News and Industry Developments

We've mentioned VoIP before - we have talked about cost-effectiveness and disaster readiness. Today, we're going to give a short read on how this system works. Basic phones are analog systems. Analog requires that the circuit be open the entire duration of a call. This means a call on an analog requires a constant direct connection between New York City to Los Angeles. You end up...

As we’ve mentioned before, VoIP is cheap. There’s also a constant redundancy.   It’s bad enough when there’s a power outage in your area. If you were one of the unfortunate caught in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, your landlines and your cell phones were inoperable. The electrical grid is incredibly strained as it tries to supply the demand.   With a VoIP provider, your calls are re-routed through...

After attending a few of Comcast’s Business VoiceEdge Demos I would (almost) consider myself an expert on their product. With so many different hosted options on the market, I wanted to share with you my personal experience with Comcast BVE. When it comes to a hosted solution, it’s easy to see why Comcast Business Voice Edge is a “big player”.  BVE is a great option for...

Have you ever heard of SIP Trunking?  That’s ok, not many people have despite being on the market since the 1990’s. SIP trunking or “Session Initiation Protocol” trunking provides the same services you get from your traditional analog phone line except it is run over the internet. SIP Trunking has been around for many years and is becoming increasingly popular in the telecommunications industry. With so...

Liberty's DataVault uses image-based block-level backup to provide complete data protection as often as every 15 minutes and as far back as 30 months. By consolidating and trimming files, there is no longer a need to swap tapes or drives, no more responsibility for one user to remember, and no more risk of the backup data becoming lost, stolen or damaged. Backup data is encrypted and...