For larger businesses, PRI (primary rate interface) connections have been the workhorse for voice telecommunications for over a quarter century. A PRI can carry 23 simultaneous voice conversations. While some of the larger on-site phone systems now support the more modern SIP trunk interfaces, the PRI remains important for many businesses. Avid is the only […]
Lenexa-based Winning Streak Sports makes sports banners featuring championship pro and college teams. They were hoping that their old phone system had a few more months of life. The ten employee company knew that their phone system was running on fumes, but they wanted to make the switch to Avid’s Cloud-based VoIP system at the […]
This month, Avid welcomes Unity Worldwide Headquarters as a new client. We are excited by each new client who joins us, but for someone who grew up in South Kansas City and could look to the east from his yard and see the Unity Village Tower in Lee’s Summit, this one is special. Manny Stone, […]
It’s spring and along with the dandelions an even more noxious urban weed begins to proliferate – graffiti. While the graffiti vandal considers his act one of personal expression, the property or business owner understands the cost of repairing the damage and the blow to the neighborhood’s image caused by graffiti. And who really has […]
We’ve wanted to update our logo for quite a while. When our business started dramatically changing because of Google Fiber’s rollout in 2015, we started thinking about what might be a nice counterpoint to the Google Fiber multi-colored rabbit logo. After a burst of unbridled creativity seldom seen in telecommunications – including the suggestion by […]
We’re in the process of increasing our staff by over 30%. We’re looking for engineers, account executives and customer service people. If you, or someone you know, might be interested, please let us know! David Hollingsworth, T.J. Sauder and I have been involved in rapidly growing companies in the past. Haphazard hiring is a good […]
For many of our customers, no introduction is needed when talking about Mike McDowell. Mike is one of the public faces of Avid and is our lead field technician. Mike’s technical skills are great, but his personality is what scores highly with our clients. Ever calm, always pleasant, he can communicate the technical aspects of […]
Since the old Bell System was broken up thirty years ago, dozens of companies have asked you to switch your long distance service. Then about 15 years later, dozens of companies asked you to switch your local phone service. For the last 10 years, many companies have asked you to switch your Internet service. Are […]
Businesses in Kansas City still seem to be trying to figure out what Google Fiber means for them. And a lot of our competitors are supplying them with plenty of misinformation. What is Whistling Through the Graveyard? You’ve seen this in scary movies. A guy is walking through a graveyard at night and starts whistling […]