CES: Allworx' Low-Cost VoIP Switch For SMBs Integrates Mobile PhonesCES: Allworx' Low-Cost VoIP Switch For SMBs Integrates Mobile Phones

Finding business solutions at a event called the Consumer Electronics Show can sometimes be tricky. But they are here. One of those solutions is Allworx' 6X Voice-over-IP (VoIP) "switch" for small-to-medium sized businesses. One of the 6X's coolest features is how, if you don't answer an incoming call, the call gets pushed out to your cell phone. If you don't answer your cell phone, the 6X pulls the call back for pickup by its own voice mail system.

According to the Allworx CEO George Daddis Jr. (seen in the video), the 6X supports up to 60 people simultaneously and is dirt simple to connect to other 6X switches in remote offices. Everyone gets a 4-digit extension and voice mail and calls routed between branches are routed over the Internet.

In the video, we check out all of the ports on the back of the 6X. There are six-inbound ports for phone lines and two others for faxes and Polycom-type conference room devices. There's a WAN port and LAN port. The WAN port goes out to the Internet for connecting to other branch offices. The LAN port is there for the switch to connect to the same LAN that all of your handsets would connect to.

Allworx's devices (the 6X and the handsets) also support the standard for Power-over-Ethernet (PoE). The 6X itself is available from Allworx for $600.