VoIP Supply has sold a 200+ seat PBX phone system to Alderson-Broaddus College, located in West Virginia. The 635-student college, founded over 100 years ago, also purchased analog gateways to connect the dorm telephones to the system, mostly for emergencies.

The new system will make it easier for the university community to communicate and keep expanding its methods to keep staff and students safe.

Bruce Blankenship, vice president for assessment, planning and technology at the college said they moved to VoIP for a number of reasons, including cost, changing technology and flexibility in services.

Blankenship marked the importance of what happened at nearby Virginia Tech and the importance of disaster response planning.

For the 150 faculty and staff on campus, plus the student community, VoIP Supply provided the right solution at the right price. Blankenship talked with VoIP Supply and VoIP Supply partner, Digium (then known as Switchvox), in order to come up with the best possible solution for college's needs.

Blankenship believes in the power of VoIP for the future of the school's needs.