System Security

Beware when buying new telephone equipment. Find out how long the technician has been with the company you are buying from including equipment/installation experience. Telephone systems have become computers are improper programming can leave a company vunerable to sercuity. This includes hackers accessing the system and using your lines and trucks for free long distance. This can also happen if DISA is enabled. Don't worry about what DISA means, just make sure it is disabled. Another possible feature in voice mail is a hacker capturing a dial out feature and again making free calls on the system. International calling is very expensive depending on where the country. These decisions are not as easy as having a relationship with the sales person, it's more about the technicians experience and who doing the programming. Doing this on the front end with the decision will help. Then make sure the name of the person given is the same one that shows up on install day.