Get Your VoIP On at Office Depot

The office superstore stocks a new IP Phone on its shelves, the result of a collaborative effort by 8x8 Inc. and Aastra Technologies.

Office and general merchandise mega-stores still aren't the first—or even the second or third—place most people would think to go for VoIP-related equipment and/or services. We know, because we've looked—and found little. But, as these organizations have begun to address the phone needs of small business customers.

This week—in a move that expands the retail availability of end-to-end VoIP—8x8 Inc., providers of hosted IP phone service offerings to business and residential customers, jointly announced with communications networking equipment vendor Aastra Technologies, a new product offering to be rolled out at Office Depot locations, nationwide.