Tampa, Florida is a Great Place to Be! Reports are out and in 2016, the Tampa area grew to be over 3 million inhabitants! That makes our metro area larger than other well known American cities such as Denver, St. Louis, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Charlotte. With the influx of people, we are expecting the […]
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When Nortel Phone Systems can’t be Serviced
A world where Nortel is no longer around? If this were 1995, most businesses and experts would have had a hearty laugh and dismissed the thought completely out of hand. But, this is not 1995, it is 2015, and the unthinkable happened. During a heated bidding process in 2008, Siemens Enterprise Communications and Avaya went […]
What if all your phone calls were free?
“I’m thinking of going to a VoIP phone system because I want to make free phone calls.” Perhaps not surprisingly, this is a comment that we here at CSM hear very frequently. VoIP phone systems or VoIP phone lines have become so common in the marketplace that there is not only broad acceptance among the […]
CSM Installs New Phone System for Clarion Inn Tampa
After being dissatisfied with the migration path of the existing Mitel system, the Clarion Inn of Bradon began looking for a new phone system. As is often the case, that search started on the internet for our friends at the Clarion. Very quickly, management started browsing the Phonesuite.com site and was placed in contact with […]
Avaya IP Office V9- Why you Should Upgrade Now
The current version of the Avaya IP Office, V9, has been on the market now for two years. Even with the passing of time, we have customers asking us, “what’s new” or “why should I upgrade to V9?” In order to address some of queries, we have loaded a Avaya IP Office White Paper detailing […]
New Phone System Sales- What the Experts Say
When it comes time to purchase a new phone system, how do you sift through all the clutter to arrive at what exactly your business needs to consider? To many, this can be daunting and not as clear as it might seem it should be. Some questions such as “how many phones do we need” […]

Grandstream announces new SIP phone for their VoIP Phone System
One of the products featured by CSM, the Grandstream PBX, has announced a new phone, the GXP1628, that is specifically designed to operate on SIP based VoIP phone systems. Not only is it functional, as described below, but it is also very attractive. Some information gleaned from www.grandstream.com sheds light on this new product: The GXP1628 […]
Implementing A Successful VoIP Phone System
There is a misconception among hotel owners, indeed even general business owners, that Voice over Internet Protocol is more complex than a traditional phone system. The fact is that it’s not any more complex at all — it’s simply different, something that you will need to get accustomed to. Which means if you want to […]

Help! My Phone System is not Working! What do I do?
When a phone system is dead, what do you do? Buy a new phone system today? Well, we cannot say we wouldn’t want you to do that (as long as the money is spent with CSM!) but in reality, there are several steps that can be taken by the user to determine the type of […]

New Review of the Avaya 9508 Posted!
CSM has posted a new review of the popular Avaya 9508 phone designed for use on the award winning Avaya IP Office. Learn about the phone, its physical traits, and what features it offers. Our Nortel customers in Tampa and Austin will want to take special note as it is a perfect phone to migrate […]