Corporate

Overview

Broadband National is the leading comparative shopping website for broadband related services and products. Residential and business customers can use Broadband National's IBIS (Integrated Broadband Information System) technology to compare services from more than 50 local, regional and national service providers. Companies such as Comcast, AT&T, Sprint, Qwest, Time Warner, and Verizon are offered at broadbandnational.com.

The private company was formed in 2003 as a solution to a fragmented and confusing broadband marketplace. Millions have used the website to compare services, with more than 250,000 purchasing broadband, VoIP, and similar telecom services.

The IBIS system is so unique that companies such as Office Depot, Comp USA, Tiger Direct and more than 1,000 others lease the technology to offer broadband services on their websites and in retail stores.

Key Providers

Broadband National has more than 50 local, regional, and national broadband providers integrated into the IBIS system. Providers such as Comcast, AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet, Time Warner, Sprint, Qwest, and Verizon are viewed as key marketing partners who enthusiastically endorse purchasing their services through Broadbandnational.com or through the Broadband National free consulting service 1-888-375-4610.
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Why Customers Use Broadband National

The cost of selling through Broadband National is less expensive than traditional sales channels for Broadband National's providers. This allows Broadband National customers to reap the benefits through lower pricing, free equipment, installation management, and other fringe benefits. Broadband National ultimately earns revenue through commissions from providers. The model is similar to Expedia or Lending Tree...only for broadband.

The site is also an unbiased tool that enables customers to compare services based on availability, price, upload/download speed, and equipment cost. Once a customer places an order through the IBIS system, the information is immediately passed to the provider's order system. Broadband National serves as a industry watchdog to ensure customers' orders are processed and provisioned more quickly than direct orders. All services are free to the customer.

Products and Services

Broadband National's residential division provides comparative shopping for DSL, cable Internet, satellite Internet, VoIP, cable and digital TV, digital phone, modems, routers, media centers, HDTVs, and downloadable content.

Broadband National's business division provides comparative shopping for business-class DSL, satellite, T1, DS3, integrated voice and data, LD, Web hosting, and telecom equipment such as routers.

The business division also assists enterprise and multilocation companies such as Bennigan's, Steak and Ale, Zales, and Shaw Industries with the deployment of broadband by offering managed services such as network monitoring, aggregated billing across multiple suppliers, auditing services, and SPOC (Single Point of Contact) for all telecom requirements.

Technology

The IBIS technology is key to Broadband National's success. The technology enables Broadband National to view key suppliers' back end systems including service availability, pricing, provisioning, and order status.

In addition, the technology bundles appropriate services and products, reducing frustration, time and costs to end customers. As an example, the IBIS system identifies hardware requirements and suggests cost saving solutions such as VoIP.

The technology is also advantageous to customers as Broadband National can mitigate and decrease operational inefficiencies and cancellations which are frequent for DSL and cable broadband. Also, IBIS is the only system in the United States integrated with the major consumer and business broadband providers - a system similar to the travel industry's Sabre system.

For businesses, the IBIS technology can work as an extension to the procurement division, especially for multilocation enterprise customers in verticals such as health care and retail. The IBIS system can qualify and price up to 50,000 disparate locations against every major provider in hours vs. months.