The challenge for CLECs today, is to gain market share with sustainable profitability. Unfortunately, most facilities based CLECs have yet to turn a profit. ADC has a unique solution called PG-FlexPlus that is enabling CLECs to achieve their market share and profitability objectives. In this application note, we show how the PG-FlexPlus solution is being used by leading CLECs to aggressively attack the small business market while simultaneously increasing their gross profits. | Overview The challenge for CLECs today is to gain market share with sustainable profitability. Unfortunately most facilities based CLECs have yet to turn a profit. ADC has a unique solution called PG-FlexPlus that is enabling CLECs to achieve their market share and profitability objectives. In this application note we show how the PG-FlexPlus solution is being used by leading CLECs to aggressively attack the small business market while simultaneously increasing their gross profits. Most CLECs in an effort to serve small businesses have deployed traditional Digital Loop Carrier DLC systems in their Co-Location Offices COLOs . Traditional DLCs were designed for regulated rate-of-return based ILEC applications. Traditional DLCs are capital intensive and are limited to offering only one telephone line per leased unbundled loop. In ILEC applications the general public helps to pay for the costs of equipment and costs of the copper pair. CLECs by definition are competitive and are not guaranteed anything by the general public. Unfortunately the deployment of traditional DLCs by CLECs has been a major reason for the poor financial performance of these companies. In CLEC applications PG-FlexPlus directly addresses the problems created by DLCs. CLECs can use PG-FlexPlus as a complement to their existing DLCs to squeeze more profitability out of these legacy systems. PG-FlexPlus minimizes initial capital expenditures with a pay as you grow architecture. Additionally PG-FlexPlus can reduce your recurring costs associated with leasing unbundled loops by more than 80 . This reduction in recurring costs is the key to getting a significant return on your investment and achieving sustainable profitability. DLC Complement - Application 1 The PG-FlexPlus solution works in conjunction with legacy DLC systems to reduce the number of unbundled loops required to serve your small business customers. A DLC system consumes an unbundled loop for every voice circuit delivered to your small .
