Many businesses are taking to holding conference calls because it simply makes doing business easier. With the almost limitless uses of technology today there can be people from all over the world that work for the same company. What this means is that the employees need a way to communicate directly that won’t involve someone traveling great distances.
There are simple and affordable ways to hold conference calls that will be possible for even the smallest companies to afford. There are quite a few options out there that will allow your business to be in contact without breaking the bank; you simply have to look for the one that suits your business the best.
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Does your company need to hold a lot of conference calls but you have found that your phone companies charge a lot for them? Perhaps you live great distances from those that you will be having a conference call with and you would like for the process to be as affordable as possible? If this is the position that you are in, you will want to take the time to look into all of the conference call opportunities that are out there. You will be surprised when you look into the options and see how affordable they are.
One way to get around the cost of conference calling associated with your phone company is to use one of the many internet conference-calling services. This doesn’t actually involve being on the internet, rather you sign up for the services through the internet. You pay as little as $2.00 for a two hour block on an international line.
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All of the people who will be on the conference call simply call the international number at the specific time and enter a code to be on the call. This is really simple and many times is much cheaper than the conference calling services that are offered through your phone company.
If your business is growing and groups of people from different locations need to talk this is the most affordable way to make that happen. Conference calling this way is usually cheaper than what you can get through your phone service and is also usually much cheaper than having people travel from one location to the next to be able to get the same work done. While talking on the phone isn’t always quite as effective as meeting in person, it is a lot more affordable.
If your company likes the convenience of these conference calling services you can then branch out and look into video conferencing that will give you the benefit of both voice and face recognition so you can share ideas with one another over great distances. There are a lot of companies who offer straight forward conference calling as well as video conference calling so you can take advantage of the services that you need when you need them.
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Unified Message Systems provide a cheap alternative to more expensive services and equipment. Newer Unified Message Systems, like Kall 8, provide a very cost effective solution for home-based business or the corporate road warrior.
Unified Message Systems can combine voice mail, fax, and call forwarding into one cost effective bundle. These systems have a “follow you anywhere” solution that is perfect for the traveling corporate road warrior or even the small business owner who wants to take some time off, but cannot afford to leave customer inquiries hanging in limbo for their return.
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Unified Message Systems are easily accessed from anywhere through the World Wide Web. This will allow someone who is away from their computer to access from any computer around the world and listen to messages, view faxes, change the call forwarding number, as well as manage their account.
Unified Message Systems, can also be used as an effective marketing tool. Particular systems come with a caller ID allowing the marketer to determine what regions produce the best results allowing them to more effectively target that region and re-assign resources accordingly. The cost effectiveness of this type of service would allow a business to also assign separate numbers for those regions. This would allow the business to call forward to that areas representative or dealership.
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Top Reasons to Shop With Us by Patrick Oborn, CIO – Telarus, Inc. February 21, 2008 – If you are going to do price research for T1 prices on the internet, who are you going to trust? The people who pioneered the worlds’ first and only real-time price software (we have the patent to prove it!), or professional “lead generators” who are only interested in earning a referral fee by sending your information to every vendor under the sun? Up until the year 2003, shopping for T1 lines meant doing the research yourself. Recently, agents who specialize in high speed DS1 (T1) and DS3 (T3) lines have popped up to volunteer to do this research for you, by hand, in less than 7 days. If you are looking to price out bandwidth and routers for your WAN or LAN network in less than a week, you would fine nothing but frustration and eventually high prices. You perform a search in your favorite search engine and you see millions of pages, all of which claim to save you money. In reality what your are seeing are a bunch of internet marketing entrepreneurs who know little about dedicated service at all. They create simple HTML forms that look like they have been programmed by a seventh grade student which captures your information, and either sends it to every vendor in the universe or some in-house former used-car salesman who will sell you whatever will pay him the biggest bonus. The internet is littered with this garbage, confusing customers and leaving a sour taste in their collective mouth. What started out as a search for competitively priced dedicated services has turned into a circus!
