Our Mission
Our
mission is to provide voice and data infrastructure for you business.
Our product is a low-cost, feature rich,
scalable, PC-based PBX system (Asterisk PBX project) that utilizes the Linux operating system and open source
applications to provide the voice infrastructure
for your office(s). Our product
can be purchased or leased, and our services can be based on a support
contract or on time and materials. There are no license fees
associated with our product.
Additionally, we can provide customized software to meet your voice and
data integration requirements.
Replace
Your Existing Telephone System
We will replace your
existing key- or PBX system with a full-featured PBX telephone system.
Our product is scalable from a small system (with one or two
incoming lines and a few telephone sets) up to a system with many
incoming T-1 trunks and hundreds of telephone sets distributed over
multiple locations.
Upgrade
Your Existing Telephone System
We
will front-end your
existing PBX with our product to provide enhanced calling features.
"Front-end" means that we will place our PBX system between the
PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) and your existing PBX system.
The incoming trunks will terminate at the new PBX, and a T-1
circuit(s) will be installed between the new PBX and the legacy PBX.
The existing telephone sets will continue to be used. This
upgrade will provide voicemail for each of your employees, auto
attendant, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), call queueing, and more.
We will back-end your
existing PBX with our product to provide voice and data services to
remote locations. "Back-end" means that we will place our PBX
system between your existing PBX and your remote sites. A T-1
circuit(s) will be installed between the legacy PBX and the new PBX, and
a T-1 circuit(s) (or a Internet broadband connection) will be installed
between the new PBX and the remote site(s). A new PBX system may
also be installed at the remote site(s). This upgrade will provide
voice and data services to the remote site(s) as well as a unified
dialing plan for your enterprise.
Integrate
Your Voice and Data Applications
With our product, an
incoming call may be directed to a specific account representative based
on the customer profile. With our product, the customer
information can be retrieved from existing databases and displayed on
the service representative's screen before the call is answered.
Utilize
Voice over IP (VoIP) Calling
This product allows
your business to utilize Internet calling. Using one or more
subscription services, outbound calling will cost about 2.9¢ per
minute. Also, DID (Direct Inward Dial) numbers can be used to
establish a business presence in distant cities--inbound calls to these
DID numbers would also cost about 2.9¢ per minute.
Internt-based 800 numbers can be established as well.
VoIP telephone sets
may be used with this PBX. VoIP telephones utilize LAN wiring
(instead of telephone wiring) to connect with the PBX system (and the
Internet).
Additionally,
"softphone" programs can be used from inside or outside the firewall to
provide complete PBX functionality on a PC or laptop equipped with a
headset. This feature is useful for call center agents, work-at-home
employees, and road warriors.
Unified
Messaging
With unified
messaging, voice mail message notifications can be delivered via e-mail
to the recipient. The voice message itself (a .wav file) can also
be delivered as an attachment to the e-mail notification.
Additionally,
inbound fax messages can be delivered via e-mail to the recipient.
The fax itself (a .pdf file) can be delivered as an attachment to
the e-mail message.
Lines Everywhere
Hardware supported
Twin Geckos supports all SIP phones. We recommend the Cisco 7940/7960 for the medium size
business that wants features and comfort. (These are $250 used on eBay, or $350 used
fully-configured from us.)
For the small business and the budget-minded consumer we
recommend the Grandstream Budgetone 101 or 102. (These are $100 new on eBay, or $200
fully-configured from us.) Also the Sipura 841 (Sipura is being bought by Cisco) can be purchased for under $100.
For the business that are not ready to throw out (or sell) their old PBX or key-system, Twin Geckos offers Analog Terminal Adapters (ATAs), in all sizes from 2 ports (providing
two phone line appearances using IP) to 24 ports (offering a full T1 worth of line
appearances). Twin Geckos can provide these new, at cost + programming hourly cost.