Author: Iain Wicks

ISDN switch off … Why is VoIP better?

29/10/2018

BT have announced plans to carry out an ISDN switch off by 2020 – and phase out the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) entirely by 2025. BT Openreach…

“MP’s will lose their landlines …”.

10/07/2018

“MP’s will lose their landlines as national copper shortage means suppliers can only offer Skype”. This was a headline article in the Telegraph printed on July 7th (2018) –…

Should I give up my landlines and use mobiles instead?

02/07/2018

Last week (in July 2018), a story broke that; “Accountancy giant PwC is doing away with landlines at office desks …” and using “more efficient” mobile phones. We…

VoIP across the Factory floor

02/05/2018

Foxhall Solutions recently installed a Yeastar S20 VoIP phone system for a local Precision Engineering company (after BT got to their business park at long last and upgraded…

What are my options when ISDN ends?

09/04/2018

With the end of ISDN just around the corner – you may be worried that you have to junk your Digital PBX – and all the extension phones…

Nice Feature – Yeastar S-Series modules

12/02/2018

The Yeastar S-Series VoIP PBX range includes four appliances capable of providing a wide range of features when connected to SIP Trunk services through broadband Internet. Each of…

Nice Feature – Yeastar Multisite Interconnect

07/02/2018

Most VoIP systems can be connected through Internet using SIP trunks, to allow ‘internal’ calling which by-passes the public network, and therefore won’t incur call costs. This feature…

Nice Feature! – Yeastar IP-PBX ‘AutoCLIP Routes’

15/01/2018

AutoCLIP Routes is far from a glamorous feature name, but it’s something that could be really useful for your business. You may have missed a call to your…

GDPR: How does it effect Call Recording?

29/12/2017

In May 2018 (and 10 months before Brexit!), the EU-wide ‘General Data Protection Regulations’ (GDPR) will come into effect. While most of us are thinking about protecting data…

What happens to my VoIP if Broadband fails?

26/11/2017

While we expect our phone line to work close to 100% of the time, most of us have experienced broadband outages cutting us off from the Internet. So…