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We sell a variety of leading analog, hybrid IP phone systems, and PBX systems in the Small Business Phone System, Medium Business, and SOHO (small office or home PBX) marketplaces. Our SMB PBX equipment is easy to set up and use! This page is dedicated to helping you with the information you need to make the right choice for your business, we are a leading PBX vendor, we sell solutions! Please contact us if you have any additional questions. The ratings below on the PBX switches (except for those questions dealing with numbers supported such a local extensions) are our subjective ratings of the functionality, 1 being worst, 10 being best. N/A means it does not support that feature.
| Feature |
Talkswitch |
Bizfon |
AastraLink 160 Pro |
Allworx |
Microsoft Response Point |
| 6x |
10x |
24x
Syspine |
D-Link |
Aastra |
| Answering Machine Emulation |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Auto Answer (Extension) |
5 |
5 |
10 |
10(S) |
10(S) |
10(S) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Auto Attendant |
10 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Barred Numbers Mgt. |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Busy Queuing |
8 |
5 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Call Accounting |
7(Y), 10(O) |
N/A |
8 |
7(Y) |
7(Y) |
7(Y) |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| Call Appearances |
10 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Call Bridge |
10 |
7 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| Call Cascade |
10 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| Call Distribution Methods |
6 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Call Monitor |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Call Park |
9 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Call Pickup |
9 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Call Priority |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Call Record |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
7 |
7 |
7 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Call Screening |
8 |
N/A |
N/A |
3 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Caller ID Call Routing |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Central Phone Directory |
10(G) |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Centrex Features |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| CO Line Visibility |
10(S) |
7 |
10 |
10(S) |
10(S) |
10(S) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| CO Lines per Box (Analog) |
2-8 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| CO Lines per Box (VoIP) |
0-8 |
0 |
10 |
>20(O) |
>20(O) |
>20(O), 1 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| CO Lines per Box (Digital PRI) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| CO Lines Maximum (Analog) |
32(H) |
24(H) |
40 |
18(H) |
21(H) |
17(H) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| CO Lines Maximum (VoIP) |
32 |
0 |
0 |
>20(O) |
>20(O) |
>20(O), 1 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| CO Lines Maximum (Digital PRI) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Conference Calling |
10 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Cordless Phone Integration |
5 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Day, Night & Holiday Settings |
10 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Dial-By-Name |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Distinctive Ring Detection |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Ease of Configuration |
10 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| E-mail from Voicemail |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Extension State Visibility |
10(S) |
7 |
10 |
10(S) |
10(S) |
10(S) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| External Paging |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Fax Integration |
10 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Feature and Software Upgrades |
10 |
1 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
| Flexible Numbering |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
7 |
7 |
7 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Interactive Voice Response (IVR) |
1(O) |
N/A |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Internal Paging |
10(S) |
6 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Language Support |
English, French, Spanish |
English, Spanish |
English |
English, Spanish |
English, Spanish |
English, Spanish |
English |
English |
English |
| Least Cost Routing, Route Selection |
7 |
N/A |
10 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
| Local Extensions per Box |
16 |
8 |
50 |
30 |
100 |
24 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| Local Extensions Maximum |
64 |
32 |
50 |
60 |
100 |
150 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| Message Waiting Indication |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Multi Branch |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Multi Tenant |
7 |
10 |
N/A |
8 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Music on Hold |
10 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Name Labeling |
10(S) |
2 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Operator Console |
10(O) |
3 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Outside Line Access Restriction |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Pager Notification of Voicemail |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| PC Based Configuration |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Phone Cost |
10 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Phone Features |
9 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Plain Phone Support |
9 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| Remote Call Forwarding |
10 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Remote System Management |
10 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Remote Voicemail Notification |
10 |
0 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Ring Groups |
9 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Security Restrictions |
9 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
| SIP Phone Auto Discovery |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Support of your System |
9 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| System Speed Dial List |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Toll Restriction |
9 |
N/A |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| Unsupervised Conference |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10(O) |
10(O) |
10(O) |
7 |
7 |
7 |
| Virtual Extensions |
5 |
9 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Voice Mailbox Functions |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| VOIP External |
9 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| VOIP Internal |
10 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Warranty |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
1 Year |
**-Please note Aastra hardware is used for its own PBX software and used with Microsoft Response Point PBX Software
(G) - Grandstream GXP-2000 only, uses XML
(H) - Optional hardware required
(O) - With optional software license
(S) - With vendor phones
(Y) - Provides detailed CDR records, but no analysis |
