RE: Computer Telephone Integration

Use microwave and VOIP.

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:49:39 -0600 (Central Standard Time), "Booth Martin"
<Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> As its temporary anyway, go airborne? Or, could you contract with the
> local
> phone company to use their copper in their tunnels so you don't need to
> dig?
>  
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> Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Date: 11/05/03 13:28:08
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: Computer Telephone Integration - 400
>  
> Booth:
> If all things were equal, I think the conduit might be the best solution,
> but the logistics of it are a problem right now. All the construction
> related bids I got still involved us doing some of our own digging,
> running
> conduit along the building, etc.  Along with voice and data we had
> planned
> to also run coax for satellite TV, cable for an alarm/card access system
> and
> some power (110v) circuits attached to our generator.  Except the voice
> and
> data, the rest was nice to have and we have ways to work around all of
> them.
>  
>  We own 2 offices in an office condo complex.  Other owners are Not very
> happy about our proposal to bust up concrete.  It would have been nice if
> our 2nd unit was in the same building, but it is not.  We have outgrown
> our
> space in 3 years, I had planned on longer.  The 2nd unit in the complex
> is
> really a bandaid.  We had a contract to buy another free standing
> building,
> but it fell thru after we could not get one of the tenants to move out. 
> I
> was pretty inflexible about how far I am willing to "commute" to work.  I
> now drive 3/4 of a mile.  Traffic in Atlanta is just like every other
> major
> city sucks (sorry so rude).... So I limited my search for new space to
> something I could buy (as opposed to lease) very close to my house.  So,
> now
> I have disjointed space. (but my drive is less then 2 minutes)  We will
> live
> with it.
>  
> I do like the IP phone solution because if we grow and need to move in
> 3-5
> more years at least the hardware can go with us and be used again.  The
> conduit solution will be in the ground and I don't see it being a
> selling/leasing point to other potential users for our space.  "Of course
> if
> is worth more than the unit next door, it has 9" of conduit between this
> unit and the one across the street!"
>  
> Also, we got to thinking, if one of our customers came to us with this
> problem, we would recommend a wireless data/voice solution.  Time to take
> some of our own medicine.
> cjg
>  
> Carl J. Galgano
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