http://www.telephony.soho-world.com Are you getting a phone system that you really need? Voip, Voip..don't get caught in the hype Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:19:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I thank one of my readers who left comments in one post regarding Asterisk phone software. The question posed to me was : " I have just discovered this new phone system software called the Asterisk, I have all analog phones and would like to know how I can connect these ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/asterisk-phone-software/ If you are re-wiring your small office for a telephone and computer network, here is a great suggestion to wire with IP PBX or VOIP Phone Systems in mind. In the past, you would need to have a completely different wiring setup for key telephone systems or pbx phone systems ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/telephone-wiring-the-smart-way/ "Thank you for calling XYZ Company. If you want to reach our dial by name directory, please press the "#" key....Please enter the first three or four letters of the person's first or last name..." "No. I dont want to try that." - this is common reaction when I  come across ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/dial-by-name-directory-vs-staff-extension-listing-for-phone-systems/ An IP-PBX phone system can be hardware appliance, or virtually, as a software system running on a workstation computer. Due to the fact that a major part of IP PBX phone system functionality is software based, it is relatively inexpensive and easy to add features that can exist in only ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/ip-pbx-phone-system-free-long-distance/ Back in the early cell phone days, Vanity numbers were super hot. They are sought after even today. But do they hold any value ? In case you were wondering what this is all about. A vanity number is how your phone number spells ! It is made up of words ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/1-800-2-call-me-vanity-numbers-to-get-extinct/ Here's another valuable tip, not available to thousands of business owners in the pre-voip era. So you are moving offices, and for whatever reason, your phone company declares that you will not be able to keep the same phone numbers.What do you do now? I recommend switching your phone lines or "porting" ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/moving-office-cannot-keep-the-old-phone-number/ Its great to go to work and help a client with a problem and know that I need to write about this so that at least all those who read this post, are aware of the games being played in this business, and are better prepared. ILECS or Incumbent Local Exchange ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/auto-renewal-phone-line-contracts/ In one of my earlier posts, I explained the difference between the Key Telephone System and the PBX Phone System. I am sure you have a clearer picture on the key difference between the two. To recap for my next bit on PBX systems....The Key Telephone System is best suited for ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/pbx-phone-systems-intercom-lines/ "We would like to have one main phone number and multiple phone lines for calling." Can a request like this to your phone company, be more simpler than that? You would be surprised to know how many different ways a phone company can set up your lines. And each solution has ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/one-main-number-and-multiple-incoming-lines/ VOIP for small businesses, is getting strangled slowly but surely. And guess who is the killer ? No prizes for this one. It is the so called ITSPs, who ramped up their servers, enhanced their backbones, and renegotiated wholesale trunking to provide "quality business services" to their existing residential client base. CLECs and ... http://www.telephony.soho-world.com/voip-voipdont-get-caught-in-the-hype/