Businesses and ITSPs have long-needed an inexpensive way to connect legacy analog devices to a VoIP network, and Linksys announcement of the SPA8000 — an eight-port FXS Analog Terminal Adaptor device — early this year had many eagerly anticipating its release.

Finally, that time is here. The Linksys SPA8000 is now available in the United States.

We’ve been testing a unit Linksys made avaialble to us for several months. Read our First Look at the Linksys SPA8000-G1 or if you have already bought a unit, try the new Linksys SPA8000 Device Configuration Wizard.

To those of you who made it by the new Voxilla online store for some year-end shopping, we’ve been glad to see you! And we hope you’ve been pleased to see our fresh paint and the new goodies on our shelves. We are still working out some distribution logistics, but look forward to a year of new growth in 2007.

For you with no idea what I’m going on about, we quietly changed a week or so ago from the old-stand-by shopping cart with the groovy orange graphics to a brand-new platform sporting fresh design that integrates well with the rest of Voxilla’s on-line properties. In the process, we’ve made the experience of shopping at Voxilla faster, clearer, and more consistent, in addition to nearly tripling our inventory of products — hello Digium users, hello Netgear fans — and launching new partnerships with Talkswitch and Vegastream.

We’ve also added International shipping via U.S. Postal Service and secured new distribution alliances that should improve all facets of our approach to helping you find the right product for your IP communications needs.

Returning customers should find your old log-in credentials work on the new store, and your order history is preserved and accessible on the new site. New users will find registration a snap and our secure online ordering process easy to navigate. As always, your privacy and satisfaction remain our highest priorities.

We are very excited about this step forward in Voxilla’s evolution; it’s something we’ve been working toward much of the last quarter of this year and we’re happy to have it finally in place. We hope you find our changes useful and pleasing as well.

Voxilla has been in the midst of a complete corporate makeover in 2006, from the inside out.

We have completely revamped our back-end systems to provide for greater accountability and inventory control, as well as increased responsiveness in our fulfillment and support endeavors.

Even though it’s been a challenging year from a pure device sales perspective, it feels like we’ve made a lot of progress as a company.

We have also been re-designing our public-facing presence, Phase I of which rolled out with the new Forum about two weeks ago. Today we went live with Phase II, the the new Voxilla News and Information site.

Although we had hoped to roll out in concert with VON last week, it just wasn’t quite right, and looking at it today, I’m glad we waited. I like our new look, even if there’s a little too much red going on — but that will get fixed in short order.

The idea is to get back to what launched this company, which was fresh, incisive content on the people, products, and issues driving the growth of our industry, and I believe now we’ve got a platform we can use to achieve our goals.

Phase III is the new Voxilla Store, which we’d love to have public by the end of the month. Stay tuned for details and some “Grand Re-Opening” Specials.