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Talkswitch 280VS and 284VS Hybrid IP PBXs Unvieled
Talkswitch , a leading PBX vendor has unveiled two new hybrid IP PBXs. The Talkswitch 280VS and the Talkswitch 284VS are hybrid IP PBXs that accommodate two incoming telephone lines and provide eight local extensions that the user can configure as IP or analog, and tenremote extensions. The 284VS also includes support for four VoIP trunks. Since the Talkswitch 280VS does not support VoIP without the use of a gateway, lets take a look at the Talkswitch 284VS . > The Talkswitch 284VS has 2 telephone lines and comes with 4 VoIP trunks, 8 local extensions, and 10 remote extensions. The 8 local extensions can be configured for use with Talkswitchs line of analog phones, or IP Phones from a variety of vendors. Since the system is a hybrid it has the capacity for VoIP and traditional telephone connections. You can save on long distance with VoIP services and VoIP inter-branch connections without sacrificing your connection to the traditional telephone network for fail-over or life-line purposes. > One of the best features of all the Talkswitch PBXs is their ability to scale with your business. You can increase capacity any time by networking units like the Talkswitch 284VS with other TalkSwitch units including the 48-CA, 48-CVA and any VS unit. The maximum capacity of TalkSwitch systems is 14 traditional phone lines, 16 VoIP trunks and 32 local and 40 remote extensions. This makes it an ideal solution for the small, growing business. According to Jan Scheeren, President and CEO, of TalkSwitch, These new systems nicely augment the existing family of TalkSwitch telephone systems.They use only two incoming phone lines, helping customers reduce monthly > expenses, while still providing the rich features and customer-friendly > design that characterize all TalkSwitch systems. And weve made them > available at a price that is unprecedented for a fully hybrid IP PBX. > TalkSwitch has become the most respected name in small business telephony > because we consistently deliver great value. These VS products continue > that tradition. For more information on the Talkswitch 284VS or the Talkswitch 280VS please visit the Talkswitch website .
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Smith On VoIP Word/Phrase of the Day
Smith On VoIPs Word/Phrase of the Day is Foreign Exchange Seat (FXS) . Foreign Exchange Station (FXS) is an interface on a ATA, or VoIP gateway that connects station devices such as phones or a pbx. I commonly refer to FXS as Foreign Exchange Seat, as the devices that typically connect to an FXS port can be found at your desk that has a seat.
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VoIP Basics - What is VoIP?
This is the first installment of Smith On VoIP Basics, a series dedicated to VoIP Education for the Novice or Beginner. The Smith On VoIP Basics series aims to arm individuals with the knowledge and ability necessary to make informed decisions on the migration to VoIP for their home or small business. What is VoIP? VoIP stands for V oice o ver I nternet P rotocol. The Voice part of Voice over Internet Protocol is self explainatory. The Internet Protocol is where some start to get confused. An Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched network (home, office, the internet). Internet Protocols (IP) allow you to transmit data any interconnected networks. Utilizing a combination of hardware, software, and voice protocols, your conversations are carried over the IP network to its intended destination. In Laymans terms: VoIP allows you to make phone calls over any interconnected network, mostly commonly thought of as the Internet. Up next we will take a look at the different at How VoIP Works.
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Wireless Consumers are Stupid if…..
...anyone gets excited about a plan by Verizon Wireless to offer access to YouTube on a wireless device. For $15 a month, Verizon is offering a YouTube-like service as part of a service called VCast that will provide a limited number of YouTube videos that have been selected and approved by both companies.
Come on, it's a tough enough sell trying to get people to watch videos on teeny-tiny screens without neutering the world's most popular video sharing service...and asking people to fork out $15 for the privilege. The New York Times has a strange quote from YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, who contends "Everybody carries a phone with them, but they may not have a computer...[so people] can take the phone out of their pocket while waiting for the bus and watch a video."
In theory, that's a nice sentiment but in practice, that's easier said than done. In trying to sell YouTube-lite at a premium price, Verizon clearly wants to manage demand while still getting a sense of whether the service actually works and if there are any bleeding edge suckers out there will be guinea pigs.
Of course, wireless carriers are happy to explore all and any ways to increase average revenue per subscriber (ARPU), which is an acronym for trying to squeeze more money out of existing customers. If YouTube-lite can help boost ARPU, there's no harm in trying to sell it. That said, any consumer who jump at YouTube-lite isn't thinking straight.
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Skype recentralizes marketing in London
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