The cost and resource requirements of VoIP systems stand as obstacle in the way of small and medium businesses.The Adtran Netvanta 7100 VoIP system is different from other Small and Medium Business VoIP solutions in that it bundles many business VoIP functionalities into a single box. Thus, it allows small and medium sized businesses to save on cost, human resource and skills, easing up the setting up and maintenance tasks and costing about 40% less than existing PBXs used with other hardware like routers and switches.
Bottom Line
Adtran Netvanta 7100 is designed for small businesses that do not want to spend huge amounts of money into deploying VoIP and that do not have the skilled personnel required to support large complex systems. The low cost and all-in-a-box integration of many features and functionalities makes this complete system a serious contender on the SMB VoIP market - it is a very good system for small businesses. Add to this the ease of installation. The system is however not for very large companies as the set of features in limited and the system is quite closed.
A company in which Netvanta 7100 is deployed is Pedcor. Todd Harter from Pedcor Companies has answered some questions for me, sharing his experience on the system. Read the interview here.
Specifications
- Integrated switch, router, IP PBX
- Can support up to 50 stations
- SIP friendly
- PoE (Power over Ethernet, 24 ports)
- Internal voicemail (12 hours, 8 ports)
- Shared Line Assistance (SLA)
- Feature-rich IP router, with firewall
- Virtual Private Network (5 tunnels)
- Wi-Fi access controller for NetVanta wireless access points (eight)
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 QoS
- Voice Quality Monitoring (VQM) and Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
- Music-on-hold input, paging output, door relay
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- North American five-year warranty
Pros
- Cheaper than the competition.
- All in a box system makes it easier to handle, setup and manage.
- No advanced skill required.
- Many features.
- 5 years guarantee.
Cons
- The system being bundled into one box makes it limited in flexibility and quite closed.
- Some advanced features like security and messaging lack.
