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CIX/CTX, Phone Systems, Toshiba, Toshiba Cheat Sheet »

[9 Oct 2008 | View Comments | ]
PRI Cheat-Sheet – Toshiba CIX/CTX

Toshiba CIX/CTX PRI Programming Cheat Sheet
CTX PRI Programming:
In this example, 3700 are the DID digits, ILG=5, OLG=2 and data is…

Nortel, Phone Systems »

[8 Oct 2008 | View Comments | ]
Norstar and BCM – End User Documentation – While supplies last

Here is a library of Nortel manuals and user guides ranging from Norstar to BCM systems…

2000 IPS, Call Center and Voicemail, NEC, Phone Systems, Zeacom »

[24 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
714 Area code change effects a few things

Ok folks, I had a trouble ticket open regarding a particular client that could not use the call forward all feature without recieving the recording “You must first dial one plus seven one four…”. The client presumed that the access code was being sent twice resulting in 9,91714…

News »

[24 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
911 system knocked out in portions of Orange County

The 911 emergency call system crashed in a large area of Orange County early today because of a glitch in introducing a new area code to the region, the Sheriff’s Department said.

The sheriff’s 911 system was down for nearly 90 minutes in portions of the central and southern county that include about 20 cities, Lt. Ted Boyne said.

News »

[20 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
GoDaddy Promo Codes — 10% off any order and more!

Keeping in line with the name of our weblog…we’re sharing these promos with you. (supposedly they don’t expire but for the record we’re not quoting that)

Go daddy promo codes:…

News »

[19 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
Share your thoughts, share your visions…

Ok, folks I’m putting it out there.

If you enjoy working in the Telecom/Information Technology fields…

News, Off-Topic »

[19 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
BILL GATES – “11 things you will not learn in high school”

ILL GATES’ SPEECH TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL in Visalia, California.
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

(information from Bret Wades blog)

To anyone with kids of any age, here’s some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it!…

Carrier Management, News »

[18 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
Carrier Management – Cut down operation costs.

Expose Hidden Costs.Discover Hidden Savings.

Many companies feel vulnerable to large carriers and their complex billing practices…

IPKII, NEC, Phone Systems »

[12 Sep 2008 | View Comments | ]
NEC IPKII skips a beat…Call forwarding all calls

OK, folks once again I seemed to have stumbled upon a limitation and have been awaiting resolution from my techy guys for about 3 weeks now.

First, let’s introduce you to the basic idea which I found what could be and I feel most likely is a bug. For the record, the current stable release for the IPKII is 1.62 (unless you purchase the 2.+ version for enhanced networking features). **this has not been tested on 2.+ versions**

Situation: Mary is leaving the office for a week of seminars and she wants to have Kathy take her calls when possible. Mary doesn’t want …