Predictika · Enterprise fiber, wavelength and cloud connectivity quotes
An AI sales agent prepares an enterprise connectivity quote for Segra, the fiber network provider: Dedicated Internet Access with EdgeLync 5G backup, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall, Ethernet as E-Line, E-Tree or E-LAN, Wavelengths, Dark Fiber, Express Cloud Connect and SD-WAN, across up to four sites on Segra fiber (on-net) or on an alternate vendor's access (off-net), with a service level, a term, install charges and a stated contract total. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of how those services fit together and returns a verdict, every reason, a line-item quote and the figures it computed.
This validator models an enterprise connectivity quote for the Segra services below, as described on the public Segra website, not just the scenarios shown underneath.
Any Segra enterprise connectivity quote that touches these services is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: voice and UCaaS, colocation and data center services, 5G backhaul and small cell, carrier and wholesale terms, managed services beyond the firewall, taxes and negotiated discounts. Segra publishes no prices, so every price on this page is illustrative.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
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 caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| A service level that reaches into every product | Only with workarounds Mission Critical has to force a diverse entrance at every Internet site, on-net access, protected wavelengths, a dual-entrance dark fiber route and redundant cloud ports. In a rules-based CPQ that is a separate product rule on each product keyed to the same picklist, kept in step by hand. | The service level is one input and every requirement that follows from it is checked in the same pass. |
| Bandwidth against the access type | Only with care Each site has its own access type and each access type carries a different maximum; a validation rule per line can compare them, but the limits live in several places and a new bandwidth tier means editing all of them. | Each site's bandwidth is compared with what its access type carries, for every site at once. |
| Wavelength reach by speed | Only with care Reach depends on the wavelength speed, so one rule needs a lookup table of limits and a check against the route length that the rep typed in. | The speed picks the reach and the route length is compared with it. |
| Cloud connections against port capacity | Only with workarounds The connections and the ports are separate lines; comparing the sum of the connection speeds with the sum of the port speeds needs roll-up fields on the quote and a rule that reads them. | Connections times speed is compared with ports times port speed directly, and redundancy is checked against the port count. |
| SD-WAN licenses against the circuits | Only with workarounds An SD-WAN license is sized to one circuit, but the circuit is on another line of the quote; checking the license against the right site's circuit across lines is custom logic. | Each SD-WAN site is checked against the DIA circuit at that site, and the licenses are counted against the SD-WAN sites. |
| Different minimum terms and the stated total | Only with care Dark fiber has its own term, the install waiver depends on the lit-service term, and the total mixes monthly and one-time charges over both; a rep who types the total by hand can quote the wrong term and nothing compares it. | The stated total is a field of the request and is compared with the validator's own total in the same pass. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved or a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in. |
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.
| 1 | The quote has a term of 18 months; services are quoted for 12, 24, 36 or 60 months. |
| 2 | The quote includes no Segra service, so there is nothing to price. |
| 3 | Site 2 orders 300 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access, which is not a standard bandwidth (100, 200, 500 Mbps, 1, 2, 5, 10 or 100 Gbps). |
| 4 | Site 2 orders 2,000 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access, but its access type carries at most 1,000 Mbps. |
| 5 | Site 3 has services ordered but no access type; every site needs on-net or off-net access. |
| 6 | Site 3 has EdgeLync, DDoS Protection, a managed firewall or SD-WAN but no Dedicated Internet Access circuit; they ride on the DIA circuit. |
| 7 | Site 2 asks for a diverse building entrance on off-net access; a diverse entrance is built only where Segra fiber reaches the building. |
| 8 | The quote is Mission Critical and the DIA circuit at site 2 has a single building entrance; Mission Critical needs a diverse entrance at every DIA site. |
| 9 | The quote is Mission Critical and site 2 reaches Segra over off-net access; Mission Critical is offered only over Segra fiber. |
