Predictika · access circuits, internet and AVPN ports, SD-WAN, voice and service levels

An AI sales agent's business network quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares an enterprise network quote for a customer site: an access circuit, internet and private network (AVPN) ports, an SD-WAN license and edge appliance, voice call paths, a service level, a backup path, a term and a requested install date. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the network and commercial rules and returns a verdict, every reason and the price it computed.

Scope: Enterprise network quotes at six sites: access circuits from 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps, internet and AVPN ports, SD-WAN licenses and edge appliances, SIP voice, service levels, terms and discounts. See everything this validator covers

This validator models AT&T Business style enterprise network quotes, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Access and ports — the access circuit against what the site building can be lit to, and the internet and AVPN ports against the circuit they ride on.
  • SD-WAN and edges — a license needs an edge appliance that can carry it, an appliance needs a license, high availability needs an edge that supports it, and a license below the ports needs customer sign-off.
  • Voice — SIP call paths need an AVPN port, and their real-time traffic must fit the real-time share of that port.
  • Service levels — Enhanced needs a physically diverse second fiber circuit and a site that can build one; Premium also needs a high-availability edge pair.
  • Terms, lead time and discounts — off-net sites need longer terms, install dates are checked against the build time, and extra discounts follow approval bands by deal size.

Any quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: other AT&T Business products, real list prices, taxes and fees, and multi-site contracts. Every price, speed limit, lead time and policy threshold is an estimate for demonstration.

The AI sales agentBuilds the network quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

6 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

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

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
A premium service level that needs several things at onceOnly with workarounds
Diverse fiber, a high-availability edge pair and a site that can build a second entry are separate rules that rarely fire together.		The service level, backup, edge and site are fields of one request and are checked together on every call.
Voice paths against the real-time share of a portOnly with workarounds
A calculation across call paths and port speed, usually left to a manual engineering check.		The real-time load is computed from the call paths and compared with the port on every call.
Backup types that look alike but do not qualifyOnly with care
A backup option list with a rule per service level; LTE and diverse fiber need different treatment.		The qualification of each backup type is part of the model and is named in the finding.
Pricing from access, ports, edges, uplift and term discount in orderOnly with care
Several price rules whose order matters, with the term discount applying to some lines and not others.		The sequence is written once and recomputed on every call.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
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 quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1The Premium SLA requires a high-availability edge pair as well as diverse fiber.
2400 call paths need about 40 Mbps of real-time class, but a 100 Mbps AVPN port allows at most 33 Mbps (33 percent). Raise the AVPN port or cut the call paths.
3The Enhanced SLA requires a physically diverse second fiber circuit; LTE backup does not qualify.

  

  

    
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. Premium service level: A data center asks for the Premium service level without a high-availability edge pair

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Atlanta data center: a 2 Gbps access circuit with 1 Gbps internet and 1 Gbps AVPN ports, a 2 Gbps SD-WAN license on a VeloCloud Edge 640, the Premium service level with diverse fiber backup, a 60 month term and install in 75 days, for a logistics company moving its core systems. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Premium service level. The Premium SLA requires a high-availability edge pair as well as diverse fiber.
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2. Premium service level: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Atlanta data center for the same logistics company, now with the Edge 640 as a high-availability pair: 2 Gbps access, 1 Gbps internet and AVPN ports, a 2 Gbps SD-WAN license, the Premium service level with diverse fiber, 60 months, install in 75 days. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price summary. Estimated prices: $6,883.20 per month (access $1,200, backup $1,200, services $4,670 before discounts, SLA uplift $934, term discount 20 percent, extra discount 0 percent); one-time $0; total contract value $412,992 over 60 months.
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3. Voice call paths: A contact center asks for 400 call paths on a 100 Mbps AVPN port

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Atlanta data center: a 500 Mbps access circuit with a 250 Mbps internet port and a 100 Mbps AVPN port, 400 SIP call paths, no SD-WAN, standard service, a 36 month term and install in 45 days, for a contact center operator. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Voice real-time share. 400 call paths need about 40 Mbps of real-time class, but a 100 Mbps AVPN port allows at most 33 Mbps (33 percent). Raise the AVPN port or cut the call paths.
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4. Voice call paths: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Atlanta data center for the same contact center operator, now with 300 SIP call paths: a 500 Mbps access circuit, a 250 Mbps internet port and a 100 Mbps AVPN port, standard service, 36 months, install in 45 days. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price summary. Estimated prices: $6,558 per month (access $600, backup $0, services $6,620 before discounts, SLA uplift $0, term discount 10 percent, extra discount 0 percent); one-time $0; total contract value $236,088 over 36 months.
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5. Enhanced service level: A New York office asks for the Enhanced service level with LTE backup

    
The agent's request. Please quote the New York office: a 1 Gbps access circuit with 500 Mbps internet and AVPN ports, a 1 Gbps SD-WAN license on an Edge 620, the Enhanced service level with LTE backup, a 36 month term and install in 75 days, for a law firm. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Enhanced service level. The Enhanced SLA requires a physically diverse second fiber circuit; LTE backup does not qualify.
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6. Enhanced service level: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote the New York office for the same law firm, with diverse fiber as the backup: a 1 Gbps access circuit, 500 Mbps internet and AVPN ports, a 1 Gbps SD-WAN license on an Edge 620, the Enhanced service level, 36 months, install in 75 days. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price summary. Estimated prices: $4,570 per month (access $800, backup $800, services $3,000 before discounts, SLA uplift $300, term discount 10 percent, extra discount 0 percent); one-time $0; total contract value $164,520 over 36 months.
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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. An AI sales agent prepares an enterprise network quote for a customer site: an access circuit, internet and private network (AVPN) ports, an SD-WAN license and edge appliance, and more. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the network and commercial rules and returns a verdict, every reason and the price it computed.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please quote the Atlanta data center: a 500 Mbps access circuit. It is ready to send. 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 one finding, all in one answer. 400 call paths need about 40 Mbps of real-time class, but a 100 Mbps AVPN port allows at most 33 Mbps (33 percent). Raise the AVPN port or cut the call paths.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding 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 quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for voice paths against the real-time share of a port, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the SIP call paths to 300.
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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. The validator also returns the line-item quote. It starts with Access circuit and Internet port 250 Mbps (per month); the other two lines are on screen.
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  13. The earlier finding is cleared.
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  14. One problem caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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