Refurbished Phone Exchange Blog — Phones

Before we dive into any details, lets discuss what exactly End-of-Life or EOL means for your desktop phones and phone system.  As newer hardware technology replaces older outdated gear, support for the older "legacy" equipment is ended.  This means the item will no longer be manufactured or supported, and often times you're encouraged to migrate to a newer system.  Another term used by NEC is EOS, or End-of-Sale.  A self explanatory title, this is the date in which sales for the product will end.  Although you could still purchase the item refurbished from a third party or vendor, the manufacturer...

ESI is an American manufacturer of phone systems, which was founded back in 1987.  Over the past 28 years ESI has released several different models of phone systems.  Many of these systems begin with "ESI IVX", IVX standing for "integrated voice exchange".  This brings us back to the topic of our blog... so what's the differences between all the IVX phone systems? ESI IVX Classic: This phone system is not actually called the IVX Classis. Rather, this is the colloquial name given to the system which is simply known as the ESI IVX. The system only works with the EKT-A...

The IP 705, IP 710, and IP 720 are programmable IP phones designed for Altigen’s MaxCS phone system. These phone systems are connected to the network via switches much like computers. And like computers they require a power source to turn on. The Altigen IP 705, IP 710, and IP 720 can be powered in two ways: through the use of a DC power supply or through the network cable via power over Ethernet. The Altigen IP phones need to be told which way they are booting up. These phones have switches built into the phones that specify PoE or...

  So you just got a new Adtran IP 712, or Adtran IP 706, and now you need to personalize some of the settings and get familiar with the phone. Below we have explained how to customize some of the basic settings such as your phone label, speed dials, clock settings and more...   Change the phone label The phone label is the text displayed at the top left corner of the screen. Your name is a good idea however you could also put your department, whatever suits your needs. To change your phone label simply click the Menu button,...

The Yealink T26P is a great phone which utilizes open source software like Asterisk.  The T26P differs from the T26 because of the Power over Ethernet option; the T26P can be powered with PoE or power supply.  Other great features include the backlit graphical display, three line appearances, ten programmable buttons, four soft keys, dual LAN ports (10/100 Mbps), LED status indicator lights and much more!