Find Commercial Telephone
Systems For Your Business
How to find great deals on commercial
telephone systems and the professional service and support to
quickly and efficiently meet your telephony needs.
Have you outgrown the phones you can buy at the
office supply store? The low cost models with multiple wireless
handsets and built-in answering machines are perfect for home
offices and very small stores. But for larger businesses you
need something designed for commercial operation.
The Commercial Difference
Commercial phone systems are built to take the beating of day-in,
day-out business use. They also have additional capabilities
for handling multiple lines and extensions. There are two types
of business telephone systems. They are the key systems and the
PBX systems. The difference lies in the way they handle multiple
lines and extensions.
Key Telephone Systems
The key systems are named for the keys or push buttons that control
everything on the phone. All phones have push buttons for dialing
phone calls, called the key pad. But key telephones have additional
buttons for selecting outside phone lines. A typical key phone
may have access to four or more telephone lines. You can tell
if a line is in use because it lights up or has an LED indicator
lit next to it. To dial an outside line, you select an unlit
line and lift the receiver. You now control that phone line.
Others can conference-in by selecting the same line on their
handset. A flashing line is one that is on hold.
PBX Telephone Systems
The PBX or Private Branch Exchange operates like a small telephone
office within the company. Multiple outside lines are managed
by the PBX system. To call out of the building, you typically
dial 9 and get a dial tone if a line is available. You have no
idea which line was selected, but it really doesn't matter. Once
you have that outside line dial tone, you call the party you
have in mind and carry on your conversation. For internal calls,
you dial 3 or 4 digits depending on the size of the system. PBX
systems often use T1 trunks that provide up to 23 or 24 outside
lines on a single digital connection.
Legacy PBX systems are based on the model
of individual handsets connected to the PBX system located in
the telecom room by dedicated telephone networking cable. When
the phone is moved, the system needs a programming update to
tell it which pair of wires the phone is now using.
Newer IP PBX systems use IP or Internet
Protocol, the same standard as computer networks. An advantage
is that telephone handsets and PCs can use the same network wiring
instead of separate networks. IP phones have a network address
built-in, so that the system can find them no matter which port
they are plugged into.
How to Find Telephone Equipment and
Services
The commercial telephone system field is large and highly competitive.
The equipment, wiring, installation and service are provided
by business telephone dealers who are VARs or Value Added Resellers
for the manufacturers. You can search them out in the phone book,
but an easier solution is to use an online service like the T1
VAR Network to invite interested dealers to bid for your business.
This is a no cost, no obligation service that quickly and efficiently
matches businesses needing commercial telephone systems with
nearby dealers who specialize in this field.
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