Jeremy, Author at Steadfast Telecommunications

Traveling abroad or have offices in other countries?

Before Voice over IP, when you travelled internationally, calls back to the US were usually really expensive. Long before I ever had a cell phone, I remember having to find a pay phone and use a calling card to get a somewhat discounted rate. No way would that have been practical for a business! Fast-forward to 2014 –Voice over IP has completely changed communications. While abroad, you could intercom with your office, as if you were actually there. Read on:

Sprint beats the record…

With a $7.5 million dollar fine from the FCC for violating Do Not Call Registry regulations. To date, this is the largest penalty that the FCC has imposed for violating the Do Not Call rules. This isn’t even the first time for Sprint. Three years ago, they were fined almost half a million for the same infraction.

A Real Visit to the Cloud (well, sort of).

Last week, I had an opportunity to visit a data center. For those who are not familiar with what a data center is, it’s a large facility that is used to house servers and equipment that companies rely on to keep their operations running. Interlinked data centers are what make “cloud” computing, the Internet and hosted services possible. To actually see what a data center looks like, you can check out Google’s.

What Voice over IP Means for the Environment

As a society, we’ve become more conscious about our energy usage and how we impact the environment in which we live. For years, environmentally harmful products and substances have been supplanted by less-harmful ones. One example of this is that you won’t find new refrigeration equipment using ozone-depleting CFC gases. You’ll also have a tough time finding traditional incandescent light bulbs, since those are being phased out and replaced with compact fluorescent and LED lightbulbs. Even looking at transportation, have you noticed that electric and hybrid cars have become fairly common? New homes and offices are even being designed according to “green” principles. So, what can your business do to be green (and even save some money in the process)?

Part 5: What happens after my Voice over IP Phone System is Installed?

Part 5 on migrating your business to a Voice over IP phone system. This is part 5 of our article series on switching your business over to a voice over ip phone system. Part 1 was an overview of what business Voice over IP is and how it can benefit your business. Part 2 covered some of the options and features available to businesses who wish to migrate over to a Voice over IP phone system. Part 3 discussed various aspects that you should take into consideration when switching to Voice over IP. Part 4 gave brief walkthrough of the next steps to take once you’ve decided to switch to Voice over IP. In part 5, we’ll wrap everything up and discuss some long-term considerations for your business.

Part 4: How Do I Get a Business VoIP System?

Previously, we’ve discussed the options that are available to you for a business VoIP system and what you should consider before switching to VoIP. Part 4 of this series, on migrating your business to VoIP, is about what happens after you’ve decided that a VoIP system is right for your business.

Part 3: Things to Consider Before Switching to VoIP

Welcome to Part 3 in our series about migrating your business over to VoIP. (Last week, we took a break for our April Fools’ article). In Part 2, I gave an overview of some of the options available for Business VoIP. This week, we’ll go over things you should consider before switching to VoIP. Before You Continue:

It’s never good to have a Heartbleed

You’ve seen the term “Heartbleed” all over the news and internet. So what is Heartbleed and how do you keep it from causing harm to you? Here’s a quick non-technical overview of Heartbleed:

Happy April Phones Day

Happy April Phones Day – April 1, 2014 ________________________________________________________ News “VoIP Appreciation Day” Steadfast Telecommunications, the leading VoIP systems provider in the New York Tri-State Area, is celebrating VoIP Appreciation Day with a special offer! Today only, the company will be offering its customers the option to buy 1976 (or earlier) telephone technology at incredible 2014 prices! At the early morning press event, the CEO of Steadfast stated: “We want to emphasize just how far telephone technology has come since the company was founded, in 1976.”

Part 2: An Overview of Business VoIP Options

This is the second article, in a series, that covers the steps involved in migrating your business to VoIP. The objectives are: to demystify the transitioning process and provide you with valuable information about Business VoIP options and how your company will benefit. Last week, I gave a brief overview of the commonalities and differences between Business VoIP and traditional business telephone systems. This week, we’ll go over some of the Business VoIP options which are available to your company for systems and services.

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