Haven’t heard the term POTS line before? Don’t worry, not many people use the term or no what it means. POTS stands for “Plain Old Telephone Service”, and a POTS line is an analog telephone line, like a phone line, that you may or may not have at home. A...
Working in an all VoIP world means any type of internet connection can be a voice phone line. There are a few different ways to access the internet: Ethernet – a fixed low voltage connection that connects a device (computer, VoIP phone, printer, etc.) to a network...
What is SIP Calling and Why You Should Care? To really understand and appreciate what SIP is, it is important to know what came before SIP: analog and digital telephone lines. In traditional phone systems, also called PBX, phone calls were made using either analog or...
We’re asked this question a lot, especially now that cloud based/hosted PBX’s are part of the landscape. The term ‘PBX’ stands for private branch exchange and it dates its origin back 60 years. Not many of us remember, but until the 1960’s telephone service and phone...
Understanding the difference between premise-based phone system (also known as a PBX) and a cloud based phone system is critical when making a decision on which type of technology is best for your business. It’s also important to know that cloud based, also referred...
