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  AVI intl cell deals, resporg stuff

Best Equity Plays

- gene foster interview, braun story

Hosted Vs. Premis

http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/q-hosted-vs-premise-based-ip-pbx-offerings/2009-07-20

There are three points of information missing in this (and most) "Hosted vs. Premise" arguments that telecom distributors and decision makers should consider: 1. A small business can provide for home, remote & small office phone system connectivity themselves by becoming their own hosted VoIP service provider if they buy a IP-PBX. 2. The break even point (where an IP-PBX is cheaper than hosted) on most IP-PBX purchases is usually under 4 years. 3. Almost any office manager smart enough to keep their job can be trained to administer the simple adds, moves & changes of an IP-PBX after the IP-PBX is installed by a competent IP-PBX distributor. Just as anyone considering an IP-PBX should get a quote from a hosted provider, so too should anyone considering hosted get an IP-PBX quote. Telecom agents and channel partners do a disservice to their customers and prospects (and risk loosing their deal) if they neglect to propose both hosted & IP-PBX.

Best Bandwidth Management Service

- advoda interview Thursday, interview TMC's Jeremy Kerth?

Alert List (Moody's bottom wrung)

- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/moodys-bottom-rung-list-o_n_173378.html

- http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/0609/expect-the-unexpected.htm

Best Practices:

     Selling Hosted -http://www.telecomassociation.com/vendor/taa/2009_WIR/stories/American_Idol_Telecom_Agents_Channel_Partners_Selling_VoIP_SIPtrunks_IP-PBX.htm

        Interview Neil Morris

     Blind Email Marketing - Robert Stevens

Best Disaster Recovery Solutions

     TeleRestore/InfoRad interview