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TeleBright.com Launches 'DSL Power Search & Save' for Easy Comparisons of 120 Plans from 35 Providers
18 New DSL Providers Added to give TeleBright.com Nation's Largest Database of DSL Plans offered in 50 states
August 15, 2000
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TeleBright.com, a leader in online telecom sales to small business and a provider of telecom comparison shopping technology to leading web sites, today launched its new ``DSL Power Search & Save'' function that allows small businesses to compare more than 120 plans offered by 35 providers. ``DSL Power Search & Save'' offers the widest DSL plan comparison-shopping on the Internet, allowing small businesses across the country to make side-by-side, feature-by-feature comparisons of plans from leading providers.
TeleBright.com recently doubled the number of providers offering DSL plans on its site, adding 18 new providers from across the country. The additions increase the total number of DSL providers offering their plans on the site to 35. More than 120 plans from these leading providers are now available for easy price and feature comparison at TeleBright.com.
"DSL is now must-have technology for small businesses that work on the Internet and our new 'DSL Power Search & Save' is the simplest way to comparison shop and then buy the right DSL plan," said Chet Thaker, President and CEO of TeleBright.com. "Spending just a few minutes on our site will allow every small business owner to cut through all the noise and confusion in the marketplace and choose the service that works for them and at the right price."
DSL providers making their plans available for comparison on the TeleBright.com site are: Allegiance Telecomm, American Long Lines, AT&T, Broadview Network, Broadwing Communications, Cable & Wireless, CAIS, CapRock Communications, Conectiv Communications, Connect South, DSL.net (Nasdaq: DSLN - news), eSpire, Eschelon Telecomm, First World, FlashCom / ephones, Frontline, Global Crossing, Globalcom, Harvard Net, Intermedia, iNYC, MCI Worldcom, Megapath, Net2000, New South (CLEC), Phoenix, PSINet, PSN.net, RCN, SAVVIS, Speakeasy.net, Teleglobe, Telegroup / Primus, Teligent, UU Net, W2Com.
David Struwas, president and CEO of DSL.net, said, "Our fast-growing company is looking to partner with businesses that are going to be with us for the long haul and can play a major role in further boosting our growth. This relationship with TeleBright.com will result in a new and expanding online sales channel for DSL.net and will allow new small business customers the ability to purchase services based on information gathered online through the TeleBright.com site."
Leading DSL service providers are making their plans available on the site because TeleBright.com:
Serves as an ongoing source of qualified leads
Allows purchasing directly on the site -- converting leads into sales, reducing sales cycle time and expense
Significantly reduces providers selling, general and administrative costs
Expands reach to the difficult to serve small business markets
Speeds time-to-market for new promotions
Facilitates migration to higher level or margin "bundled" services
The search engine at TeleBright.com provides an on-screen comparison of plans offered by these leading DSL providers in the area designated. After small businesses find the right plan, TeleBright.com's "DSL Power Search & Save" allows them to purchase the DSL plan they've selected directly on the TeleBright.com site. TeleBright.com also provides service after the sale, ensuring that providers meet installation schedules and performance promises.
Small businesses can customize their DSL search at TeleBright.com to compare plans by provider, speed, monthly fee or installation charges.
For example, a search of providers and plans in the San Francisco area yielded more than 75 plans offered by nine different providers. Connection speeds varied from 128k to 1.56mb. More than two-thirds of the plans displayed on-screen offered free installation, free hardware or both. The site displays all plans in real time, side-by-side spreadsheets for simple feature-by-feature comparisons. The impact of the Internet on Business-to- Business (B-to-B) is already strong and accelerating. Jupiter Communications forecasts Internet B-to-B spending at $6 trillion by 2005, representing 42% of total US B-to-B non-service spending. And according to the research group International Data Corporation (IDC), 67% of the small businesses with broadband access by 2003 will be accessing the Internet via DSL lines.
In addition, TeleBright.com is outsourcing its technology and the content of its site to leading sites and portals across the web, offering service providers greater reach to web users and small businesses.
About TeleBright.com
TeleBright.com offers small businesses new and unmatched opportunities to shop for and save on their telecommunications services from the widest number of providers available anywhere. TeleBright.com offers free expert analysis and comparison assistance to its small business clients and provides total service before, during and after the sale -- including e-mail status updates once an order has been placed and a 90-day check up to ensure its customers have received the most affordable option available. TeleBright.com also outsources its powerful IntelliRate® technology to leading sites across the web through private label and partnership agreements.
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