Multi-Link, Inc., a Kentucky based telecom manufacturer, announced that it is celebrating its twenty-fifth year making reliable and affordable phone line sharing and power control products that allow businesses to reduce phone and remote site maintenance costs. Over the last twenty-five years, Multi-Link, Inc. has grown to be the leader in the industry and is responsible for saving millions of dollars for companies around the world.
Multi-Link 25 Year Anniversary Press Release
The Stick Phone/Data Line Sharing Switch
The Stick (STK29112) routes any incoming analog signal to the correct telephony device. With four available ports, a wide variety of devices can be attached to the Stick including voice lines, fax machines, modems, or important business applications like credit card or PoS terminals. Devices will be detected and routed correctly and with barge in protection — uninterrupted. This line sharing device can be programmed via an attached phone, or remotely. With the need for only one phone line, costs can be drastically reduced with a ROI within months, not years.
Customer Benefits
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Applications
Multi-Link Inc. is offering a leasing program for corporate accounts installing The Stick for their own use. The program provides for rapid deployment, and long term product protection and support, all without any upfront equipment costs.
The Stick saves you money by allowing a wide range of equipment to “share” a single telephone line for remote access, polling, faxing, and normal in/outbound transactions that use a line only minutes a day.
Typical equipment includes:
The typical monthly cost for a business phone line is $50, plus additional taxes and fees. By leasing The Stick at only $19/month, a company can cut phone costs by more than half in one month with no initial out-of-pocket costs. Multiply the savings of one line eliminated by the total number of locations and the savings potential can be substantial. Many of our clients have eliminated TWO lines per location.
The lease program renews every 12 months and provides a customized Security Lock Box with every unit to lock down device connections. Research shows that this mounting enclosure prevents two service calls per year due to tampering. Also, if a Stick unit is ever in need of repair for any reason, e.g. lightning damage, Multi-Link will ship out a replacement unit at no cost.
Customized factory programming (if required) is also included. We program your Sticks exactly to application specs to expedite deployment and ensure conformity. Custom install guides included. Our unlimited, toll-free USA based technical support offers the friendly assistance you need for expert answers and quick troubleshooting.
If you like cost-cutting solutions with no upfront costs call 800-535-4651 for a free consultation.
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Whether you are looking for a fax switch, a phone switch, a phone splitter or replacing now defunct Command products, Multi-Link has the product you need. Multi-Link’s line sharing portfolio (The Stick, Polnet ACP, SR-3 and Versa-Link ATX 250) allows customers to consolidate multiple telephony devices onto a single standard telephone line, reducing the number of lines needed to support the business and the related monthly phone line subscription costs.
At an average yearly cost of $600 per phone line subscription, Multi-link’s line sharing products have delivered cost reductions reaching millions of dollars per year.
Need to replace obsolete Command products? Look at our chart to see what we can provide for you as a direct replacement:
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Multi-Link is currently providing The Stick Phone/Fax/Modem switch to installations companies involved in over 50 “roll outs’ of various Corporate and Government IT projects.
Installers have traditionally installed The Stick for remote polling of POS, Energy Management, Time & Attendance clocks, etc. Be advised that many of the installations now involve inbound and outbound back-up access for remote service and more specifically, for outbound credit card transactions during network down time, as this insures and expedites the transaction.
With quality products, it is sometimes easy to forget the intangibles that can help ensure that your installation is complete before you leave the site. Here’s how we can help you:
Multi-Link sets itself apart from the rest with experience and project “know-how”. Let us help work with you to keep your staff productive and your customer happy.
It used to be that when a small office/home office worker needed access to a scanner, copier, fax, AND printer it meant four machines competing for space and budget. After all, chances are at some point you will need one or all functions during a typical work day.
Whether you use the term multi-function printer (MFP), all-in-on (AIO), or other nomenclature (multi-function copier, or MFC), printers that do more than just print have some clear advantages over single-function equipment; obviously, they save space and money compared to buying multiple separate machines. And who doesn’t like saving space or money?
Basically, an all-in-one will give you a printer, copier, and scanner in one package. Beyond that, if it’s designed primarily for office use, it will usually work as a standalone fax machine. If this is the case, a fax switch like The Stick will provide further savings. The Stick even can be used for fax software on a PC. The Stick routes incoming faxes based on the CNG tones emitted by the sending fax, irrespective of the equipment attached. The fax detection is automatic and takes only a few seconds to route.
So if you are the proud new owner of an All-in-One, get rid of the fax line and the monthly costs of a dedicated line. You are going to need the extra cash for all that ink you’ll be using. How much ink? Use our handy Cost Saving Calculator for yourself.
Hundreds of companies are launching initiatives to reduce the number telephone land lines and the associated cost. Many restaurant and retail store chains have 3 – 6 telephone lines per site. With broadband connections, this number can be reduced, dramatically reducing overall telecom costs. The Stick Phone/Fax/Modem switch can help you accomplish this.
However, not all Analog Phone Lines can be eliminated—typically the fax line remains, as well as back up lines for POS/Credit Card Terminals. Point of Sale Systems generally use broadband connections where available for high-speed payment card processing. However, 75% or more of these systems use analog phone lines as back-up in case of network downtime or equipment malfunction. These back-up phone lines, although seldom or never used, represent recurring monthly expenses for businesses.
The Stick Phone/Fax/ Modem switch allows companies to reduce phone lines by “Sharing” the remaining Analog line(s) with devices that use the telephone line.
How much can you save? Try out our cost savings calculator and find out in minutes!
If your business spends more than $50 a month in postage, chances are you are leasing a postage meter and benefit from convenience, reduced expenses, and time savings. Typically, money savings from using a postage meter average around a 20% per month, due largely to the ability to weigh and meter accurately. Authorized providers of postage meters include Pitney-Bowes, Neopost, Data-Pac, FP Mailing Solutions, and Hasler.
Chances are, like us, you are using the market-leader Pitney-Bowes. We employ a MailStation 2 with great results. Recently I had to update postage rates and download postage funds via modem. It only took about 10 minutes to accomplish. Curious about a technical question, I reviewed the user manual for the answer. While I was thumbing through it, I discovered something curious. In a section named Using an Analog Line to Establish Connections, it states “Use a dedicated analog phone line if possible (one that is not shared with other devices) to avoid possible issues.” Whoa, now— a $50/month phone line?
Being a manufacturer of line-sharing devices aside, Multi-Link , like all businesses, has to watch every expense. It would be counter-productive for us to save money on postage on one hand, and then just use the savings to pay for an additional phone line used just once a month, or even three months, for 10 minutes at a time! How many other companies can afford to pay that?
Installing the postage meter on a line-sharing device like The Stick would take only minutes, and the barge-in protection feature would keep any other telephony device, say a fax, from interfering during a download—and vice versa. Throughput speed is not diminished, and no PC interface or software upgrades are needed. Just plug and go. Take a look at the simple diagram below.
Hopefully, this will make your office manager very happy. (E)mail us with any questions on this or any other application: marketing(at)multi-link.net