I do not intend to direct my telcom traffic over the interne, VOIP, I do want the features and functioanlity of IP phones with the integration into Outlook etc. A traditional phone system does not offer the sort of flexibility that the IP solutions do. It seems to me that VOIP has been tagged to several differnt definitions. One is directing your traffic over the internet as popularized with Vonage and the like. The second seems to refer to the IP PBX.