| When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, | | | | switchboard solutions but you need to be able to |
| people saw so much potential. Since then the | | | | determine what will be e best for your company. A |
| telephone has developed in extraordinary ways. The | | | | company needs to operate smoothly and without the |
| best thing for business has been the switchboard. | | | | hassle. Bigger companies are able to spend a lot on |
| People used to think of switchboards as something | | | | these switchboards but smaller companies don't |
| that could never be used by so many different places. | | | | necessarily need to spend as much. |
| Now there are different types of switchboards and | | | | The main characteristic is to be able to connect to |
| this would've been unimaginable to those in the 1800's. | | | | people within a company. Now with people competing |
| The first switchboard is the Analogue switchboard, | | | | against each other for more clients, business owners |
| which the oldest form of a switchboard. The analogue | | | | must look at what would create a productive and |
| will do connect almost anything that uses conventional | | | | smooth sailing environment. |
| telephone lines. This switchboard goes back a very | | | | The phrase "time is money" was probably the |
| long time and has been used over hundreds of years. | | | | inspiration for the switchboard. Big companies with a lot |
| This system is one of the most cost effective ways | | | | of staff members cannot simply use one telephone |
| of connecting your business. Back in the day people | | | | line. This will create chaos; it's almost like putting one |
| used to operate a switchboard by hand by now with | | | | bathroom in a building with 100's of staff and visitors. It |
| more advanced switchboards colleagues can be | | | | simply does not work. |
| connected internally and people from the public can be | | | | The switchboard has developed in so many ways and |
| connected by simply pushing a button that supports | | | | this has become the driving force of the company. A |
| the extension. | | | | company's switchboard operator now needs good |
| An IP system is basically a system that uses PABX. | | | | experience in this field and someone will probably one |
| To put it simply PABX is Private Automated Branch | | | | day make a degree for switchboard operators. |
| Exchange. This means that a business uses the | | | | In conclusion when deciding on which switchboard you |
| switchboard to connect to different extensions in an | | | | should use for your company, ask someone |
| organisation. This is a more advanced form of a | | | | experienced. There are many different types of |
| switchboard. | | | | switchboards out there and they can get quite |
| The best way to know what to buy is actually talking | | | | complex. |
| to a sales consultant. There are plenty more | | | | |