Are you interested in a new phone system for your Wisconsin business? There are many new choices depending on your needs and the size of your business.
A PBX stands for private branch exchange and is a telephone switch that resides at your business. You purchase the equipment, which can be expensive, program it, maintain it, and set it up. This is a better option for a large company that has its own IT staff.
An IP-PBX is a pbx that is ip-based, which means it runs over ip protocol. This is your computer network including the switches and routers. Cable is required to be at least cat5.
A hosted PBX is a pbx that resides off of your premises. In Wisconsin you can get an ATT hosted pbx that they set up, maintain, and program. There is also no huge upfront fee for the equipment so you save money upfront.
A virtual phone system is a voip system and there are many different ways to set these up. Some of them come over an internet connection and some over a landline. These often offer many features that might cost extra with other systems.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wisconsin ATT Telecommunication Services
ATT is the legacy provider of telephone service in Wisconsin. It used to be if you wanted any kind of telephone service in Wisconsin you had to use ATT. Now there are a lot of choices, but here are some of the services ATT offers for both residential and business.
Residential
Find ATT home telephone service: Wisconsin is in the ATT territory so this is probably your only option for a home landline. In some areas there might a couple of other options as well.
Find ATT internet service: ATT now offers dry DSL, which is internet connection without telephone service so you don't have to be tied down to a landline.
Business services
Find ATT voip: ATT has many options for voip for large and small business including hosted PBX, IP-PBX, and their business in a box.
Find ATT T1: ATT has some of the most reliable t1 service in the world with the greatest reach so they can even provide a Wisconsin t1.
ATT can also provide ATM and frame relay services, ethernet services, mpls, and vpn.
Residential
Find ATT home telephone service: Wisconsin is in the ATT territory so this is probably your only option for a home landline. In some areas there might a couple of other options as well.
Find ATT internet service: ATT now offers dry DSL, which is internet connection without telephone service so you don't have to be tied down to a landline.
Business services
Find ATT voip: ATT has many options for voip for large and small business including hosted PBX, IP-PBX, and their business in a box.
Find ATT T1: ATT has some of the most reliable t1 service in the world with the greatest reach so they can even provide a Wisconsin t1.
ATT can also provide ATM and frame relay services, ethernet services, mpls, and vpn.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Rural Wisconisn Satellite Internet
Grabbing the laptop and heading into town to the nearest coffe shop or MacDougals to surf the internet can be a cheap way to go, but also inconvenient. When I travel I always run into the same things. Slow speeds if there a lot of other users, getting the evil eye from the barista (doesn't he know this is a coffe shop?), Worrying about your gear (if you have to go to the bathroom), and the shakes from too much caffeine. Don't even try the library. You might feel that it is your only escape from dialup if you live in the boonies. Have you checked all of the possibilities?
One good thing to do is to simply check all of the companies in your area, what their plans are, and how much it will cost you. Perhaps service has come in after all. You can use our Wisconsin high speed internet price engine to compare what your options are and what the rates are.
You may already know that you live too far out to get dsl, but cable broadband internet sometimes has a further reach and when it is bundled with your cable tv is often cheaper.
I can't get cable that's why I have a satellite dish. Then maybe satellite internet is also your only option. Satellite internet providers could be your only option even if you don't live that far out, just in a secluded area.
Satellite internet has speeds that can be as high as . This can depend on the weather though and other factors. Since download speeds need to be higher than upload speeds for most residential users, a dialup connection can also be used for uploading.
If you are a small business, such as a gas station in a remote area, you might also be interested in a fixed wireless solution.
One good thing to do is to simply check all of the companies in your area, what their plans are, and how much it will cost you. Perhaps service has come in after all. You can use our Wisconsin high speed internet price engine to compare what your options are and what the rates are.
You may already know that you live too far out to get dsl, but cable broadband internet sometimes has a further reach and when it is bundled with your cable tv is often cheaper.
I can't get cable that's why I have a satellite dish. Then maybe satellite internet is also your only option. Satellite internet providers could be your only option even if you don't live that far out, just in a secluded area.
Satellite internet has speeds that can be as high as . This can depend on the weather though and other factors. Since download speeds need to be higher than upload speeds for most residential users, a dialup connection can also be used for uploading.
If you are a small business, such as a gas station in a remote area, you might also be interested in a fixed wireless solution.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Wisconsin Voip versus Landline
It almost seems like the days of making a phone call using your home phone are over. Most everyone, it seems has cell phone. In some families, everyone has their own phone. Another innovation that has made an impact is voip.
Voip stands for voice over internet protocol. This is simply sending your phone call over the internet. This has become a good way to make long distance calls because it is cheap. Most plans allow for unlimited usage in the continental U.S. You might wonder though, is this a good service to switch to.
