Team Partners Telecommunications

There’s something about being a harbinger of doom that can cause the author of that discontent either an element of glee or a sense of “I’m, sorry to have to tell you, but...”, and we were definitely in the second of those two camps when, back in January of this year, we reminded you about ‘the soon-to-be-upon-us demise of copper wire-based telecoms’.

Far be it from us to be like “a leaking roof in a rainstorm” as the Bible’s book of Proverbs refers to someone who nags, but have you given any further thought to the soon-to-be-upon-us demise of copper wire-based telecoms?

As a Telecoms company we make a point of, forgive the phrase, trying to keep ahead of the curve. Telecoms and IT are two areas where quantum advances are being made on a regular basis and those of us who fall behind don’t just fail ourselves but fail our customers, and we don’t want to do that so, on your behalf, we continue to scour the news and study the runes to see what’s coming next and how it might affect or benefit us all.

From time to time, we are, all of us, prone to fall foul of that old adage ‘out of sight, out of mind’. Our ability to conveniently forget things is a large contributor to the reason why history so often repeats itself; much as we promise ourselves not to get caught out again or to deal with something by nipping the problem in the bud, we don’t and then have to live with the consequences.

What is no secret but is treated like it is?

Disasters are a part of life; floods, fire, illness, to name a few. That is why we have insurance. If we sit down and think about potential disasters and how they will affect our businesses, we can plan for them, reduce their disruption and even lower our insurance policies!

How would you feel if we were to tell you that the telephone infrastructure you know and love is due to be phased out and that this change will almost inevitably effect you and your business in a big way?

How many of you can remember telex machines?

Would it be safe to say that you're better at it now than you were a few years ago...

So you're thinking of working from home? Congratulations! Lucky you! Even thinking about it is a big step and one not to be taken likely, even if it involves still working for someone else.

Here's a basic premise for you to consider: Your business could not succeed without a phone system. Maybe this should be put a little stronger, it probably couldn't actually exist without a phone.

For many of us one of the great frustrations in life is being put on hold when we make a call, but the reason for the frustration is an interesting one, because the rationale for our frustration may not be what we actually experience.

How many business calls have you missed in the last month? More to the point, how much business have you lost because you weren't able to take a call?

Call it ‘business continuity', call it ‘disaster recovery' call it what you want, but it's what you do to save your business when everything suddenly goes disastrously wrong...

Have you noticed how easily we believe that bad things will always happen to other people and not to us. We're told that one in three people will have cancer at some point in their lives, and we firmly believe that it won't be us. Until, of course, it is.