LABS GALLERY: 8×8 Virtual Office IP PBX Offers Range of Options

The most feature-rich of the phones offered by 8×8, the $349.99 6757i CT offers a full set of office telecom features and is extremely customizable.

The 6757i CT phone can be paired with a provided cordless handset, providing most of the functionality of a VOIP phone while letting the user roam around the office or workspace.

At the midrange of the 8×8 phones and the main workhorse office phone that is offered, the $199 6755i has all of the capabilities that one would expect from a corporate PBX-linked telephone.

The most basic of the 8×8 phones, the $149 6753i is designed for standard phone office use—for example, as a shared lobby phone or in a guest office.

All management of a business’ 8×8 Virtual Office system is done through a standard Web portal interface. During tests, the interface offered lots of options for managing numbers and IP PBX functionality, but it was not the most intuitive Web management interface I’ve seen.

I used the Web interface to define all of the traditional office PBX functionality, such as the options provided by the office’s auto attendent.

Each individual phone can be set up and continuously managed through the Web-based 8×8 Virtual Office interface.

Settings for individual phones, such as user passwords, can be configured directly from the phone itself or through a Web-based interface accessible through the phone’s IP address.