TeleContinuity offers survivable communication solution

any device ��“ cell phone, PDA, laptop, PC, etc.); survivable telecommunication network (the network must be self-healing and relatively immune to disaster effects); and isolation and independence from the disaster site’s local loop (we said above that the first link in the chain of collapse is the local loop, so an effective emergency solution must reduce or eliminate dependence on this local loop).

How does the TeleContinuity solution work? The company does not offer too many details about its patented technology, but says that it has created a survivable network of interconnected POPS across the United States (“from Boston to San Diego”) which, short of disaster which will overwhelm the entire United States, makes it impossible to shut down the network. The company’s POPS are connected to every major PSTN — and up to nine Tier 1 internet backbones — making it possible for the network to route and reroute calls around any points of failure or congestion of any carrier.

At the heart of the TeleContinuity system is what the company calls Heterogeneous Adaptive Dynamic Intelligent Routing, or HADIR. The HADIR combines distributed physical architecture with dynamic routing intelligence — the software the company developed is deployed over a network of Control Points of Presence (CPOPs) and Transport Points of Presence (TPOPs) located in co-location facilities throughout the country, and that software continuously evaluates and assesses the existing network links between POPs, from the PSTN to the POP, and from the POP to the user for those users that are on IP phones. The combination of PSTN and the Internet creates thousands of possible call paths, and during an emergency, the solution’s algorithms read the real-time condition of each network and routes calls to optimize completion and quality of service.

Note that the TeleContinuity solution also addresses two potential vulnerabilities which typify today’s enterprise communication universe:

* More and more business rely on VoIP for their communication. VoIP may be economical, but it is even less sturdy than more traditional communication methods, and VoIP-based network are thus even more susceptible to disruption during a disaster. TeleContinuity network addresses this vulnerability to ensure that VoIP is available during disasters.

* A second feature of today’s communication world is that more and more large companies and organizations have their own central switches which control incoming and outgoing calls. Often, these central switches do not have a backup switch capable, in case of a disaster or local