“Your PBXtra server and all associated hardware will arrive pre-configured and tested from Fonality. Once you have it in hand, your PBXtra server will need to be connected to the Internet via an Ethernet cable. You will also need to configure your PBXtra server to work on your network in accordance with our PBXtra Installation […]

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Microsoft’s Exchange 2007 has been out for some time now and recently MS released Service Pack 1 for the venerable messaging system.
As you probably already know, Exchange 2007 requires Windows 2003 64BIT and will not run on 32BIT OS. You’ve probably also heard about Exchange’s ability to provide Unified Communications out of the box.
Exchange 2007 […]

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There are a lot of options available to small business as far as a VoIP phone system is concerned. A list of these options is the content for another blog, Cisco is working on penetrating this market with its Unified Communications for Small Business strategy.
Cisco’s UC500 series for small business is an all-in-one solution. This modular system […]

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SPIT? Why would anyone want to SPIT on VoIP?
Most anybody that receives email is familiar with the term Spam. Who among us hasn’t received dozens of unsolicited emails, clogging up our mailboxes and causing us to waste valuable time? Laws have been made to reduce the clutter in our mailboxes, and major offenders can be […]

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If you are tired of paying for high-end Cisco or Polycom phones, and I know some of you are, here’s a list of low cost commodity SIP phones and adapters. So, if you’re on a budget these sub $100 phones can help.
Aastra
9112i SIP Phone $89.99
Aastra 9112i Features

Enhanced Call Management — Large storage for personal directory, […]

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I just got word today about a free VoIP Test for Businesses(Yes, home users can take it too), at http://www.bandwidth.com/tools/voipTest; it measures the following criteria:
Bi-Directional Transfer Rate- How many VoIP conversations can be supported at the same time over current connections. Unlike other tests of this type, it runs in both directions at the […]

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VoIP services have been improved a lot and you can find more and more companies coming out with cheap local and long distance calling plans.
VoIP providers are slowly taking business from landline providers, which forced those companies to offer cheap VoIP services, to the home and business users.
Magic Jack is a new VoIP […]

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I’ve talked about potential pros of VoIP as it pertains to direct cost savings to the enterprise. There are some hidden benefits of VoIP as well, these don’t get the same attention or get measured like the other well known features.
Since VoIP works over the same infrastructure as your data traffic, this makes it very […]

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With Google unveiling its Android plans and its bid for 700MHz spectrum is it just a matter of time when we’ll get free phone calls powered by ads? It may be so. If Google offered a SIP based soft-phone powered by ads and/or voice service powered by a one/two second ad, I would jump on […]

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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol that is used by technology products for creating session-oriented connections between two or more endpoints on an IP network. These endpoints could be IP telephones, instant messaging clients, or collaborative multimedia conference applications.
Many businesses are sipping it up…(No pun intended) What I mean is, they are taking their […]

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