August 30th, 2011 by admin
Posted 8/29/11 By Dan Baldwin
Editor, 951-251-5155 email
So I'm helping a large multi-location business customer sort through, analyze, organize and otherwise "fix" their multiple AT&T and Verizon phone bills and we ran across this politely worded...
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Tags: analyze phone bill, AT&T, Ben Bronston, best, broadband internet, business phone service consultant, business phone service, contract, custom service, data, economically reviewed, fix, increase in cost, independent telecom agent, large multi-location business customer, least expensive, local exchange service, monthly rates, network provider, network quality, organize, phone bill tariff, phone carrier, price increase, renew agreement, sign, steady prices, technology service provider, telecom lawyer, telecom trained attorney, telecom, value, Verizon, WAN, wide area data
Posted in: Uncategorized, AT&T and Verizon Alternatives, Contract & Agreement Issues, Why Buy from Telecom Agents
August 30th, 2011 by admin
Posted 8/29/11 By Dan Baldwin
Editor, 951-251-5155 email
Many business owners wonder, "Why is the broadband Internet connection at my home so cheap and the one at my office so expensive?" I mean seriously, a 1.5 meg T-1 at work is upwards of $400 per...
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Tags: 1.5 meg T-1, 24/7, 35 meg, bandwidth, best connectivity, blackberry smartphone, break through firewall, broadband Internet connection, business owner, business phone system station, credit card merchant services, employee efficiency increase, FCC broadband report, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, federal government, fiber Internet service, hackers, home Internet connection, home office, home worker productivity, home, Internet firewall security, IT support, jitter, latency, lessons learned, network service, office, OTMA019, outsourced IT solution provider, PCI compliance, processing service, quality broadband connection, quality of service, remote office, residential broadband service, residential Internet, security intrusion test, service provider, Verizon Fios, work from home
Posted in: Data Network & Internet Access, Home Office Solutions
August 11th, 2011 by admin
Here are 4 things to think about as you recommend Metro Ethernet (Known as fiber or Point to Point) and MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) services to your clients.
1. QoS/CoS- While the benefit of prioritizing network traffic can be achieved...
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Tags: Andrew Cohen, ATEL Communications, Business, CoS, ethernet, MPLS, phone lines, quality of service, technology, telecommunications
Posted in: Uncategorized
August 3rd, 2011 by admin
ATEL Communications’ hospitality manager, Dave Sugino, will be on board the USS Midway, a long-time ATEL client, on August 18, 2011, from 0900 to 1600 (9 AM to 4 PM, for you landlubbers!), with the goal of raising awareness of and donations for the San...
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Tags: ATEL Communications, communication, hospitality, hotel, IP, Jerry's Kids, MDA, motel, phones, USS Midway
Posted in: Uncategorized
August 3rd, 2011 by admin
ATEL and its dedicated team of professionals will do everything we can to guarantee your satisfaction when working together. We also like to recognize our employees when they receive accolades from you.
Today, we recognize Kathy Stigall, senior dispatcher...
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Tags: ATEL Communications, customer service, digital, IP, phones, telecommunications
Posted in: Uncategorized
June 21st, 2011 by admin
By Dan Baldwin, Editor
Does it make sense to fire the people who know how your business-critical technology solutions work in a multi-vendor environment?
You're right, it doesn't, so file this news story under "How-does-that-help-your-customers?"
In...
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Tags: 5588575, access control, asset protection solutions, AT&T, business phone systems vendors, CCTV closed circuit television, electronic security, electronic video surveillance, equipment VARs, fire, independence day, intrusion, IT consultants, loss prevention, managed services, monitoring, multi-vendor, OTMA001, physical security, reseller program, security system news, technology expert, technology solution, telecom agents, telecom systems integrator, value added reseller, Xanboo
Posted in: Why Buy from Telecom Agents
June 21st, 2011 by admin
By Dan Baldwin, Editor
Interested in rubbing shoulders with your C-levels and senior IT manager end-user businesses peers who are also interested in migrating their critical business applications to the cloud?