| 10 | The quote is Enhanced and site 1 has 1,000 Mbps of DIA with neither a diverse entrance nor EdgeLync backup; Enhanced needs one of them at DIA sites of 1,000 Mbps or more. |
| 11 | The Ethernet service type needs 2 sites with Ethernet (an E-Line connects exactly two) and the quote has 3. |
| 12 | E-Line and E-LAN ports are all the same bandwidth and the quote has Ethernet from 500 to 1,000 Mbps. |
| 13 | In an E-Tree the hub (site 1) carries the most bandwidth; the hub has 500 Mbps and the largest spoke 1,000 Mbps. |
| 14 | The quote has Ethernet at 2 sites and no Ethernet service type (E-Line, E-Tree or E-LAN) chosen. |
| 15 | Site 1 orders 300 Mbps of Ethernet, which is not a standard bandwidth (100, 200, 500 Mbps, 1, 10 or 100 Gbps). |
| 16 | Site 3 orders Ethernet over off-net coaxial cable; Ethernet is delivered over fiber only. |
| 17 | Site 3 orders 10,000 Mbps of Ethernet over off-net fiber, which carries at most 1,000 Mbps. |
| 18 | The quote has 1 SD-WAN licenses for 2 sites with SD-WAN; every SD-WAN site needs a license. |
| 19 | The quote has 3 SD-WAN licenses for 2 sites with SD-WAN, so a person should confirm the spare licenses. |
| 20 | The quote has SD-WAN licensed for 250 Mbps, which is not an SD-WAN bandwidth (100, 200, 500 Mbps, 1, 2 or 5 Gbps). |
| 21 | SD-WAN at site 1 is licensed for 5,000 Mbps, above the 1,000 Mbps of DIA at that site; the license cannot exceed the circuit. |
| 22 | The quote has 100 Gbps wavelengths over 1,201 kilometers; at that speed a wavelength reaches 1,200 kilometers without regeneration. |
| 23 | The quote has wavelengths at 40 Gbps; wavelengths are sold at 10, 100 and 400 Gbps. |
| 24 | The quote has 4 wavelengths, a large capacity reservation, so a person should confirm. |
| 25 | The quote is Mission Critical and its wavelengths (wavelengths quoted: 2) are unprotected; Mission Critical needs protected wavelengths. |
| 26 | The quote has dark fiber on a 4-year term; dark fiber is sold for 5 years or longer. |
| 27 | The quote has 25 dark fiber pairs on one route; a route holds up to 24 pairs. |
| 28 | The quote is Mission Critical and its dark fiber has a single building entrance; Mission Critical needs a dual entrance. |
| 29 | The cloud connections need 2,500 Mbps in all (connections: 5, 500 Mbps each) but the ports quoted (ports: 2) carry 2,000 Mbps. |
| 30 | The quote has Express Cloud Connect connections (connections quoted: 2) and no cloud provider chosen. |
| 31 | The quote has cloud connections of 300 Mbps each; connections are sold at 50, 100, 200, 500 Mbps, 1, 2, 5 or 10 Gbps. |
| 32 | The quote has cloud ports of 5,000 Mbps; ports are 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps. |
| 33 | Redundant cloud connectivity is requested with fewer than two ports; redundancy needs a port on each of two diverse paths. |
| 34 | The quote is Mission Critical and its cloud connections are not redundant; Mission Critical needs redundant cloud connectivity. |
| 35 | The quote has cloud connections and no on-net site; Express Cloud Connect is delivered from the Segra network. |
| 36 | Install charges are waived on a term of 24 months; a waiver needs 36 months or more. |
| 37 | Install charges are waived on a quote that includes off-net sites; the waiver covers on-net sites only and the off-net build is still charged, so a person should confirm. |
| 38 | The quote has a 12-month term and off-net sites, where the alternate vendor may require a longer commitment, so a person should confirm. |
| 39 | The contract total is $7,572,140, above $5 million, so a person should confirm. |
| 40 | The quote states a contract total of $58,799; the prices give $58,800. |
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.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 4 sites on a 60-month term with Mission Critical service. Site 1 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 10 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 10 Gbps of Ethernet, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 2 is on-net and orders 5 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 10 Gbps of Ethernet, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 3 is off-net on coaxial cable and orders 500 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access and a managed firewall. Site 4 is off-net on dedicated fiber and orders 1 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and 1 Gbps of Ethernet. Ethernet is an E-Tree. SD-WAN is licensed at 1 Gbps with 3 licenses, for sites 2, 3 and 4. The quote also has 2 wavelengths at 400 Gbps over 520 kilometers; 6 dark fiber pairs over 40 kilometers on a 3-year term; and Express Cloud Connect to Microsoft Azure with 2 ports of 1 Gbps carrying 3 connections of 1 Gbps each. The quote states a contract total of $2,806,810. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 4 sites on a 60-month term with Enhanced service. Site 1 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 10 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 10 Gbps of Ethernet, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 2 is on-net and orders 5 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 10 Gbps of Ethernet, EdgeLync backup, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 3 is off-net on coaxial cable and orders 200 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access and a managed firewall. Site 4 is off-net on dedicated fiber and orders 1 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet and EdgeLync backup. Ethernet is an E-Tree. SD-WAN is licensed at 200 Mbps with 3 licenses, for sites 2, 3 and 4. The quote also has 4 wavelengths at 100 Gbps over 520 kilometers; 6 dark fiber pairs over 40 kilometers on a 5-year term; and Express Cloud Connect to Microsoft Azure with 3 ports of 1 Gbps carrying 3 connections of 1 Gbps each. The quote states a contract total of $4,142,880. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Needs approval.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 4 sites on a 60-month term with Enhanced service. Site 1 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 10 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 10 Gbps of Ethernet, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 2 is on-net and orders 5 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 10 Gbps of Ethernet, EdgeLync backup, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 3 is off-net on coaxial cable and orders 200 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access and a managed firewall. Site 4 is off-net on dedicated fiber and orders 1 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet and EdgeLync backup. Ethernet is an E-Tree. SD-WAN is licensed at 200 Mbps with 3 licenses, for sites 2, 3 and 4. The quote also has 3 wavelengths at 100 Gbps over 520 kilometers; 6 dark fiber pairs over 40 kilometers on a 5-year term; and Express Cloud Connect to Microsoft Azure with 3 ports of 1 Gbps carrying 3 connections of 1 Gbps each. The quote states a contract total of $3,697,680. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 3 sites on a 12-month term with Standard service, with install charges waived. Site 1 is on-net and orders 1 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 2 is on-net and orders 500 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet and a managed firewall. Site 3 is on-net and orders 500 Mbps of Ethernet and a managed firewall. Ethernet is an E-LAN. SD-WAN is licensed at 500 Mbps with 2 licenses, for sites 1, 2 and 3. The quote also has Express Cloud Connect to AWS with 1 port of 1 Gbps carrying 2 connections of 500 Mbps each, redundant. The quote states a contract total of $294,130. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 3 sites on a 36-month term with Standard service, with install charges waived. Site 1 is on-net and orders 1 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet, DDoS Protection and a managed firewall. Site 2 is on-net and orders 500 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet and a managed firewall. Site 3 is on-net and orders 500 Mbps of Dedicated Internet Access, 1 Gbps of Ethernet and a managed firewall. Ethernet is an E-LAN. SD-WAN is licensed at 500 Mbps with 3 licenses, for sites 1, 2 and 3. The quote also has Express Cloud Connect to AWS with 2 ports of 1 Gbps carrying 2 connections of 500 Mbps each, redundant. The quote states a contract total of $348,150. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 3 sites on a 36-month term with Standard service. Site 1 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 100 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and DDoS Protection. Site 2 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 100 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and DDoS Protection. Site 3 is off-net on dedicated fiber and orders 2 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and a managed firewall. The quote also has 2 wavelengths at 400 Gbps over 650 kilometers, protected; 4 dark fiber pairs over 120 kilometers on a 3-year term with a dual entrance; and Express Cloud Connect to Google Cloud with 2 ports of 10 Gbps carrying 3 connections of 10 Gbps each. The quote states a contract total of $4,006,180. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote enterprise connectivity for 3 sites on a 36-month term with Standard service. Site 1 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 100 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and DDoS Protection. Site 2 is on-net with a diverse entrance and orders 100 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and DDoS Protection. Site 3 is off-net on dedicated fiber and orders 1 Gbps of Dedicated Internet Access and a managed firewall. The quote also has 3 wavelengths at 100 Gbps over 650 kilometers, protected; 4 dark fiber pairs over 120 kilometers on a 5-year term with a dual entrance; and Express Cloud Connect to Google Cloud with 3 ports of 10 Gbps carrying 3 connections of 10 Gbps each. The quote states a contract total of $4,982,080. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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