{"id":252823,"date":"2017-10-16T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=252823"},"modified":"2017-10-16T12:07:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:07:10","slug":"what-does-ip-pbx-stand-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/what-does-ip-pbx-stand-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What does IP PBX stand for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252893\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/what-does-IP-PBX-mean.jpg\" alt=\"what-does-ip-pbx-mean\" width=\"780\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/what-does-IP-PBX-mean.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/what-does-IP-PBX-mean-150x48.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/what-does-IP-PBX-mean-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/what-does-IP-PBX-mean-768x245.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>You may have heard about IP PBX, but what is it exactly? What does it do? Let me tell you all. The acronym \u201cIP PBX\u201d stands for Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>A Private Branch Exchange (PBX) is a telecommunications system that handles the call control functionality of your telephones and fax machines while simultaneously managing your connection to the PSTN. (Publicly Switched Telephone Network).<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/voip-system-guide\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image1');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252863 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/basic-phone-system.jpg\" alt=\"basic-phone-system\" width=\"297\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/basic-phone-system.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/10\/basic-phone-system-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This means that it is a telephone system that handles your call control functionality and manages your connection to your telephone service provider through IP technology.<\/p>\n<p>A VoIP Phone system interconnects your telephones, VoIP Phone system and your VoIP service utilizing your existing LAN and WAN infrastructure. See a common setup on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more? <a href=\"\/voip-system-guide\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'download guide');\">Download our Free Guide to VoIP systems here<\/a>! Or, simply call our VoIP experts at <strong>1-800-398-8647<\/strong> to ask!<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-14c89e9d-60a2-42ec-9323-25647dd92f70\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-14c89e9d-60a2-42ec-9323-25647dd92f70\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-14c89e9d-60a2-42ec-9323-25647dd92f70\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/voip-system-guide\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image2');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-14c89e9d-60a2-42ec-9323-25647dd92f70\" class=\"hs-cta-img aligncenter\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/464097\/14c89e9d-60a2-42ec-9323-25647dd92f70.png\" alt=\"Free Download\" width=\"215\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard about IP PBX, but what is it exactly? What does it do? Let me tell you all. The acronym \u201cIP PBX\u201d stands for Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange. A Private Branch Exchange (PBX) is a telecommunications system that handles the call control functionality of your telephones and fax machines while simultaneously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1573,1221],"tags":[10443,10453],"class_list":["post-252823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-q-a","category-small-business-voip","tag-ip-pbx","tag-voip-phone-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252823"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252943,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252823\/revisions\/252943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}