
  • CLI Presentation
  • CLI Restriction
  • Call Barring
  • More than 190 network points of presence (PoPs) offering country-wide network coverage
    H.323 (version 4) and SIP IP connectivity to the PSTN
    Online billing and analysis available, including cost centre allocation
    Faster/soft upgrades within the parameters of the access connections
    Interoperability facility provided
    Benefits
    Reduced OPEX - since there is no need for separate skillsets across two different voice and data networks, along with our competitive tariffs, fewer maintenance charges and call outs, and only one supplier
    Lower CAPEX - as less onsite hardware is needed (since there are no requirements for IP PBXs or IP Gateways on every site)
    Greater scalability and flexibility, and the removal of traditional breakpoints (for example, the increase from 28 lines to 32 lines does not require a physical installation)
    Location independence for users, allowing them to log in at different sites and still use their own number
    Technical Requirements
    Required services
    In order to receive IP Exchange Lines services, customer premises must be connected to one of the following THUS services, and must have spare capacity on the access connections these services are provided over:

    MPLS IP VPN
    Dedicated Internet Access over Ethernet
    National Ethernet
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