Posts Tagged ‘Business’

7 Step Guide to Relocating Your Office PABX System

So you are moving office and relocating your business to another location.

There are a couple of simple steps you need to take to make sure that the relocation of your PABX system and the installation of your new phone lines are coordinated and result in minimal down time or disruption to your business.

STEP 1 – If you need to arrange new business phone lines in your area … type in New Business Phone lines to find a provider or you can use your existing provider. There are several Telephone companies that specialise in business relocation so you can also try google for business phone relocation. It is important that you get the installation of your new business phone line coordinated with the relocation of your PABX phone system or you could find your self with lines and no PABX, or a PABX at your new office with no phone lines.

STEP 2 – Once you have chosen your Business Phone company arrange to get your new Phone lines installed. Lead times for business phone lines vary depending on the type of service you have. Standard PSTN lines can take 2-5 working days. ISDN 2 5-15 working days and ISDN 10/20/30 with 100 number DID range take 20-40 working days as it is important that you give the phone company adequate time to get the new lines in place before the move. If you are in the same telephone exchange area you may be able to retain your existing numbers. The Business phone company will need to know the exact date you plan to move to arrange the line relocations and will be able to advise you regarding phone line diversions on your old numbers.

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Panasonic SIP DECT Phone Overview- Review and Demo

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Save the Environment by Using Used Phones

Used Phones are sold in the market at affordable prices. These are second hand phones that are still working and have been tested by technicians and certified by them to be functional in all aspects.

The sad thing about some of the phones in the world today is that old phones that are still functional are being thrown away by the owners. These are put to thrash and eventually thrown into the garbage. When we look at the process, it seems that the cellphones are disposed properly. Unfortunately, people are not really aware on the effects of throwing cell phones into the garbage. This is because it seems by doing so is the most proper thing to do. This is also what we see and how we got accustomed with.

Well, not all garbage is the same. Remember on the waste segregation scheme? This is where we separate garbage that are health hazardous and garbage that melts or could be recycled. If used phones are not disposed properly and if they get to reach the soil, they will spread harmful chemicals which will eventually spread to the water and to the trees where people and animals use them as food and water sources. Once we get to eat these things or ingest them, we will later on feel the harmful chemical effects on our bodies. We will get sick and the infection that we will get could possibly make our condition severe.

As for the environment, this will make the soil unhealthy and the same goes for the water, the trees and plants surrounding the areas where the chemical leak could happen. When the environment is not healthy, our animals have nowhere to go but stay in those places and could also have some infection from the chemicals absorbed by these plants and trees. It is going to be a chain reaction. The environment then the living things surrounding the environment will become affected until everyone gets sick.
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Business VoIP – Is a Hosted Solution the Way to Go?

You have many choices to look at when looking at VoIP. Hosted or on site is just one of them. There are good things to say about both. To me it all breaks down to the practical applications. For instance do you have multiple locations. Or do you have any workers that work remotely. Would you like those option somewhere in the future. Are you utilizing MPLS technology. The fact is that now is the time to ask these questions. Not merely do I like the Idea of hosted or on site. My suggestion is to really look hard at what you want your network to look like and then make the choice based on the direction you want to go.

That being said there are many good reasons to go with hosted solutions. The fact is that as long as you have hosted solution that offers redundant servers, a robust backbone, and an SLA that offers 5 9′s reliability. You can’t go wrong with a hosted solution. Most come with a total package. You eliminate soft costs involved with managing your own system. Best yet, if new features or phones come up you can easily access the new technology with out having to make huge capital investments in software and license costs.

Also, Voice T1′s/PRI’s can handle 23 calls, so 4 T1′s x’s 23 is 92 calls at once, whereas with Hosted at 40K per voice call you only need 3 T1′s to support 105 calls at once. (40K x’s 105 calls is 4.2MB on a bonded 4.5MB data circuit).

Another really big advantage of Hosted is that no VPN or VPN appliance is needed for remote offices or home-workers, the SIP stations are very Plug & Play. With Cisco, Shoretel, Avaya etc, a VPN is required to the home, and then, once set up, that station is not too mobile, versus a Plug & SIP station can be taken anywhere in the world and will boot up and work great without VPN. This is huge. In fact, many firms that are embedded with large investments into Cisco, Avaya etc, are beginning to bring a SIP trunk into the PBX and then let the Hosted Provider handle the handshake between the PBX and the Home Workers – it’s more affordable, easier to set up and manage, more mobile, and the quality is more consistent.

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Plantronics Headsets For Your Business

Plantronics headsets are undoubtedly considered the best that money can buy in terms of durability, reliability and performance. They are used in businesses everywhere and are bought in quantity by companies seeking the best in hands free technology.

Headsets are used for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, when a working environment is exceptionally loud, a headset can provide a better reception and audibility than a conventional handset. Sound is amplified and the wearer enjoys better concentration on the caller’s voice as background sounds are eliminated to a degree.

The constant sounds in a standard office such as photocopying machines, other telephones, fax machines, the conversations of colleagues and furniture being scraped on floors all add to background distraction. A headset can improve matters immeasurably by reducing the intrusion of other sounds.

Headsets offer optional sound adjustments for the user not usually available with traditional handsets. The treble or bass tone levels can be increased or decreased, for better comfort and clarity.

Most Plantronics headsets feature a single pad with a support that grips the wearer’s head on the other side. However, for those working in an extremely noisy environment, double pad models are available which are most useful for totally blocking out distracting background noise. By utilising a double pad headset, it is possible to increase accuracy and ensure greater efficiency.

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