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Will the Real Carrier Please Stand Up?

on March 04, 2010 by Steve Parrott

Used to be that when you talked about a carrier, there wasn’t much doubt what you were talking about. In a lot of ways, the definition of a carrier was simply the “phone” company … or at least the company that provided your company’s data network or WAN. Now that definition has gotten a lot fuzzier. There are so many companies out there that are saying they can transport your voice and data, but they really aren’t a carrier … at least not in the sense that the old definition held. More...