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Rolling Up Our Sleeves to Provide Information Quickly
In 2002 my partner, Adam Edwards, and I decided to take the road less traveled. We realized early on that in order to create an online experience that was worthy of your time, we needed to provide information you can use – not your typical “enter your information here and we’ll get back to you” elementary page. In order to do this, we invested a full year researching all of the different T1 providers in order to understand their pricing models, many of which were created long before we were born. Based on information we extracted from this research, we invested heavily in complex programming that would allow us to calculate loop prices, or the cost that the local phone companies pass on to the dedicated service providers for access to their network. This cost varies by mile, by market, and by geographic region of the country. Once we rolled up our sleeves and performed extensive testing, we called our product ‘GeoQuote’ and released it to the public on this very web site in 2003. We are currently in the process of patenting this unique technology.
ShopforT1 is a Name You Can Trust
On January 1, 2007, ShopforT1.com reached $2,000,000 in monthly billing revenue. Such a milestone not only validates our commitment to excellence, but our commitment to you – our prospective customer. We process massive quantities of orders each month, but at the same time pay meticulous detail to every need of each and every one of our clients. That is how we are able to sign up and retain a vast pool of customers that include the United States Government, Defense Contractors, Hospitals (including Walter Reed Army Medical Center, home to our recovering troops), Law Offices, Internet Service Providers, Wireless ISPs, State Universities, Web Hosting Companies, and more. When you talk to a ShopforT1 specialist, you do not receive a sales pitch – you tap into years of experience and expertise. Helping businesses find the right T1 provider at the right price is the ONLY thing we do!
Total Telecom Management – The Winning Formula
In the past year, online shoppers just like you have generated 507,195 unbiased real-time quotes using this web site. Over 200,000 people have discovered that you don’t need to wait days to see pricing when you can get the T1 service information you’re looking for in just seconds. Throw in the courtesy phone call that you will receive from one of our certified unbiased broadband consultants who can answer your questions, help you design your network, and give you the strengths and weaknesses of each of our providers. Best of all, your ShopforT1 consultant can be your total telecommunication management resource – one person that you can call to find any telecom products you need now and in the future.
We Are the First Company to Provide this Unique Service
Don’t be fooled by the imitators! Since we launched this site in 2002, many have attempted to copy our concept, our business model, and even our domain name! It’s amazing how in-style real-time shopping has become, especially considering that the reaction we received by our vendors when we divulged our plans to create GeoQuote. Some of the reactions we received include “that can’t be done – it’s never been done before” and “that is an interesting business model”. Now these same vendors have become believers, and our very best partners.
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Our Commitment to You
I don’t mention these awards to boast, but to demonstrate the industry’s recognition of our singular commitment to excellence, our commitment to our agents, and most of all, our commitment to our customers who trust us to find the best T1 products and services on the market. Change has been embraced. Thousands of data DS1 lines (1.5 mbps bi-directional transfer, upload and download, rate), fractional T1 circuits (256 kbps to 1024 kbps), bonded (load balanced) T-1 lines (3 mbps to 12 mbps), DS3 lines (6 mbps to 45 mbps), point to point private lines, Virtual Private Networks (with MPLS), WAN (wide area network) configurations, Point of Sale systems, inbound and outbound call center services, ACD systems, dynamic and channelized integrated T1 lines (both with VoIP and TDM protocols), and Local PRI Circuits have been sold. We also have experience with enterprise products typically employed by larger corporations, namely; gigabit ethernet, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, OC256, and OC768 lines delivered over a fiber optic backbone. Many of our carriers even offer free managed cisco routers for multi-year contracts! The way people shop for business class telecommunication services and optical carrier products will never be the same again. GeoQuote is the future, and now the present, of broadband shopping and business voice (local and long distance) services.
