August 21, 2010
PhyBridge's 'VoIP Enabler' Helps Small Businesses Deploy VoIP FasterBy Patrick Barnard, Senior Web Editor, TMCnet Looking for a faster, more affordable way to upgrade your small business to a VoIP phone system? The big challenge for most small companies is that they don’t have the capital to invest in a whole new local network capable of supporting VoIP. Very often the existing LAN or WAN is woefully inadequate for supporting voice. And even if it can support voice today, chances are it won’t be able to tomorrow, as the business grows and demand on the network increases. Driving the high cost of migrating from traditional phone service to VoIP is that fact that, very often, new cabling needs to be installed throughout the facility. This drives up the labor costs significantly, especially when the cabling needs to be installed in an older building (say, with concrete block walls and a serious lack of conduits). But there is a faster, more affordable way to deploy VoIP – and it’s not a wireless solution: It’s Phybridge’s (News - Alert) UniPhyer appliance. This compact telephony appliance -- dubbed the “VoIP Enabler” -- lets companies quickly and affordably deploy VoIP using their existing CAT3 (traditional) telephone lines. Thus the UniPhyer creates a “parallel network” which is dedicated for voice and yet which allows for full integration with your existing network. Not only does this help companies avoid the high cost of cabling (or re-cabling) their older facilities -- it also allows them avoid the hassles associated with converging data and voice on the same network. Thus companies no longer have to go through the trouble of testing their LANs to ensure VoIP readiness; deploying new hardware or infrastructure; taking the risk of service disruptions; or dealing with poor service following installation. --First, remove the existing RJ21 telco connector from your legacy PBX (News - Alert) and connect it to the Phybridge UniPhyer Patrick Barnard is a senior Web editor for TMCnet, covering call and contact center technologies. He also compiles and regularly contributes to TMCnet e-Newsletters in the areas of robotics, IT, M2M, OCS and customer interaction solutions. To read more of Patrick's articles, please visit his columnist page. Edited by Patrick Barnard |