Local telecommunications – clear, consistent and flexible – are a fundamental building block as you forge strong relationships with customers, suppliers and business partners. Allstream’s Local Exchange Services, backed by our versatile, high-performance national IP network, offer you a broad array of digital and analog capabilities, all designed to evolve as your business does.

Our Local Exchange Services portfolio delivers the full spectrum of telephony products and features, providing flexibility, scalability and resiliency at a highly competitive price point. Whether you need traditional business lines, plan to converge all your data and voice traffic using IP Trunking or want a fully managed Centrex system to replace your PBX – you can count on Allstream’s business communications experts to craft the best solution to meet your needs.

Get your business working better.
With the right telecom tools, from voice messaging to high-speed data access, your people can work more productively, collaborate more effectively and make the critical decisions that keep everyone on task and moving forward.

Improve your customer service.
With Allstream’s Local Exchange Services, your people have the tools they need to deliver more responsive customer service.

• From speedy problem solving to pursuing up-selling opportunities, you have the technology and features to move your business ahead while maintaining the vital human touch that will differentiate your organization from the competition.
• We can also show you how to get your telecommunications working hand-in-hand with your web presence to deliver more effective complementary services.

Quickly respond to changing needs.
Allstream’s reliable Local Exchange Services include a full range of features and options that can flexibly adapt as new priorities emerge, whether you’re:

• expanding by adding new staff and/or offices
• consolidating facilities
• moving to a new location
• assessing and evolving your business continuity plans.

Consolidate and save.
Allstream can help you cost-effectively consolidate voice and data traffic and achieve more efficient integration with the public telephone network by implementing services such as IP Trunking and ISDN PRI.

• Reduce telecom costs, minimize IT hours and make your overall business operations more cost-efficient.
• Simplify your network infrastructure, lowering operating and management costs.
• Realize savings of 10% to 40% by integrating voice and data streams with IP Trunking.

Lower your operating and capital costs.
Here are some further ways that Allstream’s Local Exchange Services can save you money:

• By converging multiple communications channels, you reduce cabling costs.
• Our integrated solutions make moves, adds and changes easier to execute, saving valuable IT time.
• We provide a seamless upgrade path from digital phones to an IP-based system, so you can leave behind the mounting maintenance costs of an aging technology.
• You can avoid the capital investment in a voice messaging system.
• A fully managed Allstream Unified Communications solution does away with all the costs – in money and time – of installing and managing your own PBX.
• Allstream VoIP Access minimizes infrastructure investments for service providers of Voice over IP entering local markets and provides all of the flexibility needed to support multiple end customers from a single trunk-side interface.

Increase your network ROI.
Allstream’s Local Exchange Services are compatible with all commonly used industry-standard equipment, protecting your investment in existing technology. And by integrating voice and data through services such as IP Trunking, VoIP access and ISDN PRI, you can realize even more value from your telecommunications investment.