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VoIP Tech Chat posted a new article discussing residential VoIP (and the savings you can get from switching). It’s an interesting read, especially the data with wireless only usage and some of the savings breakdown.

For a typical household, VoIP remains a very cost-effective telephone solution; although you must remember that without good (and we mean good), high-speed Internet, your VoIP will be unusable. Many local phone companies offer a “dial tone only” line for less than $15.00 monthly. With the use of VoIP and a dial-tone only landline, you can still save more than $150.00 yearly while providing your family a reliable method of calling during emergencies and power outages.

Team Forrest offers Asterisk Consulting Services for a wide variety of VoIP, Call Center, and other Telephony Based needs. From small, family business to large Corporations, Team Forrest’s simple philosophy of “Help the Client” ensures we provide great service to meet your needs.

Asterisk Consulting

From carrier services to traditional PBX services, Team Forrest’s Asterisk Consulting Service provides you the solution you need. Services include:

• IVR Development
• Custom AGI Scripting / Programming
• OpenSER Integration
• Calling Card Systems
• Call Center / Sales Queue Development
• Call Recording (call spying, call barging, whisper, etc.)
• Database Integration (Microsoft SQL MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.)
• Custom Solutions

Emergency Asterisk Support

When a problem comes along, we provide 24/7 Emergency Support to bring your system back to life. Both new and existing clients benefit from our immediate support response.

For immediate support please contact us or call +1 (212) 937-7844.

Remote and Onsite Support

Team Forrest offers immediate remote assistance across the globe. Local, onsite service is also available, with quick response to Michigan, Florida, and New York locations.

Asterisk? Ask us.

With Team Forrest, you get professional consulting at a great price — increased productivity at a lower cost. To see how Team Forrest can help improve your communication needs, contact us. We enjoy talking with clients and look forward to seeing how we can help you.

Asterisk, developed and released by Digium, Inc., is the world’s leading open source telephony engine and tool kit. Asterisk empowers communication with it’s flexibility. Whether working as a simple office telephone system, a robust Call Center platform, or anything in-between, Asterisk provides advanced features at a very low deployment cost.  Asterisk is released as open source under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and it is available for download free of charge. Asterisk is the most popular open source software available, with the Asterisk Community being the top influencer in VoIP.

Everyone has them — and here’s Team Forrest’s version of a Caller ID to Name (CNAM, CIDNAME, etc.) lookup using AnyWho, Google, and 411.com. The first file is the calleridname.pl: Read the rest of this entry »

On Sunday December 29th, 2008, Level 3 (one of the nation’s largest Internet backbone providers) suffered a slight disruption — causing issues to sites such as Amazon, ESPN, and CNN.

VoIP Tech Chat posted an opinion piece regarding Level 3′s handling of the outage. And, as with most opinion pieces from VoIP Tech Chat, we like to pass it on.

Enjoy.

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TEAM FORREST constantly works to provide the best service possible. And with 2009, we look forward to launching some new products, new services, as well as continuing to work with our clients to exceed expectations.

To help communicate new services to our clients, potential clients, friends, and team, we provide several methods of contact, such as:

• RSS Feed for news / notices
• Twitter account for updates
• The Team Forrest Website
• e-mail newsletters
• not to mention… the telephone

So, if you’re not on Twitter, please consider getting an account and following us. It’s a great method to keep up to date on the latest events and happenings.