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Start the New Year Right: Consolidate Tech Invoice Management With One Bill

Affiliated Communications simplifies the way businesses handle invoicing with the One Bill Program. Eliminate the inefficiencies of managing multiple vendor bills and tracking payments across scattered systems. With a single, consolidated invoice,…
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Is Your Business Phone System Holding You Back?

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Top Takeaways From This Article  An outdated business phone system creates real costs in productivity, security, customer experience, and competitive positioning.  The warning signs accumulate gradually, which is exactly why they tend…
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Are Copper Landlines (POTS Lines) Being Phased Out, and What Should My Business Do About It?

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A Direct Briefing From Affiliated Communications on the End of Copper and What Comes Next  Quick Answer  Yes, POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) lines—the copper-based phone lines that have served American businesses for over a century—are…
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How Do I Keep My Existing Business Phone Numbers When Switching Providers?

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Everything You Need to Know About Number Porting, From the Telecom Specialists at Affiliated Communications  Quick Answer  Yes, you can keep your existing business phone numbers when switching providers. The process is called number porting,…
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What Happens to My Business Phones if the Internet or Power Goes Out?

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Real Answers From Affiliated Communications on Keeping Your Phones Working When Conditions Are at Their Worst  Quick Answer  It depends entirely on how your phone system is designed. A poorly designed system goes down with the first…
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SIP Trunking vs. PRI Lines: What’s the Real Cost Difference for a Mid-Sized Business?

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A Cost-Focused Breakdown From the Telecom Specialists at Affiliated Communications  Quick Answer  For most mid-sized businesses, SIP trunking costs 30 to 60 percent less than equivalent PRI service. The savings come from lower per-channel…
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Is Your Analog Line Replacement Plan Ready for AT&T’s Exit?

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You’re not imagining it—outages are more frequent, repair windows are longer, and analog line costs keep climbing. Yet you still need those lines for faxes, alarms, elevators, and other systems that don’t fit neatly into the cloud.  Now…
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March Madness to the Cloud: Which Team Will You Pick?

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There are a lot of cloud and business phone systems companies out there today, and different vendors have various strengths depending on your wants and needs. Sometimes, choosing between them can feel a bit like developing your own personal…
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The Great Unified Communications Debate: Microsoft Teams or Zoom

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Integrating business phone systems was just one of the many headaches businesses faced when COVID swept the globe in March 2020 and moved nearly 60% of the American workforce to remote work. While workers were quick to roll with some of the…
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Unified Communications and Hybrid Work Resolutions for 2022

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January is a month that is synonymous with resolutions, and an ideal time to revisit your IT solutions with a new frame of mind and a quality unified communications service. 2021 brought with it some downright scary cybersecurity statistics…
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Be Strategic And Save With Your Business Phone Systems

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