VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol


Traditional phone conversations are carried over a pair of wires.  Those wires are dedicated to that conversation. For as long as that call goes on, those wires, that circuit can’t be used for anything else.

With VOIP, the phone calls move over your network with the rest of your internet traffic.  In geek-speak it is packet switched instead of circuit switched.

Packet switched networks require fewer resources than the circuit switched variety, they can do more than one thing at a time, like deliver email and web pages and phone calls all on the same wire.

Since Packet switched networks are more efficient, they are less expensive.

Since Packet switched networks are less expensive engineers have know for a long time that all voice calls would in time be moved off the traditional circuit switched network to an IP based system.  That time has come.
 

Why Buy a VOIP Phone System?


Phones are connected via Ethernet and IP, just like your computers. Separate wiring is no longer needed since existing computer cabling is used reducing installation costs.

Phone extensions follow the phone, not the wires/jack.  Moving an extension in a VOIP system no longer requires reprogramming the system, you simply move the phone.

Non-VOIP systems will soon be a thing of the past.  Vendors are developing and adding new features to VOIP systems and not to their legacy products. Features like text messaging, RSS and cellular gateways will never be available on a traditional PBX.

In a VOIP sytem you manage and listen to voicemail just like you do email. 



With VOIP you can check your voicemail from any internet connected computer including saving and organizing voicemail.

With a VOIP system the ability to download and archive your voicemail is as easy as managing your email, without the spam. You can even attach a voicemail to an email message and send it to whomever you like.

 

Why choose an open source PBX over a proprietary system?


Cost
Traditional PBX Phone System Vendors spend an enormous amount of money on research and development.  Since VOIP is the future, they intend to recoup this investment by charging a premium for their VOIP systems.

This is especially true of their “Unified Messaging” software.   The open source product is sponsored by hardware manufacturers to spur the sales of their products.  The software is free.  This means that all the high end “extras” the big boys charge for, (voicemail to email gateways) are included in the cost of an open source system. The open source system will run on most any Intel PC making the PBX no longer a specialized black box, but an off-the-shelf commodity.

Features
Like Linux, the open source PBX is continually upgraded by a worldwide group of developers unencumbered by corporate bureaucracy.   All the basic functionality of a traditional phone system are already in place with additional functionality is being added at a phenomenal pace.  

VOIP allows you to read the news on your phone.   I you need to  leave your phone but don’t want to stop a call - transfer it to your cell.   If you don't want to give your cell number to a customer - just forward your extension to your cell phone.

Future
The open source product will far outpace the traditional vendor’s ability to add features and enhanced functionality.

 

What does Extreme Internet offer?

Design
VOIP technology requires a different kind of expertise than those of traditional phone resellers.

Since VOIP is an IP-based platform, the Extreme Internet teams are highly skilled in helping you design a cutting edge phone system which will create immediate savings and increased performance and features.

Installation
Extreme Internet, along with the vast resources available in the Gruber family of companies, is a one-stop vendor providing you an entire system from design - installation - bandwidth - to post sales support creating a long term partnership.

Post Sales Support
A VOIP system operates over an IP network.  As a bandwidth provider, Extreme will become your  gateway to a new global phone infrastructure, with ample resources to handle your  training, expansion,  and VOIP product and maintenance needs.