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Hosted VoIP Price Comparison [Video] – Part 3

In this 3rd part of a 3 part series, Mike provides expert insight into the 3 things you need to know about hosted VoIP pricing, when you are comparing solutions for your company. In this video, he details how some hosted

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Hosted VoIP Price Comparison [Video] – Part 2

In this 2nd of a 3 part series, Mike provides expert insight into the 3 things you need to know about hosted VoIP pricing, when you are comparing solutions for your company. In this video, he details how some providers price call

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Hosted VoIP Price Comparison [Video] – Part 1

In this 1st of a 3 part series, Mike provides expert insight into the 3 things you need to know about hosted VoIP pricing, when you are comparing solutions for your company. In this video, he details how some providers

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Hosted VoIP Price Comparison

“We have 300 employees but we’re hardly ever on the phone, so hosted VoIP is too expensive for our company. We can’t justify paying $25 per month, per person.” Sincerely, Many Network Administrators. This Network Admin is correct… about a

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Fix poor VoIP call quality with a dedicated circuit

This is a bummer but I’m going to say it. Getting a huge fiber Internet connection may not do anything to help your company’s VoIP call quality. Assuming everything is squared away on your LAN, the most common causes of poor call

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Buy the Phone System or go Hosted? Here is what I do.

Your company is in the market for a new phone system, and you aren’t sure whether your company should buy the system or go with a Hosted VoIP solution. As a both a telecom broker and business owner for many

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SD-WAN Providers’ Secret Weapon

Hey IT Buyers! Do you currently have a back-up Internet connection at any of your company’s sites? Smart. But what is it being used for, as we speak? I’m assuming your answer is “nothing” or at best, a DMZ for

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MPLS vs. SD-WAN

So you are contemplating replacing your MPLS network with an SD-WAN network. But you’re wondering, “What’s the difference?” Well, as I explained in a previous blog, SD-WAN can bring a ton of benefits, like increased network speed, more link uptime,

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Six Benefits of SD-WAN

You’re an IT manager for a company with multiple locations. Your MPLS WAN contract is coming up and you’re thinking… “Do we still need MPLS? Should we just go big bandwidth at all sites and run an IP-Sec VPN? Should

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Best Hosted Exchange Providers in 2016

When you hear “Hosted Exchange” who is the first provider you think of? Well, Microsoft might be the manufacturer of the software, but they are not the only distributor. If you are strictly shopping for Hosted Microsoft Exchange for your

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