VOIP companies
Jargon
- SIP trunking
- siptrunk.org: What Is SIP Trunking?
- - PBX with SIP-enabled trunk side
- - enterprise edge device understanding SIP
- - Internet telephony of SIP trunking service provider (Internet Telephone Service Provider [ITSP])
- PSTN
- Public switched telephone network
- SBC
- NATed LAN
- NAT is short for Network Address Translation, an Internet standard that enables a local-area network (LAN) to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic. A NAT box located where the LAN meets the Internet makes all necessary IP address translations.
Buffalo VOIP
- Many brands. Lots of hardware.
- I-Evolve Technology Services® provides VoIP consulting and support for businesses primarily in and around Buffalo, NY, but I-Evolve can also provide VoIP services anywhere in North America.
- Great Lakes IT Services VoIP packages offer solutions to replace or improve your current business phone system with Voice-over-IP.
- Seems oriented to home customers rather than business integration.
- Comtel has been committed to serving Buffalo and Western New York community for over 20 years. Locally-owned and operated in Tonawanda, NY, Comtel has been designing, installing and servicing telephone systems for over 5,000 customers in the area and is now offering VoIP hosted IP/PBX for Buffalo businesses.
- Located in Buffalo, New York, The PCA Group offers I.T. services throughout Western New York (WNY), Upstate New York, Southern Ontario, and wherever our clients need us across the United States.
The PCA Group, Inc.
455 Cayuga Road, Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14225
716.932.7830
- Alt Systems specializes in the design, installation, and support of business VOIP and telephone systems in Western NY.
Long list
- 1TouchTone
- 8x8, Inc
- AllDigitalVoice
- AT&T
- BroadVoice, Inc
- Broadvox, Ltd
- Cable One
- Cebridge Communications
- Centric Voice
- Cinergy Communications
- Clarity Telecommunications
- Comcast Phone of Kansas LLC, d/b/a Comcast Digital Phone
- CommPartners
- Convergent Networks
- Cox Kansas Telecom, LLC d/b/a Cox Communications, Inc
- DIECA Communications, Inc, d/b/a Covad Communications Company
- Eagle Communications, Inc
- Earthlink, Inc
- FonVantage
- Google, Inc.
- iConnectHere
- Level 3 Communications, LLC (wholesale service provider)
- Lightyear Network Solutions
- Maximus Telecom
- Mediacom Cable
- Midwest Connections
- My Phone Company
- Nuvio Coporation
- NuVox Communictions of Kansas, Inc
- Opex Communications, Inc
- Packet 8
- Primus Telecommunications
- Qwest Communications Corporation
- rocketVoIP
- SKT, Inc
- Skype Technologies
- SunRocket, Inc
- TelCove Investment
- Time Warner
- Verizon (Voicewing)
- ViaTalk, Inc
- VoicePulse, Inc
- VoIP Incorporated
- Vonage America, Inc
- Yahoo!, Inc
System requirements
- Provide international service (Canada) for all toll-free numbers.
- Connect to mixers in Studio A and Studio B.
- - 1-877-888-6279
- - 1-877-511-5483
- Work with RX (?) fund-drive system.
- Act as PBX for three businesses (Station of the Cross, Orthodent, Holy Family).
- Fault tolerant.
- Good support. [May need a "value-added reseller."]
Post mortem
- Talk with unsatisfactory provider. What went wrong? Has it been fixed? Can it be fixed?
Present hardware setup
Some VOIP service working already
- phone bank for fund drive (except Canada)
- Station phones?
Some things tied to PBX
- Studio A
- Studio B
- Orthodent