In this Issue...
With all this cost cutting, down sizing and falling back...it's time to "Spring Forward" to better times!
We "Spring Forward" again on Sunday, March 8th at 2:00AM. As you're changing the time on your clock, TV, radio, DVD player, VCR, car radio, microwave and coffee pot...don't forget the office telecommunications equipment. New systems change automatically, but older equipment may need to be adjusted.
Batteries protect the life of your equipment
Don't forget to change the batteries in any uninterrupted power supply (UPS) or battery backup system which protects and supports your phone system, voice mail or data equipment. Power fluctuations can shorten the life of electronic equipment. We recommend changing the batteries every 3 years. Call us if you're due for new batteries to protect your technology equipment.
P.S. Don't forget to defend the life of your family and change the batteries in the smoke detectors in your household.
Is your business hurting, suffering or just stuck? Do you need a life–line in this recession–plagued economy?
View this short video of John Assaraf; writer of New York Times best seller The Answer; guest of "Larry King Live", Donny Deutsch's "The Big Idea" and "The Ellen Degeneres Show"; founder of OneCoach. Then be COMMWORLD's guest on a complementary OneCoach Momentum Call.
No Money Down / 0% Financing – a Real Economic Stimulus...
Get the technology to grow your business with this special financing opportunity. This program is effective immediately through March 31st.
- Zero money down
- 0% financing
- 36 month Fair Market Value (.0278)
- Minimum $5,000 - Maximum $75,000
- Subject to credit approval
- No Government or National Accounts
Up to $5000 Tax Credit (not a deduction)
A February, 2009 survey of small business owners conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), found that taxes are the second largest problem small business owners face. We thought you would want to know about a tax credit which can pay for up to $5000 on a new Toshiba telecom system.
Congratulations to all the winners of the eighth Annual 25 Under 25® Awards!
Be sure to attend this event for small businesses in the Kansas City area. The Dinner & Gala are Saturday, March 7, 2009 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Downtown Marriott Imperial Ballroom. If you have never attended - think Academy Awards, KC Style.
Special congratulations go to our friends and clients at Skyline Displays Heartland. This honor is well–deserved.
Everyone at COMMWORLD of KC is proud to be a 25 Under 25® honoree from 2005.
Questionable Quotes
"Computers in the future may weigh not more than 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949.
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means
of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
-Western Union internal memo, 1876.
Fun Phone Facts
In the 1860's an area of Kansas called the Smoky Valley was settled primarily by Swedish immigrants. The village of Lindsborg still reflects that history today. Lindsborg also has an important connection to the development of the telephone.
The efforts of early Lindsborg citizens, John and Charles Erickson and Frank Lundquist led to the invention and development of the dial telephone. After years of work, the patent for the dial telephone was finally granted on January 11, 1898. This early dial mechanism didn't have holes like later models. Instead the circular dial had finger 'holds'. As a number was dialed, it wound a spring. When the user released the finger hold, the dial returned to its original position as the required number of circuit interruptions took place. These circuit interruptions controlled the movement of the equipment back at the central office.
The early dial telephone was called "The Machine Girl". At first it was met with ridicule, but was later adopted as the standard method of placing calls in the U.S. and around the world. Many years later, in May, 1951 dial telephone service was finally installed in Lindsborg, Kansas.
Source – The Invention and Development of the Dial Telphone: The Contribution of Three Lindsborg Inventors by Emory Lindquist
