Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:09:21 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/ PBX Blogs, Journals, Forums and Information en-us http://www.pbxinfo.com/images/ http://www.pbxinfo.com/ info@pbxinfo.com http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article535.html Pbxinfo has launched a brand new site! Visit us to see our new look and content: Pbxinfo.com The new RSS FEED is: http://www.pbxinfo.com/pagedbackend.php Please use this for future news. Thanks -=Staff at Pbxinfo.com=- Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:09:21 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article534.html For those of you that have been anticipating our announcement, here is the teaser. In 2004, Pbxinfo.com has amassed over 29 million hits. This success has prompted us to create a new look, a renewed purpose, and a unmatched arsenal of tools. We originally redesigned the site in March of 2002, and as an anniversary present we are doing it again. This new site will be easier to use, easier to navigate and come with many new useful features. We have a long list of enhancements coming your way and we hope you have enough time to try them all out... Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:29:32 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article533.html * Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition * Celeste Biever At the end of March 2005 Samsung will release a mobile phone with a difference. Not only will it be able to send images and streaming video, but the phone can vibrate in such a way that you can add the sensation of a playful tickle to your text message, or make the person on the other end of the phone feel as if their handset has slapped them across the face. Welcome to the world of haptics - the technology of recreating touch and texture through artificial stimuli. Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article532.html by Craig Pollard - Head of Security Solutions, Siemens Communications - Wednesday, 23 February 2005. Emotive terms such as “cyber attack” and “cyber-terrorism” are always certain to generate plenty of media excitement, with science-fiction visions of malevolent hackers creating vicious computer viruses to rampage through cyberspace, doing unseen and untold damage to the infrastructures that support our way of life. However, while the reality of IT security is far more mundane than such science-fiction ideas, the threat to a network from malicious attack remains real and the consequences just as frightening. Every business is dependent upon information technology, which brings with it inevitable vulnerability. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:37:21 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article531.html The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced CDMA2000 subscribers totaled 147 million users, adding 21.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2004. At the end of 2004, CDMA users surpassed 240.2 million users, according to CDG. Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:45:15 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article530.html Phil Hochmuth, Network World "Divide and conquer" is Bank of America's approach as it undertakes a massive PBX-to-VoIP migration, according to the bank's top network architect, speaking at the VoiceCon in the US last week. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article529.html Proposed statutory changes could subject currently exempt communications to US Communications Excise Tax. The staff of the US Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation have proposed several changes to the communications excise tax. If all of the suggested changes are adopted, long distance voice calls caried on a company's internal network, VoIP calls, and data communcation services such as Internet access would all be subjected to a 3% federal tax. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:45:12 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article528.html Customers benefit from reduced costs, improved service quality and simplified integration with VoIP Service Providers Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:59:06 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article527.html Do you ever have files that are too big for someone's email? Maybe you have large folders of files you need moved but don't have a media storage big enough to handle it? I just found http://www.yousendit.com. A FREE Service that allows you to send files to anyone right through your browser. You can send any file up to 1Gig. This is great for large files that regular e-mail can't handle. YouSendIt makes it ridiculously easy to use and best of all it doesn't cost a thing. Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article526.html INFORMATION NEEDED what is PNBX SERIAL HUNTING ? WHAT IS DIGITAL LINE ? Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article525.html Security Alliance formed to provide testing tools, list security practices, and keep members up to date. By Paul Travis InformationWeek As voice-over-IP services grow in popularity, the potential for viruses, worms, and other security threats aimed at the technology also will grow. A group of security and networking vendors, research universities, and a government agency this week will form the VoIP Security Alliance to uncover and fight those security risks. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article524.html It's called the 5000 Network Communications Solution and it was built from the ground up around IP communications. We had a nice briefing on this major new phone system last week from Jeff Ford, chief technology officer for Inter-Tel. Interestingly enough, as Jeff went down the checklist of functionality, we asked if their long-time business phone system -- the Axxess platform -- didn't also provide pretty much the same things? The answer in every case was yes. This includes IP communications/networking via specialized trunk/station resources. This includes support of IP end points. Currently, they pretty much cost the same too. Still, the fundamental platform shift was made clear by Mr. Ford: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 09:19:20 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article523.html Citel Technologies has acquired the assets of MCK Communications Inc., a provider of distributed voice communication systems. Under the deal announced this week, Seattle-based Citel issued a $3.5 million secure interest-bearing note, payable over three years, to Verso Technologies Inc., which owns MCK. In addition, Citel has agreed to assume certain obligations associated with the MCK business. Citel sells IP telephony and converged communications systems, which bridge traditional PBX telephones with next generation IP PBX and SIP systems. Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:14:25 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article522.html REDWOOD CITY, Calif Steady Annual Growth Predicted for Total Enterprise PBX Market A newly published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, reveals that IP PBX shipments will reach 28 million lines in 2006, surpassing TDM shipments. Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:43:13 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article521.html hi!!!: My name is felipe, and I need real help, for programing a T1 conexion in a Fujitsu system 3 PABX, since is no longer in production I need any help I can get, PLEASE any one how knows anything about it, I will apreciate any info on the subject!!! Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:57:18 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article520.html In 2000, Jory Bell (CEO) and Jonathan Betts-LaCroix (CTO), together with Andrew Popell, Michael Prichard, Nick Merz, and Robert Ford, founded OQO and set out to shrink a Windows XP computer into a pocketable device. Their vision was to transform personal computing in the same way mobile phones revolutionized telecommunications... Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:15:19 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article519.html Starting a major internet business, need 3-5 dedicated lines plus rotating 800 number with at least 5 to 8 lines. What do you suggest? The busuness is out of Maui HI, we are living in the past with much modern tecnoligy and equipment locally. There will be 4 to 5 desks working 12 hours + a day, 7 days. Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article518.html Tim Greene, Network World An open source group has posted free Session Initiation Protocol-based PBX software that lets businesses create their own phone switches from standard Linux servers -- but drawing business customers to the technology could be an uphill effort. Called sipX, the PBX offering is compatible with SIP phones and media gateways that can change IP voice to traditional TDM voice and vice versa so calls can be switched onto traditional phone networks. Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:41:56 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article517.html Before beginning a successful VoIP rollout across your organization, there are several things you should consider. 1. Make sure your network and security infrastructure, including firewalls, IDSes, VPNs, etc., are voice-optimized and capable of supporting the advanced security requirements for VoIP. Traditional static policy rules are not adequate for VoIP traffic control. The protocols involved dynamically allocate ports during call setup, requiring opening and closing of ports at the security gateway on demand. Inspection of VoIP traffic not only at the network layer, but also at the application level is necessary to deal with the challenges of VoIP protocols in Network Address Translation (NAT) environments. Finally, bandwidth, latency and quality of service become critical requirements for network and security infrastructure, when processing multiple simultaneous voice streams. Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article516.html The volume and severity of phishing scams is rocketing as cyber-criminals become ever more cunning and sophisticated. The online scams attempt to trick unwary surfers into divulging sensitive and confidential information to bogus websites designed to appear as bona fide businesses such as internet banking sites. Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:15:59 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article515.html As PbxInfo heads into 2005, We will be hosting a number of changes and additions to the site. Current supporters will benefit greatly from these changes as well as the rest of the site. We have been working tirelessly on many enhancements and new features and will be making an announcement shortly to highlight our most recent ones. These features will help make decisions on PBX systems, training, and product knowledge. One of the key objectives of 2005 is to simplify the information we have. We know it can be quite confusing with so much information presented at once so we are working on a new design to help simplify the site and make all information easily accessible and understandable with only a few clicks. Some upcoming features and products are: Software Downloads System Comparisons Business Tools E Learning Better Site Interaction MerSuite And many others that are under development but we don't wont to disclose them yet, these we believe will be even more valuable and useful tools for you. We are excited about these upcoming features and hope you continue to use them and help enhance them with us. Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:17:41 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article514.html Pbxinfo would like to extend a opening to any and all Telecom Businesses to list your business on our Directory for Free! If your business falls into one of these categories we encourage you to list it: For a limited time we will be offering enhanced listings for only $5 a year! Click here for an enhanced listing. Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:24:17 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article513.html By BARRIE McKENNA Washington — Eager to slash costs and temper cutthroat competition in wireless service, Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. have agreed to a $36-billion (U.S.) merger that would create the United States' third-largest cellphone provider. Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:05:00 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article512.html By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators narrowly approved rules Wednesday that phase out many of the government-mandated discounts the four major regional telephone companies must give rivals to encourage them to compete for local service customers. Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:50:34 -0600 http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article511.html We are a company of 10 people and planning to expand to 16 people in a year. Currently, we signed up with a communication company for Avaya Voice T1 system for 17 phones (around $15K) about a month ago. A month has passed and they said that they couldn't get it in on time because "Verizon" couldn't give them the T1 signal on time. They said it normally took a few months to get the signal. This is just for the voice and cabling. Now, they suggest that we should go with Cisco VoIP instead. [Note: they only carry Avaya POTS/Voice T1 and Cisco VoIP.) The installation cost [phones + cabling + routers] comes out to be about the same $14K. The monthly charge for VoIP system is like $450 for primary voice + $225 for maintainance like [software upgrades, move and add (I don't know what this is), and etc.. ]. Each phone will add additional $30 for the additional plan. For the size of our company Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:03:36 -0600