CASE STUDY
The DSX Solution.
Designed with value in mind.
ADC’s DSX products are designed with features that will improve your company's
profitability over alternative DDF technologies. When comparing the DSX and DDF
solutions, it is important to assess the total costs of the equipment over the life of
the product. In the graph below, the initial purchase price of the DDF solution is
significantly less than DSX. However, over the life of the product, the DSX is the
lower cost solution. To accurately assess the total costs of owning equipment, the
following must be evaluated: initial capital investment, operation and maintenance
costs, and customer revenue lost during maintenance activities. This case study
shows how the DSX improved a carrier's operation and helped them become
more competitive and more profitable.
TOTAL COST
PROD
UCT
LIFE

ADC
DSX
Solution
DDF Solution
Your decision is about much
more than buying equipment.
It's about improving your
company's profitability.
This template is the basis of the
Total Cost Model and outlines the
areas that are used to evaluate
the DSX against alternative DDF
technologies.

the wires must be disconnected from the
terminal blocks interrupting the service in order
to conduct testing.
•
No patching capabilities for temporary
rerouting of the circuit. Instead circuits must
be re-jumpered to an alternate path (causing
service interruption) and then re-jumpered
back to the original path (causing service
interruption again).
•
Limited cable management. All cross-
connect circuits must be manually traced to
find the corresponding circuit.
The above limitations have caused the following
conditions:
• Increased operating and maintenance costs
due to labor intensive activities
• Unnecessary circuit downtime impacting
subscribers and reducing revenues
• Lower reliability and quality of service
Network
Element
Solder
Termination
(No Circuit Access)
Wire-Wrap
CENTRAL OFFICE
Network
Element

The DSX system gives the flexibility to grow as
cards, chassis and bays can be added as needed.
As your vehicle for increasing profitability,
improving operations and raising customer
satisfaction, DSX will:
Decrease annual maintenance costs
Adopting ADC's DSX solution provides the
greatest savings per circuit over the life of the
product.
Reduce/eliminate lost revenue and
lost customers
Facing a deregulated market, you’re vulnerable
to the competition. Service affecting outages
previously tolerated by end-users can now drive
them to your competition.
ADC’s DSX gives you the competitive advantage
by decreasing service outages and helping you
maintain your customer base.
Improve time to ROI
Extraordinary savings allow companies to recover
their investment faster than with any other
alternative DDF solution.
Let us show you how we can improve your
company's competitiveness and profitability.
Migrating To Next Generation Networks
M
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DSX
Network

Connect
Jumper
LED
Tracer
Wire
DSX Configuration
Circuit Access Available for Monitoring, Testing, and Patching
CASE STUDY
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