In September, the Small Business Jobs & Credit Act was signed into law, which gives small business owners major tax benefits and improved access to capital through end-of-year 2011. This legislation can make the equipment you need very affordable.

As you know, business asset purchases normally must be depreciated over a period of time. The tax code now allows a business to elect to expense (immediately write-off) the purchase up to $500,000, which yields an immediate tax deduction and large tax savings.

Here’s an example of how a $125,000 purchase breaks down…

Section 179 Write-Off Amount: $125,000
Cash Savings on Purchase: $43,750
(Assuming a 35% Tax Bracket)
Net Cost of Equipment: $81,250

Check with your Accountant on how this tax break affects your business. Then contact Tel-One for help in taking advantage of this opportunity for your business: sales@tel-one,com or (800) 249.1989.

Many customer satisfaction ratings are simply marketing tools designed and managed to produce positive feedback. The D&B report is based on real results from real customers.

Sarasota, Florida (Vocus) September 28, 2010

Star2Star Communications, maker of ‘The World’s Most Reliable Internet Phone Solution,’ announced today that the company received very high scores in a recent Supplier Performance Review conducted by Dun & Bradstreet’s Supply Risk Management division. Star2Star2 continues to set itself apart from the competition in an otherwise stagnant industry with increasingly disgruntled customers.

The D&B Past Performance review was initiated by a government agency as a part of the GSA Schedule qualification process. D&B was given Star2Star’s master customer list containing the names of tens of thousands of Star2Star customers. D&B chose the survey participants with no input from Star2Star.

On a scale of 0 to 100, Star2Star received unusually high rankings, scoring in the 90th or higher percentile for all of the rating categories, including Reliability, Cost, Order Accuracy, Delivery / Timeliness, Quality, Business Relations, Personnel, Customer Support, and Responsiveness.

Norman Worthington, CEO of Star2Star said, “Many customer satisfaction ratings are simply marketing tools designed and managed to produce positive feedback. The D&B report is based on real results from real customers.”

Joe Rhem, President and CTO, continued. “Our system was designed to keep our customers happy. Our obsession with reliability, 24/7 monitoring, unique system architecture, and excellent customer service give our customers a high level of confidence in their phone systems.”

On a scale of 0 to 100, Star2Star received unusually high rankings, scoring in the mid-90 percentile for all of the rating categories, including Reliability (94%), Cost (95%), Order Accuracy (94%), Delivery / Timeliness (93%), Quality (92%), Business Relations (93%), Personnel (94%), Customer Support (92%), and Responsiveness (91%).

“Even more than a testimony to our products and service, the scores are a reflection of the commitment of our entire team.“, said Worthington. “We grew at 500% in 2008, 400% in 2009, and we expect to grow another 300% this year. When you grow that fast, it is important to make sure that your customers remain happy.”, he continued.

We appreciate the recognition from the ITEXPO judges, and we also appreciate the ongoing support of our customers and dealers.

Los Angeles, CA (Vocus) October 7, 2010

Star2Star Communications, maker of “The World’s Most Reliable Internet Telephone System” was announced as a winner of a prestigious “Best-of-Show” award at the ITEXPO West show, held this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

“Our system is built around a unique and superior architecture that delivers some very real advantages to our customers”, said Joe Rhem, President of Star2Star. “We appreciate the recognition from the ITEXPO judges, and we also appreciate the ongoing support of our customers and dealers”, he continued.

The Star2Star system uses a unique blend of an on-site PBX system (called a StarBox) and a suite of telephony applications hosted on Star2Star’s high-reliability servers. The on-premise PBX can make intelligent call routing decisions. For example, intercom calls from one extension to another never leave the building; the calls are connected directly between the two extensions without typing up Internet bandwidth or trunk resources.

Unlike other VoIP providers, Star2Star provides a complete, end-to-end service that includes the PBX, the VoIP service, and IP telephones. Star2Star takes responsibility for service and support for the entire system, and even offers next-day equipment replacement in the event of a hardware failure. By taking responsibility for the entire call path, Star2Star can control quality and monitor reliability, using patent pending technology.

Star2Star Awarded Internet Telephony 2010 Excellence Award

Star2Star Communications, maker of “The World’s Most Reliable Internet Phone Solution,” announced today that the company has received a 2010 Internet Telephony Excellence Award from TMC, publisher of Internet Telephony Magazine.

The annual Excellence Awards are presented to companies that provide case studies of IP Communications success experienced by one of their clients after implementing the nominated product/service. Awards are based on demonstrated improvements that the winner’s product/service has made in the client’s businesses.

“We’re very gratified to receive the recognition. We’re also gratified that the client we featured in our award entry has just ordered Star2Star systems for two more of their business locations.” said Norman Worthington, CEO of Star2Star.

“This is the third major award we’ve won in the past six weeks”, added Joe Rhem, President of Star2Star. “This award underscores the value of our unique Blended Architecture End-to-End System Architecture”, he continued.

“All the companies recognized have created IP communications products that have proven to be exceptional and in the end delivered winning solutions that benefited their customer,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC, the publishers of Internet Telephony Magazine.