Refurbished Phone Exchange Blog — voip telephony

ShoreTel voice switches come in many different variations and configurations. These voice switches are designed to be used across many different platforms and businesses from small to large. Whether you use SIP trunks, analog trunks, or T1; there is a ShoreTel voice switch for you! ShoreTel Voice Switches with T1 Circuits: Several voice switches have a T1 circuit port built in to allow for termination of a digital circuit. The table below showcases the switches that can handle a digital circuit. You’ll want to use one of these switches if you have a T1: Switch Digital Trunk IP Phones Supported...

Buying a phone system is an important investment. You must put careful consideration into price, potential for growth, and ability to find replacement parts and accessories. Of course in today's business world, many SMB's are opting for a cloud-based system, but is that the right solution for you? How much should I spend? The first thing customers ask about when searching for the right phone system is price. How much will it cost me? The answer depends on a few factors, number of lines, equipment and more importantly features.­ Features can range from call groups, conference bridging and voicemail transcribing...

Narrowband, and more frequently Wideband are becoming buzzwords in the telecom world. Narrowband and Wideband audio refers to telephone audio sampling, how much of the frequency range is sampled provides us with the differences of narrowband and wideband. Narrowband audio is sampled at 8,000 Hz and Wideband is sampled at 16,000 Hz providing a much wide range of human tonality to pass through.   Narrowband Audio: Narrowband comes in many variations, but the most traditional version of this style of codec is the G.711. G.711 actually refers to two different codecs: G.711 mu-law is used in North America while...

Selecting a phone system for your small business can often be daunting. When just first starting out, many business neglect to think about one of their most important purchases. Business phones are critical for the ability to reach and be reached by your customers. Depending on the size of your company, several small business phone system options exist. The phone systems we’ll concentrate on today are the Bizfon 680, NetVanta 7100, Allworx 6x, and Asterisk PBX.   Bizfon 680 The Bizfon 680 is a small phone system produced by Bizfon Inc. The Bizfon 680 is an ideal solution...

  ShoreTel Voice switches are designed to allow a certain number of IP phones to connect to a phone server. In addition to allowing support for IP phones to connect to the server, certain ShoreTel voice switches were release with the ability to store voicemail. These voicemail switches are known as ShoreTel V switches. There are two commonly available voicemail switches released by ShoreTel. These are the ShoreTel 50V and the ShoreTel 90V. The ShoreTel 50V has the ability to support up to 50 IP phones through the switch. This is perfect for medium sized businesses. A separate compact flash...