Linksys One is a complete, affordable, easy-to-install communications solution for growing businesses that delivers voice services, data networking, specialized applications, and the Internet through one high-speed connection from a single provider. Business class communications services are delivered by a Linksys One Services Router, which requires only one Internet connection for all services including low-cost phone service. The PHB1100 is the streamlined wired IP telephone that provides quality voice services in conjunction with the Linksys One services router. The services router is the core of your network, and must be present to facilitate all Linksys One solution configurations.

The Linksys One PHB1100 IP telephone works like any desktop business phone, but it operates over Ethernet that makes it very easy and cost-effective to deploy. Linksys One technology is automatic and self-configuring simply plug in a Linksys One phone to the Linksys One Services Router switch port and you¡¯ll be ready to make and receive quality calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The Linksys One PHB1100 IP telephone delivers traditional telephony services to the small business user such as call forwarding, transfer, busy lamp field and shared line appearances on a next-generation IP phone platform.

This platform contains a monochrome (192 X 64) blue backlit display; 24 programmable buttons with integrated status indication, 4 softkeys, 3 fixed function keys and a 3-position navigation key. A full-duplex speakerphone, handset and headset port offer superlative audio quality, volume control and muting control. An integrated quality of service enabled 10/100 switch provides wired network access for the phone plus an attached PC. The upstream port accepts IEEE power over Ethernet (802.3af) and fully powers the phone and connected media devices. An integrated voice mail application provides cost-effective, high-quality voice messaging service with both local and remote access to stored messages.

Software running on the PHB1100 phone interacts with provisioning, management, and security software on the site's services router and interacts further upstream to the service provider. This interaction provides a simple, one-step installation and access to web-administered features for the administrator and users. Upcoming application interaction will allow third party applications to be driven by the phones. These applications can either be local to the business site or delivered as a component of a hosted service. But there's no need to wait ¨C today¡¯s Linksys One IP phones have all useful features of most popular key sets and can save you money, starting now. Simple, affordable network operations throughout the network's lifetime are the result.