If you are interested in deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to a branch or remote office, then this podcast might give you a head start in determining a product to evaluate. 

Technology and links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Cisco Unified Call Manager Express (CME) 4.0
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• POTS
• PBX
• VPN tunnel
• video-conferencing
• Cisco IOS 12.4 (4)
• Cisco Unity Express (CUE) 2.3 voice mail services
• Cisco Quick Configuration Tool 2.0
• Survivable Remote Site Telephony
• IMAP

And as in the podcast the costs for this setup was:

• Cisco 2801 with 24-user CCME Bundle ($3095)
• Unity Express SCUE-12-VM option ($2995)

This podcast is sponsored by O’Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

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