What is involved in the deployment and how long does it take?
The overall project, from beginning to end, takes approximately 45 days. After the contract is signed, an Encompass Project Manager will schedule an “Kick-Off” meeting, to introduce the team and to gather all of the information needed to create the network design, to order circuits, DID numbers, hardware, and to schedule your network and DID cut over dates. After the kickoff meeting, all of the circuits (T1, backup analog), DID numbers, and hardware components are ordered and provisioned. Circuit installation takes approximately 2 weeks and hardware delivery can take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. Once the equipment is received, your assigned engineer will configure and test it, and provision all of the phones and voicemail/email/fax accounts. Prior to your DID cutover date, your engineer will arrive on-site to install the router, switch(es) and phones, and cut over the network. During this time period your new phones will run concurrently with your existing phones so that thorough testin
The overall project, from beginning to end, takes approximately 45 days. After the contract is signed, an SingleLink™ Project Manager will schedule an “Kick-Off” meeting, to introduce the team and to gather all of the information needed to create the network design, to order circuits, DID numbers, hardware, and to schedule your network and DID cut over dates. After the kickoff meeting, all of the circuits (T1, backup analog), DID numbers, and hardware components are ordered and provisioned. Circuit installation takes approximately 2 weeks and hardware delivery can take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. Once the equipment is received, your assigned engineer will configure and test it, and provision all of the phones and voicemail/email/fax accounts. Prior to your DID cutover date, your engineer will arrive on-site to install the router, switch(es) and phones, and cut over the network. During this time period your new phones will run concurrently with your existing phones so that thorough test