Multi-site Networks
Lately we’ve come across an increasing number of growing business that find themselves needing to communicate securely over the internet. As the number of locations grow, so does the importance of integration and coordination. A Virtual Private Network with MPLS encryption can turn the web into a virtual pipe that connects all of the many locations of an enterprise, enabling sensitive data to flow back and forth without the risk of interception. You can build two types of VPN applications; an intranet VPN and a extranet LAN connection. Both allow users in multiple locations to work in a shared, secure environment. Best of all, a VPN allows you to scale the size of your network quickly and cheaply, compared to the old-school leased T-1 line approach. We have many T-carriers that specialize in VPN and even in double-encrypted VPN, but best of all we have specialists who have extensive experience that you can draw on to create a cost effective solution for your business.
Voice T1 Service
Many web sites you will find during your search for dedicated services will focus exclusively on broadband (Fractional T1 through OCX). Here at ShopforT1 you will find that we have a unique focus on voice t1 services, both local and long distance, including the popular PRI (23 voice channels plus 1 data channel dedicated for the transfer of information, such as Caller ID for example). Our product specialists have many years of experience helping inbound and outbound call centers, customer support centers, dental offices, law offices, and other business who rely heavily on reliable business telephone service. Not only will we save you the most money, we’ll figure out a way to do it without sacrificing the integrity of your t1 voice service.
Recently we added dynamic integrated T-carrier service which has been a hugely popular with SMB’s throughout the country. These digital trunks allow you to use all 24 channels for high-speed data broadband connectivity in the event that none of your voice channels are in use. The majority of the time you are able to effectively receive a full 1.54 Mbps, not to mention a new feature-rich voice T1 with local PRI and voice access to the outside world. Not only do these dynamic T1s come with more capability, they also come at a fraction of the cost of old analog circuits. Currently, the average price of a dynamic instraged circuit is $450, as opposed to $750 for a standard integrated access line.
Telephone System Hardware
On June 22, 2006 we announced the release of VARSearch(tm), our second industry-leading technology that allows you to perform a real-time search for telephone system installers and dealers in every local market across the United States. These dealers in your local area can find you terrific deals on all of the hottest pbx systems, including Avaya, Nortel, Cisco, NEC, Artisoft, Toshiba, 3Com-NBX, AT&T, Bogen, Comdial, Executone, Fujitsu/Focus, Harris, Inter-Tel, ITT, Meridian, NEC, Nortel, Plantronics, Prostar, Siemens/Rolm, Telco Systems, Telesynergy, Telrad, Toshiba, Asterisk, Avaya, Cisco, Ericcson, Extrom, GTE, Hitachi, Isoetec, Lucent, Mitel, Nitsuko, Panasonic, Polycom, Samsung, Tel-Plus, Telect, Tellabs, TIE, ADTRAN, A+, Artisoft, Linksys, Zultys, and more.
Network Equipment
If you are in the market for a complete high-speed internet overhaul, we can now offer you both the T1 line as well as the T1 router to go with it. Simply use our cutting-edge VARSearch(tm) Search Engine to find, in real-time search, a credentialed pbx phone system dealer (One of our thousands of VAR Partner associates) and/or technicians in your neighborhood. Our search engine includes VARs from every local market in the continental United States, so you can be sure that you will find the help you need. The networking dealers in your local area can find you terrific deals on all of the most popular net gear, including Advantech, CePoint Networks, Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks, Foundry Networks, Emulex, Juniper Networks, Linksys, Netopia, Redback Networks, Qlogic, Motorola, and SBS Technologies.
