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Sep28
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Panasonic’s Color line comes in 3 models, each with 12 colors. The models are a 5.8 GHz, a 2.4 GHz, and a 2.4 GHz with a built in answering machine. All 3 models can be expanded to up to 4 total handsets. The model Panasonic sent me to test was model KX-TG3031, a 2.4 GHz with answering machine in a very nice bold green. I was a bit concerned at first. I’ve had 2.4 Ghz phones in the past that conflicted with my wireless network. So I placed the base station about 6 feet from my wireless router. This location has reduced other 2.4 Ghz phones to noisy, crackling paper weights. To my delight, the Panasonic phone was crystal clear. I was able to walk outside about 150 feet away from the base station before I had any noticeable loss of signal. The phone performed laudably through out my house as well, even on the 2nd floor with the base station in the basement. Next I will go through the phones impressive list of features.
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Sep27
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Henry Ford used to say you could get a car in any color you wanted as long as it was black. For a long time, the same applied to telephones. Today you can buy a phone in the shape of...
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Sep26
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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) pioneer Vonage, has lost another major court case involving patent infringement. A federal court ruled that Vonage had intentionally used patented Sprint technologies related to transmitting telephone calls over the Internet. The legal setback was...
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Sep25
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If your business is moving out of your town, you have 2 choices with regards to your main telephone number. You can get a new number and have the phone company play a number changer message or you can set...
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Sep24
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Home wireless networking used to be pretty easy. You’d plug in a wireless router and if you were lucky you’d get a decent signal 20 feet away. Things were slow and spotty, but they were easy. Then came the alphabet...
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Sep21
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When buying a new business telephone system, you may find yourself looking at quotes from managed PBX service providers. Instead of buying a traditional PBX or Key System, manager PBX providers work on an Application Service Provider (ASP) model. You...
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Sep20
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When deploying voice of internet protocol (VoIP) phones in a remote location call quality should be your highest priority. The first thing you can do to ensure the highest call quality is use a dedicated internet connection on both sides...
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Sep19
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Toshiba has just released software version 5.0 for it’s Strata CIX line of digital business telephone systems. Release 5.0 adds many new features to Toshiba’s Voice over Internet Protocol feature set. Toshiba has also introduced a new VoIP card, the...
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Sep18
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I recently installed my first Toshiba Automated Call Distribution (ACD) system on their new Micro Media Application Server. The Micro MAS can run multiple telephony applications on the same server. Some of the applications Toshiba has placed on the Micro MAS...
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Sep17
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I recently switch my TV and Internet service from Cablevision to Verizon Fios. In order to use Fios TV you must use a special router that feeds the “guide” to your set top box, as well as on demand and...
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Sep14
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Last week my comany, Teleco, installed a phone system at a customer that only got VoIP dial tones. They have a T1 for Internet access and 8 VoIP dial tones coming off of a router. The customer did this because it...
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Sep13
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In the past couple of weeks I’ve had 3 different customers call me with the same problem. They have been getting some irate phone calls from people claiming that they are receiving strange, sometimes menacing phone calls and the caller...
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Sep12
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For the 2nd year in a row, http://www.gartner.com/, has ranked NEC as the biggest selling brand in global telephony extension line shipments. In it’s recently release 2006 report, Enterprise Telephone Equipment, Worldwide, NEC shipped over 7 million units representing an...
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Sep11
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NEC Unified Solutions has released new beta version 2.01 of the firmware for its DSX line of digital business telephone systems. The NEC DSX recently replaced the DS-1000/2000 line that had been NEC’s entry level telephone system for many years. Version...
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Sep10
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If you are one of the 750,000 people that bought an Apple's iPhone this past summer you are probably pretty upset about last week’s big price drop. Such is the burden of the early adapter. For those of you that...
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Sep 8
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I’d like to welcome everyone to my inaugural post at telcomswitchboard.com. I will be writing about the telecommunications industry. I will focus on the hardware, software, and services used by both businesses and individuals to communicate around the corner and...
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