If so, you should consider attending and...
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Tags: AITP, association of information technology professionals, business phone system, c-level, cellular network, cloud application, Microsoft, migrating to the cloud, mobile cloud exchange, on relay, Qwest, sales manager, ScaleMatrix, senior IT manager
Posted in: Cloud Computing (Hosting & Colocation)
June 21st, 2011 by admin
By Dan Baldwin, Editor
So you've firewalled your business's most valuable content like your customer lists, sales figures, and the like from attacks over the Internet, but can your competitors still access the information the same way your salespeople...
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Tags: carrier contract, carriers, cnn, contentious, cylab, eMobus, fire wall, internet attack, mobile device, mobile phishing, mobile security policy, mobile security, mobile threat, permissions, protect my data, security provider, smart phone, telecom agent, test for the threat, wcs
Posted in: Mobile Phones & Wireless Data
June 21st, 2011 by admin
By Dan Baldwin, Editor
If your business is in an area served by Comcast you've probably at least tried them at home for your local phone service or TV service. Now you're likely wondering, "How can their business voice and data services help my business...
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Tags: broadband internet, business phone service, ethernet, it consultant, leased lines, local phone service, network, POTs, PRI, sip, Telarus, telecom agent, tv service
Posted in: Business Phone Systems, Data Network & Internet Access, Why Buy from Telecom Agents
June 21st, 2011 by admin
By Dan Baldwin, Editor
Mobile phones give all of us a sense of security. I check to make sure my cell phone is charged and in my pocket before going anywhere in my car. In my home and office my cell phone sits right next to my office phone. Why? I can...
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Tags: backup, broadband internet, cell phone, color broadband, completely redundant, data backup connection, ethernet, fixed wireless, home office, internet, landline, line of sight, local loop, microwave, mobile phones, multiple office, network communications, office phone, outage, personal communications, service interruption, survivable second path, TelePacific, voice and data, wireless technology
Posted in: Fixed Wireless
May 24th, 2011 by admin
Posted 5/24/11 By Dan Baldwin, ATEL Sales Director, 800-500-ATEL
When I sold my first Internet T-1 to a business customer a decade ago I was amazed that a business would spend over $800 a month to have their data "go really fast"...
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Tags: broadband internet, Comcast, dedicated internet access, Level(3), public internet, VoIP phone service, WAN, wide area network
Posted in: Computers, IT Solutions
May 24th, 2011 by admin
Posted 5/24/11 By Dan Baldwin, ATEL Sales Director, 800-500-ATEL
As a telecom agent, it's my job to help my business customers choose the right voice and data telecom solutions for business. They already know that there's about...
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Tags: business continuity, business phone system, fail over plan, plain old telephone service, pots line, service outage, sip, sipvicious, voice over internet, VoIP
Posted in: IP-PBX, SIP, VoIP
May 24th, 2011 by admin
Posted 5/24/11 By Dan Baldwin, ATEL Sales Director, 800-500-ATEL
In general, the biggest worry most business owners have is "lack of sales" since a long term lack of sales pretty much solves all other business problems. After succeeding in...
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Tags: Andrew Cohen, application software, ATEL Communications, backup, BDR, burned, catastrophic, cloud, critical, CRM, Dan Baldwin, data recovery, destroyed, disaster recovery, disaster, failure, flooded, network server, recovery, remote access, replicate, solution, stolen, storage, system, tape drive, telecom association, test, trusted business advisor, vendor
Posted in: Computers, IT Solutions
April 11th, 2011 by admin
Wireless cell phones give all of us a sense of security. I check to make sure my cell phone is charged and in my pocket before going anywhere in my car. In my home and office my cell phone sits right next to my office phone. Why? I can count on it to...
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Tags: ATEL Communications, Broadband, communication, ethernet, fixed wireless, landline, quote, redundant, technology, telecommunication, TelePacific, Vendors, wireless
Posted in: Broadband, Communications, Ethernet, Fixed Wireless, Telecommunications, Web/Tech