Predictika · enterprise network quote check

Before a sales agent sends a network quote, the build is checked

A carrier sales agent drafts a quote for one customer site: access circuit, dedicated internet, private VPN, SD-WAN, SIP voice, backup, service level, term and discount, and tells the customer a price. Before the quote goes out, it is sent to Predictika’s validator, which checks the whole build against the carrier’s example product rules and returns allow, needs approval or block with every reason.

Illustrative only. Northfield Networks is a fictional carrier, and every customer shown is fictional. Illustrative carrier setup: products, speeds, prices and policies are examples, not any real carrier’s. The Standard, Enhanced and Premium service levels are this carrier’s example tiers.

Scope: dedicated internet access, private IP VPN, SD-WAN service with edge devices, SIP trunking, LTE backup, diverse fiber and service levels for one customer siteSee everything this validator covers

This validator models one site’s enterprise network quote from the example carrier, and nothing else:

  • Services — dedicated internet access, private IP VPN, SD-WAN service with small, medium, large and xlarge SD-WAN edge devices (single or high-availability pair), SIP trunking, LTE backup and a diverse fiber path.
  • Building and circuit — the access speed the building can take, the ports riding on the access circuit, a second fiber entry for diverse paths, on-net and off-net sites.
  • Service levels and voice — Standard, Enhanced and Premium service levels with their prerequisites, and the real-time share of the VPN port that SIP calls need.
  • Deal — 12, 36 and 60 month terms, install lead time and expedite, discount authority by deal size, and a check of the price the agent states against the price built.

Within these it handles any case, not just the eight scenarios shown. It does not set real prices, check circuit inventory, cover mobile or wireless plans, or replace the order system.

What the validator sees: the drafted quote, the install date wanted, and the price the agent states; the site and device facts shown are on fileRead more

The validator receives the drafted build and the price the agent states. It judges them against the declared model of the example carrier. If the quote data is wrong, the answer follows. Prices, speeds and policies are examples.

The AI agentDrafts a network quote for a customer site, says what it wants to quote and at what price, then calls the validator before sending it.
Predictika validatorChecks the build against site, service level, voice, term, timing and authority rules, and checks the stated price. Returns one verdict and every reason.

8 scenarios in 4 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where a plain quote screen gets it wrong
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General statements about quote tools, not about any named product.

    
What the validator caughtTypical toolPredictika
Service level prerequisites: diverse fiber, the building’s second entry, edge pairs for high availabilityOnly with workarounds
A quote tool can hold a rule per service level, but the building’s fiber entries, the edge count and the backup choice sit in separate records, and few setups tie them together.		Every rule is checked on every call and the verdict lists each finding.
Voice calls against the real-time share of the VPN portOnly with workarounds
SIP call paths and port speeds are priced as separate lines. A check that the calls fit the port needs a custom cross-line rule.		Every rule is checked on every call and the verdict lists each finding.
The price the agent tells the customer against the price builtCannot do it
A quote tool prices the quote it builds. It never sees the figure an agent states to the customer, so a mismatch is not caught.		Every rule is checked on every call and the verdict lists each finding.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the request; approval findings need a person to sign off first.

    
1The internet port (1000 Mbps) and private VPN port (500 Mbps) add up to 1500 Mbps, more than the 1000 Mbps access circuit they ride on.
2Chicago branch can be served with at most 1000 Mbps of access; the quote asks for a 2000 Mbps circuit.
3The SD-WAN edge (medium) handles about 1000 Mbps, less than the 2000 Mbps SD-WAN license. Pick a larger edge or a smaller license.
4The SD-WAN license is 500 Mbps but the ports under it total 1000 Mbps. Traffic through the overlay will be capped; the customer must sign off.
5The SD-WAN edge (medium) is quoted with no SD-WAN license; the appliance does nothing without one.
6200 SIP call paths are quoted, but SIP trunking rides the private VPN port with a real-time class of service and no private VPN port is ordered.
7400 call paths need about 40.0 Mbps of real-time class, but a 100 Mbps private VPN port allows at most 33.0 Mbps (33 percent). Raise the private VPN port or cut the call paths.
8The stated price of $7523.76 per month ($270855.36 total) does not match the validator price of $8178.0 per month ($294408.0 total).
9The Enhanced SLA requires a physically diverse second fiber circuit; LTE backup does not qualify.
10Chicago branch has a single fiber entry, so a diverse second circuit cannot be built.
11The Premium SLA requires a high-availability edge pair as well as diverse fiber.
12A high-availability pair was requested, but SD-WAN edge (small) does not support HA.
13Boise plant is off-net; third-party access needs a term of at least 36 months, not 12.
14This build needs about 75 days and the customer wants 65. Needs an expedite approval from service delivery.
15This build needs about 105 days; 60 days is more than two weeks short, beyond what an expedite can recover.
1612 percent extra discount is above the 5 percent a rep can give; approvable up to 15 percent on this deal ($88992.0 total contract value).
1720 percent extra discount exceeds the 15 percent anyone can approve on a deal of $88992.0 total contract value.
18No internet or private VPN port is ordered, so the access circuit carries no service.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Service level and diverse fiber: Enhanced service with LTE backup

