Obama announces Enhanced Cybersecurity Effort

Today, President Obama announced a new effort to secure our digital space. He designated cybersecurity as one of his "key management priorities". Read the full of Obama text: "REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON SECURING OUR NATION'S CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE".

DIA DS3 Service for $1999 per month!

A fantastic DS3 promotion is running through the end of June 2009. On a 3 year contract, if your building is fed out of certain COs (Central Offices), you can have 45 Mbps DIA (Dedicated Internet Access) for $1999 per month with no upfront charges. Or, on a 2 year contract, it's $2499 per month with an upfront charge of $500.

To see if your location(s) qualify for this promotion or for other great pricing, enter your info at T1Guy.com for real time quotes.

Our Business Growing Because of Economy?

Persimmon Telecommunications, a proud member of the Telarus group, announces that Telarus sales have continued their growth path through December. In December 2008, annualized revenue exceeded $7 MM for the first time ever. I believe this is at least in part because, in these trying economic times, businesses which in the past just paid their Telecommunications Carrier bills without paying a lot of attention to them are now looking more closely at these expenses. When they do so, they often find us since we are able to quickly review the options available from over 50 carriers and then to recommend the ones that best fit the business need. See a chart of the annualized revenue since inception at http://t1guy.com/Annualized Sales.ppt.

Learn "How To Do Webinars" This Weekend

Joe Budelis, Owner of Persimmon Telecommunications, is giving training presentations this weekend at the Trenton Computer Festival on "How To Do Webinars". The presentations give guidance on choosing a platform for audio conferencing, PowerPoint presenting, more general presentation of whatever is on your desktop monitor, and video conferencing. A platform that Joe recommends and sells will be demonstrated. Links will be given to other systems that are free or very low cost. If you would like to attend the Sunday morning presentation remotely, register at "How To Do Webinars" registration by 11 AM Eastern Time at the latest.

United States Patent and Trademark Office formally accepts Telarus Telecommunications Claims

As a proud member of the Telarus group of Telecom agents, Persimmon Telecommunications is proud to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office formally accepted all 38 claims relating to the online generation of real-time commercial telecommunication service quotes. Originally filed in May 2003, United States Patent 7,496,184, entitled “System and Method to Determine and Deliver Quotes for Distance-Sensitive Communication Links From Multiple Service Providers” was amended in August 2008 to include new innovations that occurred subsequently.

This will help protect the great, innovative ideas of our founders from being copied, and will help insure that the investments made in building this technological advance will be fruitful.

Persimmon Telecommunications Rings in the New Year with Success

Persimmon Telecommunications, as a proud member of the Telarus group, is pleased to announce that 2008 was an outstanding year for both. Telarus reached new heights as discussed in previous postings. It made the front cover of US Business Review, was named "Top Agent" by a number of our carriers (see previous postings), and was written up in PHONE+, VARBusiness, and CRN magazines. We thank all the staff and associates and the customers whose trust in us contributed to our success and growth. We hope that all enjoy a healthy, safe, and prosperous New Year.

$3 Million in Monthly Billed Telecommunications Revenue reached in October

Another milestone has been reached - this month the total monthly revenue of our commercial customers has surpassed the $3 Million mark. As a proud member of the Telarus group of consultant agents, Persimmon Telecommunications is proud to be a part of this growing venture. While other businesses around the world are struggling in these difficult economic times, as a confirmation of our great business model, we are doing better than ever. Meanwhile this year Telarus has received numerous awards. Some of the most significant are:

2008 Members Choice Award Winner - Telecom Association
2008 Gold 5-Star Award Winner - VAR Business Magazine
2008 PHONE+ Top 50 Channel Program
2008 Emerging Tech Vendor - CRN Magazine

US Business Review Front Page Article describes our Innovative Telecommunications Business Model

The cover story on the current issue of US Business Review describes the success of the Persimmon Telecommunications business model. As a proud member of the Telarus group of consultant agents, we are able to provide organizations with very quick (often real-time) Telecommunications quotes and plan descriptions from over 20 carriers. This includes data and voice quotes on T1, DS3, OC3, Fast Ethernet, OCx, GigE, PRI, SIP, PtP (Point to Point), and MPLS services. The article details how, at the beginning of this decade, this concept that many in the industry thought to be impossible, was developed by the two founders of Telarus into a working business model that is well on its way to generating more than $50 million of projected contract sales for 2008.

Persimmon Telecommunications Selling Broadweave Commercial Services in Provo, UT

Persimmon Telecommunications, as a proud member of the Telarus group, is thrilled that we are now marketing commercial fiber optic network services in Provo, UT for Broadweave Networks. The services offered include 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps high-speed Ethernet internet access, full-featured phone services via hosted VoIP service, SIP trunking, PRI service, and call-center telephony services.