TELECOMMUNICATIONS

If you want to do business today, you've got to be plugged into the world. And Jersey City locations are hard-wired into the communications network that covers the planet.

Telecommunications companies have undertaken a multi-million dollar investment of capital and equipment to enhance northern New Jersey's local telecommunications infrastructure.

The goal is to provide New Jersey businesses with a competitive edge by supplying them with access to innovative and superior local telecommunications services. Building this infrastructure are companies like Teleport Communications Group (TCG), Metropolitan Fiber Systems, MCI, Bell Atlantic, and AT&T.

Secure telecommunications links are a vital ingredient in a business's decision to choose one site over another. Having a variety of carriers to choose from guarantees not only efficient rates, but also backup systems, should a problem develop.

TCG, for instance, has built a selfhealing, state-of-the-art Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) in northern New Jersey that serves Jersey City and business communities throughout the nine-county metro-NYC area.

These intelligent, broadband networks are capable of carrying a customer's traditional voice traffic, as well as high-speed data and video transmissions for applications such as video conferencing and medical imaging. Businesses can be securely connected to their branch offices, data centers and long-distance carriers, as well as the traditional local phone company, via point-to-point dedicated private-line services.

Strategically, the ability of companies to route traffic via redundant networks and diverse central office switches is critical to their survival. That's why many business customers continue to take service from multiple carriers to obtain access to diverse local networks.

In Jersey City, businesses can be assured that local carriers are committed to understanding their business needs and developing long-term partnerships to deliver customer-focused local telecommunications solutions.