3 Reasons to Consider 3CX Phone System

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jon Day

3CXPhone App Image3CX Phone System is a leading Windows based phone system (IP PBX) for businesses that can be used in a variety of ways to support Unified Communications at any size or level. It is based upon an open protocol that gets mentioned all the time on Indiana IP Phone, SIP or Session Initiation Protocol. With it, companies can connect to PRIs for traditional phone services or SIP Trunks. There are many reasons to consider and choose 3CX, including spending 30-60% less, but here are three future forward reasons to implement a 3CX Phone System rather than a proprietary system.

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Wireless LAN Market Thriving

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jon Day

Infonetics Research Graph of Top Wireless LAN Equipment VendorsInfonetics Research recently released highlights from its its second quarter (2Q11) Wireless LAN Equipment and WiFi Phones market share report. The report claims the Wireless LAN equipment market hit its record high in the second quarter of 2011! The growth is attributed chiefly to the need businesses face to keep pace with the increased number of wireless enabled devices being used by employees on a daily basis. Perhaps the biggest take-away is that North America had the strongest performance, driven by high smartphone penetration and tablet (e.g. iPad) adoption. Continue reading →

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Grandstream GXP2100 Review

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Jon Day

Grandstream GXP2100 HD IP PhoneIt’s easy to get into video phones for the desktop these days(Why use video?), but the Grandstream GXP2100 is a solid SIP device with a functional back-end worth mentioning for companies looking to update their phone system or add new SIP compliant devices to their open platform phone system. Grandstream recently sent me a GXP2100 and the GXP1450 to show to clients and get familiar with. These phones are more affordable than other SIP devices and boast some high quality perks not seen in some competing SIP phones.

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VDSL and Business VoIP Telephony

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jon Day

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My belief is that VoIP should be ISP agnostic and as a whole the industry is set up that way. When I came across this article Q4 U-verse gains power residential wireline sales, which is essentially a VDSL, I thought it time to give a shout out for something AT&T has done well. VoIP over VDSL works great. Telewebtech has had a number of customers with home offices serviced by U-Verse as an ISP. It handles the voice load well and always seems to be provisioned properly with high quality equipment. We have even seen a few full offices with 10-15 phones use it.

That said, I was always looking forward to AT&T offering a business level of U-Verse. Well, the opportunity is here, but there may be strings attached.

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Open Source vs Open Platform

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Jon Day

Every once in a while I catch myself running through an open phone system conversation and whirling past competitors as proprietary. When the conversation suddenly turns to Open Source phone systems, I’m forced to backtrack. Your IT guru slings it around left and right, because the word "open" is all a buzz, like the word "cloud". But what does it mean and what is the key difference between open source and open platform to the end user? Quite a lot actually.

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