WiMAX
™ based Phones & PBX
Private
Networks for Medical, VoIP, and Banking
For
many years CTC provided only data connections as WIFI with its lack of QoS
(Quality of Service) was unsuitable for business telephone connections. This
is now changing due to WiMAX and our ability to control end-to-end QoS. WiMAX is ideal when quality of service is a factor or
phone calls have to be provided a guaranteed bandwidth Our traditional WiFi
feeds are often used for WiFi enabled handsets, but with WiMAX even greater
degrees of Quality, placement variations, security, separation and management
are available to our customers.
For
many years CTC provided only data connections as WIFI with its lack of QoS
(Quality of Service) was unsuitable for business telephone connections. This
is now changing due to WiMAX and our ability to control end-to-end QoS. VoIP Phones on a private network does two things, keeps
your traffic off the Public Internet or allows for safe passage using advanced
VLAN or routing paths. CTC can build networks for you that eliminate the need
and expanse of Point-to-Point T-1s or expense outdated frame relay or newer
MPLS routers This is immensely valuable for locations that need say a T-1s
worth of bandwidth that can be spread across multiple buildings or sites.
Now that WiMAX solves the QoS problem and each phone call
can be given a precise amount of bandwidth we get to start with a clean peace
of paper. On that paper we put down a lot more than the telephones themselves.
We now can take advantage of our PBX in the cloud options. A PBX or private
branch exchange used to represent a $10,000 plus investment hanging on the
wall that typically handled between 16 and 32 telephones. This is the dinosaur
on the wall approach. If you want one we can still sell you one, and we handle
Linksys & Talkswitch
for small systems and AVAYA &
Cisco for large ones.
But today we have a much better solution, with our partnership
with Avid Communications CTC can now
offer seats on a virtual PBX for $10 a seat a month, instead of an initial
investment of 1000 times that much that can give your business features equivalent
to a fortune 500 company.
With every PBX seat we also give you 200 minutes of domestic
long distance, so as you grow your system you can also grow your ability to
communicate. If you need more long distance you can add another 200 minutes
for only $5 a month. Or bundle your long distance, 800, conference services
and cell business and we can do even better.
CTC also has PBX dry pipe options, a dry pipe is a standby
connection to a network that is a hot failover path or a alternate route to
get to your destination. Think of it as a short-cut or a back door into another
location. Since dry pipe connections do not require us to buy equivalent connectivity
to the Internet these can often be done at lower costs than expected.
CTC can also provide PBX based in the cloud solutions
that can have your telephone system running across the city as easily as it
runs in your physical office. Furthermore we can do this so cost effectively
that most customers will save money while implementing a state of the art
system that makes them more efficient and with far more flexibility than traditional
PBX systems. Further by combining other building to building needs such as
directory signage, remote lock control, credit card processing, and heating
and air conditioning networking even greater savings are possible.
Since each private phone network requirement is different
please feel free to consult one of our sales engineers in planning your requirements.
Our VP of Sales Larry Levin would be happy to answer questions about Phones,
Cameras, Private networks, VPNs and HVAC options.
More information on a
VoIP phone private network.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a general term for a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks. Other terms frequently encountered and synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
Internet telephony refers to communications services — voice, facsimile, and/or voice-messaging applications — that are transported via the Internet, rather than the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The basic steps involved in originating an Internet telephone call are conversion of the analog voice signal to digital format and compression/translation of the signal into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over the Internet; the process is reversed at the receiving end.[1]
VoIP systems employ session control protocols to control the setup and tear-down of calls as well as audio codecs which encode speech allowing transmission over an IP network as digital audio via an audio stream. Codec use is varied between different implementations of VoIP (and often a range of codecs are used); some implementations rely on narrowband and compressed speech, while others support high fidelity stereo codecs.
Equipment linking VoIP Phones and traditional "Plain old telephone service (POTS)"
An
Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) may be connected between an IP network (such
as a broadband connection) and an existing telephone jack in order to provide
service nearly indistinguishable from PSTN providers on all the other telephone
jacks in the residence. This type of service, which is fixed to one location,
is generally offered by broadband Internet providers such as cable companies
and telephone companies as a cheaper flat-rate traditional phone service.
Dedicated VoIP phones are phones that allow VoIP calls without the use of
a computer. Instead they connect directly to the IP network (using technologies
such as WiFi or Ethernet). In order to connect to the PSTN they usually require
service from a VoIP service provider; most people therefore will use them
in conjunction with a paid service plan.
A softphone (also known as an Internet phone or Digital phone) is a piece of software that can be installed on a computer that allows VoIP calling without dedicated hardware.
When a TA is used for telephone service it is important to remember that to provide services during power failures a properly sized UPS (unintruptable power supply) must be used. The UPS must power the TA, the telephone devices and the internet connection.
CTC recommends a power fail audit to insure that phone services will be available
during power failures.