    
The agent's request. Quote Brightwater Insurance Group’s New York office: a one-gigabit access circuit with a five-hundred-megabit dedicated internet port and a five-hundred-megabit private VPN port, a one-gigabit SD-WAN license on a medium SD-WAN edge, the Enhanced service level with LTE backup, a 36-month term, installed in 75 days. The monthly price is $3,606.40, or $129,830.40 over the term.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Service level needs a diverse fiber path. The Enhanced SLA requires a physically diverse second fiber circuit; LTE backup does not qualify.
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  • Stated price does not match the validator price. The stated price of $3606.4 per month ($129830.4 total) does not match the validator price of $3920.0 per month ($141120.0 total).
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2. Service level and diverse fiber: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote Brightwater Insurance Group’s New York office: a one-gigabit access circuit with a five-hundred-megabit dedicated internet port and a five-hundred-megabit private VPN port, a one-gigabit SD-WAN license on a medium SD-WAN edge, the Enhanced service level with a diverse fiber path as backup, a 36-month term, installed in 75 days. The monthly price is $4,570.00, or $164,520.00 over the term.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
3. Premium service level: Premium service without an edge pair

    
The agent's request. Quote Cobalt Health Partners’ Atlanta data center: a two-gigabit access circuit with a one-gigabit dedicated internet port and a one-gigabit private VPN port, a two-gigabit SD-WAN license on a large SD-WAN edge, the Premium service level with a diverse fiber path as backup, a 60-month term, installed in 75 days. The monthly price is $6,102.91, or $366,174.60 over the term.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Premium service level needs a high-availability edge pair. The Premium SLA requires a high-availability edge pair as well as diverse fiber.
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  • Stated price does not match the validator price. The stated price of $6102.91 per month ($366174.6 total) does not match the validator price of $6633.6 per month ($398016.0 total).
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4. Premium service level: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote Cobalt Health Partners’ Atlanta data center: a two-gigabit access circuit with a one-gigabit dedicated internet port and a one-gigabit private VPN port, a two-gigabit SD-WAN license on a pair of large SD-WAN edges for high availability, the Premium service level with a diverse fiber path as backup, a 60-month term, installed in 75 days. The monthly price is $6,883.20, or $412,992.00 over the term.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
5. Voice trunking: 400 call paths on a small VPN port

    
The agent's request. Quote Lakeshore Contact Centers’ Atlanta data center: a five-hundred-megabit access circuit with a two-hundred-fifty-megabit dedicated internet port and a one-hundred-megabit private VPN port, SIP trunking for 400 call paths, the Standard service level with no backup, a 36-month term, installed in 45 days. The monthly price is $7,523.76, or $270,855.36 over the term.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Voice calls exceed the real-time share of the VPN port. 400 call paths need about 40.0 Mbps of real-time class, but a 100 Mbps private VPN port allows at most 33.0 Mbps (33 percent). Raise the private VPN port or cut the call paths.
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  • Stated price does not match the validator price. The stated price of $7523.76 per month ($270855.36 total) does not match the validator price of $8178.0 per month ($294408.0 total).
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6. Voice trunking: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote Lakeshore Contact Centers’ Atlanta data center: a five-hundred-megabit access circuit with a two-hundred-fifty-megabit dedicated internet port and a one-hundred-megabit private VPN port, SIP trunking for 300 call paths, the Standard service level with no backup, a 36-month term, installed in 45 days. The monthly price is $6,558.00, or $236,088.00 over the term.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
7. Discount authority: A 20 percent discount on a mid-size deal

    
The agent's request. Quote Pinecrest Retail’s Chicago branch: a five-hundred-megabit access circuit with a two-hundred-fifty-megabit dedicated internet port and a two-hundred-fifty-megabit private VPN port, a five-hundred-megabit SD-WAN license on a medium SD-WAN edge, the Standard service level with no backup, a 36-month term, installed in 45 days, with an extra discount of 20 percent. The monthly price is $1,891.52, or $68,094.72 over the term.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Stated price does not match the validator price. The stated price of $1891.52 per month ($68094.72 total) does not match the validator price of $2056.0 per month ($74016.0 total).
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  • Discount above anyone’s authority. 20 percent extra discount exceeds the 15 percent anyone can approve on a deal of $88992.0 total contract value.
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8. Discount authority: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Quote Pinecrest Retail’s Chicago branch: a five-hundred-megabit access circuit with a two-hundred-fifty-megabit dedicated internet port and a two-hundred-fifty-megabit private VPN port, a five-hundred-megabit SD-WAN license on a medium SD-WAN edge, the Standard service level with no backup, a 36-month term, installed in 45 days, with an extra discount of 12 percent. The monthly price is $2,222.40, or $80,006.40 over the term.

    
Verdict: Needs approval.

    
    
      
  • Discount above sales rep authority. 12 percent extra discount is above the 5 percent a rep can give; approvable up to 15 percent on this deal ($88992.0 total contract value).
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. A carrier sales agent drafts a quote for one customer site: access circuit, dedicated internet, private VPN, and more. Before the quote goes out, it is sent to Predictika’s validator, which checks the whole build against the carrier’s example product rules and returns allow, needs approval or block with every reason.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Quote Brightwater Insurance Group’s New York office: a one-gigabit access circuit. The monthly price is $3,606.40, or $129,830.40 over the term. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with two findings, all in one answer. The Enhanced SLA requires a physically diverse second fiber circuit; LTE backup does not qualify. The stated price of $3606.4 per month ($129830.4 total) does not match the validator price of $3920.0 per month ($141120.0 total).
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  6. The validator returned two blocking findings in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the request are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for service level prerequisites: diverse fiber, the building’s second entry, edge pairs for high availability, a tool can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. Both earlier findings are cleared.
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  13. Two problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean request. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before the action runs.
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