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What Is a Speakerphone? Most business telephones available for purchase have a handsfree phone feature called speakerphone. A speakerphone is a built in microphone and loudspeaker that allows the user to speak and be heard without the use of a handset. A speakerphone is a great tool to use when you do not have a telephone headset readily available or when multiple people need to both listen in and converse with the person on the other end of the line.     So Why Do You Need a Full Duplex Speakerphone? Full duplex speakerphones have a few distinct advantages in...

When a company is looking for a hosted phone solution, convenience and reliability will often trump cost savings. Just because you choose to purchase a hosted phone package does not mean there are not ways to save your company money. Here are three ways your company can save money when purchasing phone service.   3) Purchase Refurbished Telephones From a Third Party When signing up for telecom service, companies will often tell you there phone system will only work with a small range of Cisco phones or Polycom phones such as the Polycom IP 650. While this is mostly true,...

Dial by Name directory is a powerful tool for enabling your customers to easily find who they are looking for at your company. Save your phone operators time transferring calls by allowing your customer's to transfer themselves. The Bizfon 680 cames with a built in dial by name directory to help you manage your customers' calls. To set up your Bizfon 680's dial by name directory, follow these simple instructions: When setting up an extension for the first time on your Bizfon 680, you can enter up to 6 letters of the user's last name. When you enter the user's...

On August 2nd, 2013 long time E-commerce retailer Geeks.com shut down their retail side of operations. Geeks.com was a retailer that specialized in both new and refurbished electronic equipment, much like us at Refurbished Phone Exchange.   There are many why’s to the reason Geeks.com failed, a lack of product diversity, a failure to promote their brand, and a lack of competitiveness with big box retailers. Each shortcoming of the company can be a lesson for others to learn from. Here are the three things your company should learn from Geeks.com’s failure.   3) Markets change over time, and your...

  Asterisk Compatible Phones Are you looking for a list of phones compatible with the Asterisk PBX system? The following phones work with Asterisk based phone systems, such as Trixxbox, FreePBX, and Elastix. These phones are either natively SIP Phones or have SIP capabilities with a firmware update. The list is constantly expanding, please contact us if you know of any other phones we are missing.   Aastra 6753i Aastra 6755i Aastra 6757i Adtran IP706 Phone 1200769E1#B Adtran IP712 Phone 1200770E1#B Avaya / Nortel 1140E Cisco 7912G (With new firmware) Cisco 7940 (With new firmware) Cisco 7960 (With new firmware)...