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Servicing the Buffalo/Niagara region.	Business Telephone Systems Auto Attendant - Voice Mail Digital & IP Phones, SIP & VoIP trunks Voice, Paging & Fiber Optic Lines Computer Network Data Wiring Security & Video Cameras
4892 William Street ~ ~ Lancaster, New York 14086-3206 ~ ~ Phone:(716) 681-6650 ~ ~ Fax:(716) 681-8231

The Vertical Summit is the most cost effective and easiest-to-install hybrid telephone system on the market. This converged telephony system supports a variety of telephones including Summit, SBX, iPECS, XTS and STS digital phones, as well as analog Single Line Telephones (SLT), IP phones*, computer soft phones, cordless phones, and WiFi phones; such as a cell phone. Multiple phone system KSUs* can be linked and networked together via the internet allowing a person to make free intercom phone calls and transfer calls from site to site. The Summit 100 phone system is initially equipped for 4 incoming CO (Central Office) lines, 8 digital telephone station ports and 4 analog telephone station ports for Single Line Telephones. The system can grow to a maximum of 74 CO / Trunk lines, and 140 telephone stations. The Summit supports any type of incoming phone service including: CO Lines known as POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), SIP trunks or VoIP trunks via the Internet, an ISDN circuit, or a T1 circuit. The Summit system (a.k.a. the iPECS emg) has built in Voice Mail with Automated Attendant. See the Summit product flyer.

The Summit phone has 24 flexible buttons that can be programmed for a wide variety of features as shown in the Summit Features brochure. These buttons can be programmed to monitor stations in use, enable one touch speed dial or enable system features such as Redial, All Call Page, Caller ID functions, Off Hook Voice Over, etc. In addition to complete CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) capability, the phone also has 5 interactive soft keys next to the display to allow for scrollable access to preprogrammed and commonly used features. The Summit phone has a 3 line display, available in backlit or not lit. It supports a headset via the modular headset jack. Summit telephones are Charcoal Gray (Black) and are designed for communication effectiveness. Common features are shown in the Quick reference card for Summit phones and the Summit power point training.

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Key Features

Voice Mail System Compatibility - Internal Voice Mail is built in to the KSU with the ability to expand the internal memory.
Built-in Caller ID Capability - Simply order caller ID with name and number from your local phone company and this system will provide you with the caller's name and telephone number on every display phone.
Off Hook Voice Over - With Off Hook Voice Over (OHVO) a person can communicate with an inside party that is either on a call or using the speaker phone without interrupting the outside party. A private voice reply can be sent by toggling the Mute button.
Interactive Soft Keys - Soft Keys located under the super-sharp 3-line LCD enable you to instantly access the most commonly used features as they are displayed on screen. For a conference call, just push the button as it appears on the display.
H-T-P Intercom switching - The H-T-P switching feature allows station users to choose how they wish to receive intercom calls. The user may selective between two-way Hands-free mode, Tone ring mode or Privacy Mode which allows the user to hear the incoming caller over the speaker phone.

Vertical Communications web site

Notes: IP stands for Internet Protocol; a method of transmitting voice over the internet.
SIP stands for Session Initiated Protocol and VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, which are digital circuits for placing calls across the internet.

KSU - Key Service Unit; the main brain to the telephone system which is mounted on the wall at the customer's site.