In Wisconsin there can be a couple of scenarios to answer that question. Voip can be cheaper than a landline if you already have high speed internet, preferably through a cable provider. Without a high speed internet connection, voip becomes unreliable. The biggest problem is latency, which is a delay in the travel from when you say a word and the other person hears it. This should be pretty much simultaneous, but if the internet isn't fast enough, then it can cause some confusion in your conversation.
Why is a high speed cable connection preferable? Because if you have DSL through the phone company, they want to sell you their phone service also, so they have their own deals, which can also be very good pricewise. You can check out some phone and internet bundles. Satellite internet is considered not reliable for voip and probably doesn't have the speed required as well.
What if you don't have high speed internet or don't want it. Thats all right because the price of long distance on your landline can also be very cheap. Check out our low Wisconsin long distance rates. Another factor is that you have to add everything together to see if it is going to save you money. If you spend $20 for your voip service, that's equal to 1000 minutes of landline long distance if your rate is $.02 per minute.
Voip stands for voice over internet protocol. This is simply sending your phone call over the internet. This has become a good way to make long distance calls because it is cheap. Most plans allow for unlimited usage in the continental U.S. You might wonder though, is this a good service to switch to.
In Wisconsin there can be a couple of scenarios to answer that question. Voip can be cheaper than a landline if you already have high speed internet, preferably through a cable provider. Without a high speed internet connection, voip becomes unreliable. The biggest problem is latency, which is a delay in the travel from when you say a word and the other person hears it. This should be pretty much simultaneous, but if the internet isn't fast enough, then it can cause some confusion in your conversation.
Why is a high speed cable connection preferable? Because if you have DSL through the phone company, they want to sell you their phone service also, so they have their own deals, which can also be very good pricewise. You can check out some phone and internet bundles. Satellite internet is considered not reliable for voip and probably doesn't have the speed required as well.
What if you don't have high speed internet or don't want it. Thats all right because the price of long distance on your landline can also be very cheap. Check out our low Wisconsin long distance rates. Another factor is that you have to add everything together to see if it is going to save you money. If you spend $20 for your voip service, that's equal to 1000 minutes of landline long distance if your rate is $.02 per minute.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Long Distance a Long Time Ago
You might remember when if you wanted to make a phone call, local or long distance, you may have used a phone that was fixed to the wall. That long distance call might have cost you $.20 or more per minute. Then prices started to fall down to under $.10 per minute. Then along came cell phones.
When the cell phone started to get popular, sometime after 2001, it often seemed like a great way to save money. If you made all of your calls after 7:00 p.m. or on the weekends you could even call for free. So using landlines started to fall by the wayside. The downside though is that you would pay for more cell phone minutes than you would use, and if you would use them you might get charged if you went over. The result is that you might not save any money with a cell phone, but it is more convenient.
Not everyone loves the cell phone though. I myself will probably let my cell phone lapse when the contract is up in favor of voip. In some rural areas of Wisconsin though without adequate high speed internet access, this isn't an option. Can you still get great rates on landline long distance? You betcha, with some rates under $.02 a minute. For those that just want the cheapest way to call this can still be a good option if you still have a landline. At that rate 1000 minutes only cost you $20 plus taxes.
If you want to compare your current calling rates or cell phone bill with some of the lowest long distance rates in Wisconsin, or on the planet for that matter, I recommend that you try our comparing engine.
When the cell phone started to get popular, sometime after 2001, it often seemed like a great way to save money. If you made all of your calls after 7:00 p.m. or on the weekends you could even call for free. So using landlines started to fall by the wayside. The downside though is that you would pay for more cell phone minutes than you would use, and if you would use them you might get charged if you went over. The result is that you might not save any money with a cell phone, but it is more convenient.
Not everyone loves the cell phone though. I myself will probably let my cell phone lapse when the contract is up in favor of voip. In some rural areas of Wisconsin though without adequate high speed internet access, this isn't an option. Can you still get great rates on landline long distance? You betcha, with some rates under $.02 a minute. For those that just want the cheapest way to call this can still be a good option if you still have a landline. At that rate 1000 minutes only cost you $20 plus taxes.
If you want to compare your current calling rates or cell phone bill with some of the lowest long distance rates in Wisconsin, or on the planet for that matter, I recommend that you try our comparing engine.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wisconsin Telecom
The telecom field changes every year. It doesn't seem that long ago when long distance rates were $.20 a minute and no hardly anyone has a landline anymore. Cell phones are on every ear and take pictures and have internet. Business options change too as services come down in price and new ones have more capabilities.
The purpose of this blog is to look at some of these technologies and provide information so that you can make informed decisions about the services you buy.
The purpose of this blog is to look at some of these technologies and provide information so that you can make informed decisions about the services you buy.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)