Direct peering alternative – PIN offers a low-cost, direct peering alternative (virtual or indirect peering) that provides better scale, manageability and lower CAPEX/OPEX investment than one-to-one peering.

Broader applicability – Traditional wireline carriers, wireless providers and cable companies can participate in PIN and reduce costs of traffic shared within the PIN network.

Scalability – As the PIN partner base grows, so will the traffic shared between the PIN partners and the cost savings received by all partners.

Reduced CAPEX – Building peering relationships one at a time can be expensive and time-consuming to launch and maintain. PIN considers this by offering the least-expensive method of routing traffic to interconnecting networks and eliminates the need to purchase additional network facilities and equipment.

Cost-effective – Minutes that flow across the PIN architecture are charged at a lower rate than traditional PSTN networks, thus driving down transport costs. In fact, depending upon the peer group of partners and their specific agreements, some minutes can be free of access settlement.

Global reach – Sprint owns and operates a global Tier 1 network. Since our network is not leased, we maintain complete control over its management and performance.

VOIP industry leader – Operating in 42 states, with more than 4.746 million (as of Q2 2009) cable telephony customers on our network, we're the market leader for outsourced cable telephony services in the residential and business segments.

Wireless and wireline experience – Our historic leadership in long distance voice services spans over 100 years. Plus, we've been impacting the wireless industry since 1996 with industry-leading mobile data services, a wireless network that serves almost 49 million (as of Q2 2009), an expansive Nextel Direct Connect® portfolio, a global Tier 1 Internet backbone and other innovative technologies.