Avaya shows cheap VoIP phones, big distributed IP PBX

Microsoft is always talking about how expensive VoIP desksets are. Avaya is debuting a new series of phones between $139 and $299. The company also announced its Distributed Office System, a large-enterprise IP PBX designed for offices with many branch offices. The DOS, the company says, lets users access features with the touch-tone keypad--a kind-of-bad idea that we'd hoped had died off with TDM systems.

For more about Avaya's new phones and PBX:
- read this article from Channel Insider