Brian
02-13-2014, 20:03
Wasn't sure if GD was the best place for this or not, I checked the member-owned businesses section but didn't see any matches.
After 10+ years in the same location, my wife's business is moving to a new, much larger location on the South side of Denver metro. I am usually their unofficial IT, security and facilities "guy" but we're going to contract a lot of work out with the new build. They already have the GC and carpenters/elec guys lined up - mostly we're focusing on IT this week. I'm looking for any help/suggestions/recommendations on any of the following. She's used Qwest and CBeyond in the past, but we are not particularly in love with either. We may look at Comcast for faster ISP speed and future TV use, but probably won't rely on them to be the only provider, given their flaky reputation.
1) Business class telecom. Probably a key system vs. hosted VoIP. 10-20 phones, voice mail. Our current provider also provides a frac T1 at our home as an add-on, so we'll consider that in the overall quote too. She'll need new phones too as the old ones are, well... old. The last company left the old lucent partner system there, but it's a pretty old model.
2) Internet. Can be the same provider as above. Today, she only gets around 1-2mbit with her current provider, which needs to change.
3) Low-voltage telco/electrician. We may just have the electrical guy do the work, but we're going to need to pull wire and patch new connections for most of the PCs, phones, security lines, etc. There is a lot of old wiring in the building today that's at least 20 years old, we probably won't trust any of it.
4) Printer/multifunction rental company. It's probably time to move up from the one-at-a-time printers they've been buying. Thinking about hooking them up with a managed printer/multifunction company.
5) Security. I am not a big ADT fan. I could call Vivint or Frontpoint, but I don't know much about commercial security companies. Someone local maybe would be good. This would include at least 10 cameras - cameras can be separate or on the same system as the security.
Anyway, any advice is welcome. Especially for the telecom/ISP and security system recommendations. We used a company last time that sourced her phones and equipment and provided recommendations on the company to go with, but they're not in business anymore.
After 10+ years in the same location, my wife's business is moving to a new, much larger location on the South side of Denver metro. I am usually their unofficial IT, security and facilities "guy" but we're going to contract a lot of work out with the new build. They already have the GC and carpenters/elec guys lined up - mostly we're focusing on IT this week. I'm looking for any help/suggestions/recommendations on any of the following. She's used Qwest and CBeyond in the past, but we are not particularly in love with either. We may look at Comcast for faster ISP speed and future TV use, but probably won't rely on them to be the only provider, given their flaky reputation.
1) Business class telecom. Probably a key system vs. hosted VoIP. 10-20 phones, voice mail. Our current provider also provides a frac T1 at our home as an add-on, so we'll consider that in the overall quote too. She'll need new phones too as the old ones are, well... old. The last company left the old lucent partner system there, but it's a pretty old model.
2) Internet. Can be the same provider as above. Today, she only gets around 1-2mbit with her current provider, which needs to change.
3) Low-voltage telco/electrician. We may just have the electrical guy do the work, but we're going to need to pull wire and patch new connections for most of the PCs, phones, security lines, etc. There is a lot of old wiring in the building today that's at least 20 years old, we probably won't trust any of it.
4) Printer/multifunction rental company. It's probably time to move up from the one-at-a-time printers they've been buying. Thinking about hooking them up with a managed printer/multifunction company.
5) Security. I am not a big ADT fan. I could call Vivint or Frontpoint, but I don't know much about commercial security companies. Someone local maybe would be good. This would include at least 10 cameras - cameras can be separate or on the same system as the security.
Anyway, any advice is welcome. Especially for the telecom/ISP and security system recommendations. We used a company last time that sourced her phones and equipment and provided recommendations on the company to go with, but they're not in business anymore.