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Asterisk Reseller Offers Up Free Assessment Tool |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
US telephony provider, NeoPhonetics is offering a simple web-based
tool for businesses to test whether their existing network is VoIP
ready.
The tool checks whether network cabling, switching, routers, and
bandwidth are "ready" for VoIP in a matter of minutes. NeoPhonetics, a
value added reseller that implements Asterisk VoIP systems has released
the tool so that any company considering a VoIP solution can determine
if their network meets three basic requirements.
First it must have 80 kilobits of available bandwidth for every
concurrent phone call, be based on Category 5 cabling or better and
have network switches that are Power Over Ethernet (PoE), Virtual Local
Area
Network (VLAN) and Quality of Service (QoS) capable and configured.
"The need for this tool became apparent through numerous conversations
with our customers," said Chad Agate, CEO of NeoPhonetics. "Instead of
verbally administrating the Network Assessment Tool, both current and
potential customers can now simply go to our Web site and answer the
questions in just three minutes. Through this streamlined process, not
only do customers save time, but we can ensure a high-quality
NeoPhonetics VoIP solution for every customer."
Designed for non-technical users, the tool is a simple first step and is not intended as a full Network Readiness Assessment.
"In
many ways, the Network Assessment Tool is a network readiness screening
tool. In the way that doctors screen to determine if more tests are
necessary, this tool can be used to determine if a business' network is
clearly ready for VoIP already or if further evaluation is needed,"
said the CEO.
NeoPhonetics' Network Assessment Tool is available at http://neophonetics.com/pages/voipresources/networkassessment.
www.neophonetics.com
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