VoIP Equipment and Service
If VoIP is what you are looking for, you’ve come to the right place. Our product specialists can find you any service under the sun, and our VARs can find any of the following ipPBX, and VoIP equipment brands including 3Com-NBX, Artisoft, ADTRAN, Accutone, Adix, AltiGen, Amtelco, A+, Avaya, Bogen, Cisco Partners, Executone, Asterisk, Extrom, Hitachi, Fujitsu/Focus, Nitsuko, Meridian, Polycom, Prostar, Plantronics, Samsung, Telco Systems, Telect, Tel-Plus, Telesynergy, Telrad, Applied Voice Technology (AVT), Artisoft, Aspect, Asterisk, Asuzi, AT&T, Atlas, Avaya, AVG-Eagle, BBS Telecom, Bizfon, Bosch, Cisco, Cohort, COM2001 Technologies, Comdial, Computer Talk Technology, Cortelco Kellogg, Creative Integrated Systems, Dash, Dba Telecom, Duvoice, Encore, Ericsson, Estech (ESI), Executone, Extrom, FCI, Flash Communications, Fujitsu, Galaxy, Harris, Hitachi, IDS, Intecom, Inter-Tel, Interactive Intelligence, Isotec, ITT, Iwatsu, Kanda, KS Telecom, Lucent Technologies, Macrotel, MCK Communications, Merlin, Mitel, NBX Corporation, NEC Communications, Newtronix, Nitsuko America, Nortel Networks, Northcom, OmniLink, Omega, Premier, Picazo Communications Quintum, Prostar, Redcom, Samsung, Spectralink, Spirit, Sprint, Starplus, Rolm, Teleco, Tadrian, TalkSwitch, Telematrix, Telrad, TIE, TMC, Toshiba, TouchWave, TransTel, Teltronics, Triad, Trilium, TT Systems, Vodavi, Walker, and more!
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Our Future Together
As move forward, our goal is to continually improve our gateway products, our site, our knowledge of the industry and products, and most of all, to build a bond with you – our customer – that will last for years to come. Earning your trust is what we do here. Saving you money is how we keep it.
Technical Note
A technical quick note about the CSU/DSU, which is made as a separate product or is sometimes part of a T-1 WAN card. The Channel Service Unit – CSU – converts the data from and to the WAN line into a format the router can understand. The DSU provides an interface to the data terminal equipment (DTE) using a standard (EIA/CCITT) interface. The unit likewise provides testing capabilities. If you have any questions or need assistance with the installation of any network hardware of telecom equipement, we can help you find certified T1 technicians in your area using VAR Network.
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A mesh network allows for redundancy in that if one node goes down all terminals are able to still communicate with other terminals and networks by taking several possible paths. The mesh network will be more complex and time consuming to install, but is also the more reliable than other topologies. If each terminal having reliable connectivity is mission critical, the knowledge is available and cost is not really a factor then a mesh would be the preferred network.
Bus topology is probably the least preferred topology to implement. If one node is removed or non-operational on the bus then all terminals will not be able to utilize the network. According to Annabel Dodd (2005) “Prior to hubs, each device in a LAN was wired to another device in a “bus” arrangement.”(p. 26) Circumstances that may play a factor in this use of this particular topology would be cost savings in regards to cable and the importance of that particular network to the department’s mission, as well as the network’s size as well as security. Required speed, number of attachments, cable length, and use play a factor in determining the use of the bus topology. Bates & Gregory (2000) tell us that bus speed is limited to “10Mbits/s with effective throughput of 3.3-4 Mbits/s” and that attachments cannot exceed “1024 addressable nodes” and are “limited to cable lengths of 1500 meters.” They continue on to say that “collisions when the network gets 40% busy, resulting in less throughput.” It seems that the bus topology is also the least secure in respect to the fact that all transmissions are a broadcast to the entire network.
The star topology is another network architecture. Circumstances to install this type of network would be similar to those of the bus topology. The star topology would be primarily used with hubs and switches. This topology allows for all terminals to continually communicate on the network when a terminal is dropped or goes down. This type of topology is important when connectivity of each terminal in the network is important and is mission critical to operations.
Combinations of all the various topologies will be seen in MAN, WAN, and even some larger LANs. An example would be a college campus in which each department uses a star topology internally, but meshes with all the other outlying departments. So in the case of a college campus all departments would still be able to access records from other departments on campus when one or more departments lose connectivity.
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