[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400"] Augusta County, Virginia[/caption]/PRESS RELEASE - June 7, 2016/ Carolina Digital Phone, which has more than 15 years of experience serving and solving the communication needs of public sector organizations, credits its change management expertise for successfully completing a major hosted VoIP phone system implementation for the Augusta County Government Center, located in Verona, VA.The implementation, which took several weeks to complete and was part of a procurement process that began in 2015, involved several Augusta County departments and hundreds of employees -- including many of whom had never used hosted VoIP phone system technology, hardware or...

/PRESS RELEASE - April 27, 2016/ Like many IT specialists in the education field, Arapahoe Charter School's (ACS) network administrator Mark Prescott planned to spend the recent Spring Break taking care of some routine maintenance tasks, and enjoying a well-deserved breather after a busy semester. However, when his school's on-site private branch exchange (PBX) suddenly went down, he was forced into action and made a quick-thinking decision that turned a potential nightmare into a triumphant success story: he called cloud solutions provider Carolina Digital Phone.To Mark's amazement, that same afternoon Carolina Digital Phone's CEO Nicky Smith arrived with a team...

Carolina Digital, a leading provider of USAC Category 1 eligible hosted telecommunications for K-12 schools in the Southeast United States, announced that it has been awarded a contract by North Carolina’s Johnson County School System to install a new 4,500 VoIP phone system. Per the agreement, Carolina Digital will utilize the robust and proven unified communications platform powered by Third Lane Technologies, which supports class-leading customization and versatility. The company will also supply staff across Johnson County School System’s 44 schools and handful of administrative offices with leading edge Yealink Network Technology IP phones, which offer more functions and flexibility than a typical...

Carolina Digital sells and supports pfSense security appliance solutions provide reliable, scalable systems that are unmatched in value and performance for your network and hosted VoIP applications. Because there are no required on-going maintenance or license fees, we provide the lowest total cost of ownership with the most security and connection features in the market today. Benefits: Open Source technology - provides the most flexible feature set with no artificial limitations and multiple configuration options at no extra charge Easy to use - intuitive web interface makes it easy to configure your network security preferences without manually editing rule sets or coding ability Powerful hardware...

Yealink a global leader of unified communications has introduced a new entry level IP phone with an affordable price. In quantities over 20 this new phone can be as low as $85/each breaking the price barrier with features only available on IP-based phones twice this price. The new SIP-T40P is Yealink's latest T4 series SIP business phone. Optimised for ease of use and delivering superb sound quality, the SIP-T40P's revolutionary design features 18 on-screen programmable buttons for fast, intuitive call handling. The SIP-T40P, a member of Yealink's new generation T4 series, is a feature-rich SIP phone designed for today's business user. This 3-Line...

North Carolina State officials approved a second area code for the Piedmont Triad that will overlay the current 336 code. The new area code 743 overlays for the area code will be implemented before all numbers in that area code are exhausted, expected to be in 2016. The North Carolina Utilities Commission announced on Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 that the 743 area code has been approved for use. Local phone providers will provide details later on when the new area code will start, commission officials said. The new area code will mean all local calls will require 10-digit dialing. However, local...

Bertie County Schools has recently installed a new and improved voice communications system in all of the schools in the school district.  This is great news for our community because it provides a safe environment for our children and it did not cost the district or the local taxpayers a dime – in fact, it is saving local taxpayers over the previous system. The new system, provided by Converged Networks, LLC and Carolina Digital Phone is a “Hosted VoIP” system.  “VoIP” stands for “Voice Over Internet Protocol” and it uses the existing school data network and the Internet to carry voice...

August 18, 2015 - We may be providing you toll free service today, and may have provided toll free numbers to you as of December 2014. As always, we sincerely appreciate your business and your trust. As you may know, the FCC soon will assess a new annual regulatory fee on toll free numbers. RespOrgs (Responsible Organizations) will make payments directly to the FCC upon receipt of the FCC's invoice. The FCC will calculate the invoiced annual regulatory fee based on toll free numbers in service as of December 2014. We anticipate that the FCC will invoice us for this annual regulatory...

The evolution of the internet is happening now. More than just its infrastructure, how we use it and where we use it to connect are in a state of continuous change. What will the internet look like in the next 20 years? Explore the possibilities for the future development of the internet and strategies for helping it evolve in the best possible way. Enjoy this short video "The Internet: 20 Years From Now".https://vimeo.com/56222459...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it will release the new 844 toll free prefix on December 7, 2013. The last time the FCC released a new toll free prefix was in October 2010 when they released 855 numbers. Businesses across the US and Canada have already started planning to get their very own 844 toll free numbers. Carolina Digital Phone will make these 844 numbers available to its customers with all the advanced features of a business class phone system. 844 toll free numbers will function exactly the same as any other toll free number. The main advantage here is the...