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Want To Save $40,000?

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Who doesn’t? Well, if you really want to save that much, you might want to consider switching over to VOIP for your business. It has long been acknowledged that VOIP services are far more cost efficient than traditional telephony services. This is, in fact, the main reason many individuals and businesses are now opting to make use of VOIP.

For Hail & Cotton, the experience is something to be proud of and share with others. Hail & Cotton is a tobacco distribution company in Springfield, Tennessee. When Tres Ransom, the IT director of the company, was tasked with the overhauling of their telephone system, he was faced with a decision. This was whether to either upgrade what they were currently working with or whether to totally trash the system and go with a new one – that is, VOIP.

As with many IT personnel, VOIP seemed like a very feasible option. Ransom had some concerns, however, as he was not sure of what he was getting into. More so, he was not sure that he could do the work all by himself. Still, he did some preliminary legwork and calculated the costs of each option.

If the company were to simply upgrade their current system, it would have cost them as much $64,000. On the other hand, his researched showed that the company would have to shell out only $25,000 with VOIP. Ransom did his research on Asterisk and Trixbox at this time. As a matter of fact, Ransom did not have to do all the work on his own as he had some outside help from Voice Pulse, a well known VOIP service provider. What happened was that Voice Pulse gave the company a free trial using Voice Pulse’s Connect for Asterisk and Trixbox 2.4 CE. Ransom was quite impressed with the free trial PLUS the fact that the whole package cost almost $40,000 less than his other option.

This is indeed a prime example of what VOIP can do for a business. I think it is important to note the important role of the VOIP service provider as well. If Voice Pulse was not able to provide a clear option for Hail & Cotton and if they were not able to provide that free trial which was what impressed the client, then the deal would not have been possible.

Gizmo Project: Worth a Try

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While we are on the subject of telecommunication applications for your computer, and since Gizmo Project was mentioned in the past few entries, I decided to write on Gizmo Project today.

Gizmo Project is one application that is striving to make waves both on the VoIP and the Instant Messaging industry. By advertising and implementing an obscenely low-rate free calling program, aptly named “All Calls Free.” It’s a bonus for the VoIP consumer, and it generates loyalty, IMHO.

Another great feature of GizmoProject is that you can integrate it with your other instant messaging accounts. Because of that, you will be able to use Gizmo’s VoIP services, while being able to chat with other “Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, GoogleTalk, and Gizmo users.” Continue reading →

A Satisfied Skype User Speaks Out

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One of my female friends told me that since she stopped listening to the bad press about Skype that she found online and finally gave it a try, she never looked back.

The reason why Skype was so convenient for her starts with the fact that it’s a PayPal/eBay division. Being tied to PayPal, paying for her Skype credits was much easier, and since the day she started buying SkypeOut, she hasn’t had a hitch with Skype payments.

Compare this to her experience with GizmoProject, wherein she had to actually ask for a refund because she couldn’t call out even with credits on her account. Continue reading →

Case Study #1 – Geek Love Radio

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Hey guys, Chris here. I’m starting to do a little bit of Asterisk work professionally now, so I figure I’ll throw out some case studies for you to look at. Critique me, learn from me, and help me learn from you. That’s what these will be about.

For my first case study, I will be setting up an Asterisk box via SSH running on Trixbox for the guys at the Geek Love Network. Their Season 3 is coming up soon, and they have a LOT of great things in store.

Geek Love Network is a network dedicated to dating for us geeks. I admit it, most of us aren’t the hottest and hippest out there, so they help out with that. I’ve been in close contact with these guys for a long while now, and I’ll tell you right now that everyone on their staff is the real deal.

I’ll just leave you with this for right now, but I’ll post more details soon. I will be posting dial plans, audio files (maybe?), and asking for your help in the best way to go about things. Make sure you make lots of use of the comment button below, I’d love to hear your opinion on these sorts of things!