Buyers in line for VoIP gear next year

The big deal is better interoperability: VoIP systems allow you to use much of the same equipment for phone systems as you do with LAN/WANs. Instead of, as in a standard PBX system, having to have a single pair run from the phone switch to every phone in a building, you can connect a trunk line to a LAN switch and have phone calls handled in the system like a LAN handles data packets. It makes phone systems easier to understand for people that are used to administering computer networks.

The VoIP system is almost exclusively at the intra-site level. Everything outside that is still handled by the phone company's switching system, which is a much more secure and stable point-to-point system than the Web. Basically, the point is that this isn't for home users. it's geared toward any business, non-profit, or government office that has a phone system beyond the basic incoming phone lines.

We're looking at implementing a VoIP system next year, and I'm looking forward to it. We'll be able to condense all our phone lines into a single T1 and administer the system through a simple computer interface, instead of having to dial all commands into the phone switch (blech).; Posted by: doctormoriarty Posted on: 12/05/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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