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Withdrawal of ISDN and Analogue lines June 2024 Update
BT have stopped the ordering of Analogue and ISDN lines across most of the country as they continue with their plan to withdraw the products for everyone. BT had planned to have ceased every Analogue and ISDN line by the end of 2025 but that has now been postponed to January 2027. However the price […]
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Analogue and ISDN withdrawal
There is now only 16 months left until BT stop selling Analogue lines, ISDN2 and ISDN30. There is 43 months until BT withdraw all the existing Analogue lines, ISDN2 and ISDN30. Every Business and every home that has Analogue or ISDN lines is affected by this. And it’s not just the phone service you need to […]
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What is a Hosted Telephone System?
A Hosted Telephone System is simply a telephone system that is setup in the cloud rather than having it actually at your premises. In the past a business would have had a box on the wall containing the telephone system. They would also have had analogue or ISDN lines connecting the system to the telephone […]
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Direct Routing for Teams
Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing business application in Microsoft’s history and is changing the way businesses view collaboration and voice services. Direct Routing allows you to convert Microsoft Teams into a business grade telephone system with true unified communications capability. It allows you to make calls to businesses and customers throughout the world, route […]
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How a UPS can keep your business running through a power cut
Power cuts are almost unavoidable. Whether it is a localised issue or a wider area issue, most businesses will experience them at some point. However a power cut is caused there is little you can do to avoid them but there are measures you can take to minimise the potential consequences to your business. […]
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Cellular Ethernet
Cellular Ethernet is a mobile internet solution that is a secure alternative to wired connectivity. It is quick to order and easy to setup and coverage is available across the UK. Cellular Ethernet uses a network independent coverage solution to deliver connectivity via three of the UK’s largest mobile networks. This ensures the best possible coverage […]
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SIP ALG and why you may need to disable it
SIP ALG stands for Session Initiation Protocol Application Layer Gateway. SIP ALG was intended to resolve specific issues that may be encountered when making calls over the internet. It attempts to resolve issues by modifying the data packets that make up the call traffic. SIP ALG is found on the majority of routers and firewalls and some […]
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Moving Office
Whether your moving office because your expanding or your moving simply because your current lease has ended you will have a hundred and one things to consider. Your data and telecoms requirements may not be top of your list to check out. However not checking the availability of data and telecoms at your new premises […]
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What is Fibre to the Premises (FTTP)?
Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) is a newer type of broadband which uses fibre optic cables to help increase the speed of your broadband connection. Fibre optic cables can transfer data quicker than the copper cables that other types of broadband use. Fibre to the Premises is often referred to as ‘super-fast broadband’ or ‘next-generation broadband’. […]
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Telecoms and Data Timeline
1837 Cook and Wheatstone demonstrated their telegraph to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway between Euston and Camden Town. 1870 The network of private telegraph companies was nationalised, and operations were taken over by the Post Office. 1876 Edinburgh born inventor Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in the next room using […]
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