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How do we do VoIP?
When you use Unitec VoIP, your call connects first via the internet to our switching facility in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A. From there, you’re switched to your destination. You pay only 4ў a minute for the first leg of the call to the U.S.A. and you pay our low low U.S. rates for the next leg. For example, if you were calling the U.K. from Kenya and paying the regular rate, you would pay ... well, you would pay a lot. If you were using Unitec’s callback service, you’d pay only 50ў a minute. But with the Unitec internet service, you’d pay 4ў a minute for the connection to Virginia and 6ў a minute for the U.S./U.K. link. Your total cost would be 10ў a minute!

How can you use VoIP?
Do you operate a hotel? Make the Unitec international service available to your guests. Surprise everyone with the economical rates and still derive income from calls.
Do you manage an office? Your entire staff can rely on the Unitec connection for international calls.
Do you run an internet cafй? Have the Unitec telephone there and ready to use.
Remember, Unitec internet telephone service is phone-to-phone. No cumbersome computer keyboarding, no screens, no fuss.

What do you need for VoIP?
A full-fledged VOIP phone-to-phone service is astonishingly simple and easy to install. Here’s what you’ll need:

A high-speed internet connection. This can be a cable modem, or a super high-speed services such as ISDN, DSL or a T-1 link. The link you choose will depend upon the amount of telephone traffic you intend to use. A typical DSL link, for instance, is enough for eight simultaneous phone calls!
A VOIP box - about the size of a telephone modem. For most users, we recommend and support the Mediatrix hardware.
Telephones and an ordinary phone service. That’s right - your telephones just plug into the Mediatrix box. And your ordinary phone lines allow remote users to call in from outside.
An account with Unitec. Your account can be configured so Unitec recognizes your calls automatically, or you can require your users to enter their unique account numbers, issued by you.

What’s it all cost?

That’s the real surprise. Let’s take a typical four-phone system. A Mediatrix box costs about $750 plus shipping. Your (say) four phone lines might cost $50 a month. Your cable internet may be about $40 a month, or a fast ISDN, DSL, or T-1 line will cost between $50 and $500 a month, depending on carrying capacity.

Unitec supports multiple VOIP hardware devices hardware devices including Mediatrix, Cisco and Nuera. We discuss only Mediatrix VOIP hardware in this document for ease of explanation.

There are two types of Mediatrix units, FXS and FXO. The FXS takes standard analog telephones plugged directly into it. The FXO is designed for a POTS (plain old telephone service) line to the local phone company or a corporate PBX.

Implementing FXS Units

Small Corporate Offices without a PBX. Assuming your office has a dedicated Internet connection, the FXS units are plugged directly into your ethernet LAN hub or router. Then, regular telephones are plugged into the Mediatrix unit. When a caller picks up the handset, the call is immediately processed over the internet. The user hears a dial tone or is prompted "please enter the number you wish to dial." The FXS delivers the ANI (originating number) of the phone, which we program into the switch. As a result, the caller is not prompted for the account code.
Internet Cafe's and Phone Shops. This scenario is similar to the small business office described above. However, phone service can be sold to anyone who needs to make a long distance phone call. The major difference is that each customer must be charged separately for his or her phone time.

In the event that a call shop is accustomed to billing for exact charges, the owner of the Call Shop or Internet cafй can view the call records on the Unitec web site and issue exact change. In this scenario, unique account codes are not necessary for each caller.

Alternatively, the operator of the Internet cafe or call shop may sell the customer a prepaid phone card (or simply write the account number on a slip of paper). The Internet Cafe can sell phone cards in various denominations, i.e. $1.00, $5.00, $20.00 etc and in any currency. The customer picks up the handset and enters the account number when prompted. After the customer enters a valid account code, he is prompted to dial his destination. In this scenario, there is no accounting to be done or change to be issued at the cash register. If the customer does not finish the card, the value is retained in the card until the next time it is used. Under this scenario, the phone number of the calling unit is not entered into our switch and the caller will be prompted for his or her account code.
Prepaid Phone Cards. One of the most exciting business opportunities made available through the Unitec VOIP system is the ability to quickly establish a prepaid phone card business. The FXO unit can be used to set up a phone card network. The entrepreneur must acquire phone lines from the local phone company. The lines should come with phone numbers or toll free numbers. The numbers should roll from one trunk to the next when one trunk is busy.

The entrepreneur then sells phone cards in any denomination and in any currency. The customers make a local phone call or toll free phone call to that number. The call hits the Mediatrix unit, is passed to our switch and the caller is prompted for his or her account code.

The entrepreneur can sell access to phone service without physically opening up a call shop or Internet cafй and can distribute cards widely around any city or country. The entrepreneur is able to avoid investing in expensive switching equipment because Unitec provides a world-class prepaid calling card platform. VoIP system replaces traditional International Callback services.
Prepaid Cards.
One of the most exciting business opportunities made available through the Unitec system is the ability to quickly establish a prepaid calling card business. The entrepreneur must acquire lines from the local company.

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