You're evaluating your Unified Communication (UC) options, and you've reviewed all of your technical and business needs. You might think that you've made the most important decision, namely what you should purchase to best fit your needs. However, you may be overlooking another important question: how are you going to pay for that system? Specifically, which payment method best fits your financial requirements?

Fortunately, Allstream offers you a number of options. You might consider paying cash, but if you don't have the available capital or if you need your investment to grow as your needs continue to evolve, you may want to consider other methods. Leasing can be an attractive solution.

Traditional Leasing

• $10 Out Lease allows you to purchase your equipment at the end of term for $10;
• Fair Market Value (FMV) Lease allows you to either purchase the equipment at the end of term for the equivalent market value or simply return it to us;

The Allstream Shield

This unique program provides the same features as leasing, but adds investment protection to accommodate new technologies and business growth.

• Preserve your capital for other investments
• Predictable payments
• Potential tax benefits
• Eventual equipment ownership

• Reduce capital expenditures and invest in other profitable business investments
• Increase investment flexibility and protection by enabling you to invest in a solution that can be easily upgraded anytime, and with no additional costs or penalties
• Match your pace of investment to organizational growth and evolution
• Bypass asset depreciation costs and realize tax and book advantages
• Added comfort of maintaining peak performance with bundled telephony

Allstream Shield allows your business to grow by accommodating your current and future needs by providing you with a complete end to end technical and financial solution.