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__**VOIP **__

Traditional PBX OR In house VOIP or Cloud based VOIP systems?

good? bad? success stories? failures?

Who is your ISP and how are they doing?

__**Chris Mulios Ethical Culture Fieldston School **__ Associate Director of Technology cmulios@ecfs.org Nortel Option 11 and Option 51 PBX with VOIP

__**Bernard McCormick- Mary McDowell Friends School **__ Moved from mixed Aruba/Nortel environment to cloud-based instance for over 300 phones, aproximately 220 extensions. 10x100 Wireless Microwave through Business only Broadband, backup time warner 100x5 tough to get VZ to handoff (this is a big problem with VZ, not solution providers) 3-4 week spinup, one day cutover Experience with Aruba was good, but tied to solution provider for support - no direct-vendor contact.
 * Bernard || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">McCormick || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">berniem@mmfsnyc.org || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mary McDowell Friends School || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technology Director ||

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bill Romanowski Kew Forest School **__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bill || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Romanowski || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bromanowski@kewforest.org || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kew-Forest School || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technology Director ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shoretel 65 VOIP with PBX <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">upgraded from AT&T Merlin

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before selecting ShoreTel, looked at Cisco, MiTel, InterTel, Avaya and NEC. ShoreTel Vendor: Eastern DataComm - Excellent Tech Support

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bill Walsh Town School **__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bill || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Walsh || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bwalsh@townschool.org || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Town School || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technology Director ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NEC VOIP system with Verizon POTS lines for backup and elevators alarms etc <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Upgraded from old NEC

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Joseph Dioguardi Hackley School **__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Joseph || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dioguardi || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">jdioguardi@hackleyschool.org || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hackley School || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technology Director ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intertel Phone PBX <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">upgraded from Mite

__**<span class="gD" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: top;">Wahlers, John <span class="go a1H" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: top;">jwahlers@harveyschool.org **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ECFS has looked at: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Cisco solution to VOIP with Polycom phones <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Verizon with Broadsoft Solutions with Polycom phones <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are looking at Avaya with Arrow and Carousel Industries in the next few weeks

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Broadview for VOIP all cloud based rented

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using a different network and switches for VOIP using older copper

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sonicwall FW QOS are not that great for Cisco VOIP

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 week of traffic usage of current VOIP units