VoIP communication technology has become increasingly popular in recent years. However, many businesses are hesitant to make the switch from traditional options to this more tech savvy endeavor. As one of the leading providers of VoIP phone systems for business in the Denver area, High Country has helped a number of companies learn the benefits of a VoIP system. Now we'd like to share that knowledge with you.

ARVADA (CO) – Hi Country Wire and Telephone, in partnership with IP 5280, has been selected to implement a SIP trunk pilot program for Northern Illinois University. The program will begin this month, and is scheduled to run until January, 2010. If successful, this pilot will pave the way for Northern Illinois to replace all traditional dial tone services with modern voice over IP technology (VoIP).

For those seeking a hosted VoIP solution for their business enterprise NOT every hosted VoIP solution provider can guarantee call quality for your business. And certainly those hosted VoIP providers that do NOT guarantee call quality are definitely a cheaper option and they are most likely not forthcoming to inform you that not all hosted VoIP solution providers are the same.

Is now a good time for hosted VoIP ? Are you still living with your old phone key system and mulling over the decision to move to hosted VoIP service that all your business associates are talking about ? Sound famaliar ? Well now may be a good time to consider the change since the market is starting to get competitive and the technology is maturing to the point that total network outages are an extreme exception. If you have an old Nortel, Avaya, Mitel, Inter-Tel, NEC, Toshiba, Vodavi, or Panasonic phone system here are some key reasons to consider…

The Benefits of ShoreTel's N+1 VoIP Redundancy We continually here our clients requesting a VoIP phone solution. In some cases a digital phone solution with a VoIP enabled phone system is sufficient. However, for larger or mult-site organizations who want an extra layer of built-in VoIP redundancy a ShoreTel phone solution is optimal. Our primary reasoning here is that if a Shoretel appliance were to fail and spare resources are available to the ShoreTel VoIP phones anywhere within the customers network, then these phones will register to those spare resources. This is a very elegant and cost effective VoIP redundancy…

Payne Consulting - ShoreTel VoIP Colorado School of Mines 85' alums Robert Affleck and Jim Whitfield Jim Whitfield and Hi Country Wire and Telephone just completed a ShoreTel VoIP implementation for Debbie Payne and Robert Affleck at the new Payne Consulting offices. Robert and Jim attended the Colorado School of Mines together and are both 1985 graduates. Jim states, "it has been such a heart warming experience to have a former class-mate reach out for a solution. Payne Consulting could have sought a solution from any other organization. It has been a very rewarding experience to reconnect with Debbie and…