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Insights for Business VoIP – Cable Internet Speed and Reliability
September 24th, 2011 | 
Author: I believe one of the foundations for a successful implementation with Business VoIP is reliable internet service. Each business has several different choices for internet service which have positives and negatives associated to each one. Over the next several blog posts, let’s review the choices for internet services while highlighting speed and reliability. This post will review cable companies and their offerings.
Cable – These are high-speed options provided by the local cable company. Cable companies typically provide these options both with a coax (the same black cable in your house) or fiber product directly built to your building.
Speeds – Coax speeds can reach up to a 100 Meg and Fiber speeds can reach 1 Gig.
Reliability – With the coax products you get two different speeds (upload and download) for your internet service. You also get a “best effort” contract which means they will do everything possible to provide you the best internet service possible. (Basically no refund for downtime) With the cable company’s fiber products you get the same bi-directional speeds (both upload and download) which are guaranteed at 99.999% uptime. (You can ask for a refund)
Positives – The coax products offer clients low cost internet and free speed upgrades. The cable company’s fiber product is highly competitive to the traditional CLEC or phone companies T-1 service. If your business needs high-speed low cost internet service (streaming, downloading, VoIP) the coax products are a potentially good choice for you.
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Everything You Need to Know to Buy a Business Phone System
A business phone system is no small purchase. Below is what you need to know when buying a phone system! This process will work well for you regardless of the type of system you’re looking for, be it IP, Hosted or Digital. All of our businesses depend on reliable communication. A phone system can cost anywhere from $500-$3500.00 per end user. The most effective selection processes I have observed during my years as a purchasing agent and sales person have been when a team of employees come together for the purpose of selecting a telephone system. The members of the selection team should represent the various business units within your organization. The business units charged with managing employees and those concerned with improving productivity need to have the most say in the process. When purchasing a phone system the following are guidelines:
1) Make sure you establish the size of the system you are looking for in terms of telephone lines, number and style of telephones, number of single line devices/FXS ports and future growth capacity. Your job is to get close to the number of telephones and lines as possible and not to change the quantities once you have asked for a bid. It does not need to be exact at this time because you’re only trying to get apples to apples pricing comparison.
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Open Visual Communications Consortium
The Open Visual Communications Consortium is the first global visual communication exchange based on open standards linking service provider networks globally to deliver video connectivity and interoperability.
Both network and managed global service providers have come together under Polycom’s leadership to establish a global, standards-based, multi-network, multi-vendor exchange between members to deliver a consistent B2B experience.
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Tags: business communications expert, Business Telephone Systems, Communications, Consortium, Open, Phone Systems, Polycom, services provider, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Expert Australia, visual |
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Siemens – Megatrends
By 2025, the earth will be home to 8 billion people with most living in cities. We at Siemens help master these challenges. We have solutions for Water, Mobility, Industry, Healthcare, Safety & Security, and Power.
Siemens LifeWorks
LifeWorks
LifeWorks is Siemens’ strategic vision for the future of communications. Open Communications in a business world without barriers.