Telecommunications system having a local area network with concurrently processing nodes

A telecommunications system comprising:

• (a) a local area network;
• (b) a call processor subsystem, electrically connected to the local area network;
• (c) a file server, electrically connected to the local area network;
• and
• (d) an operations support subsystem, electrically connected to the local area network, wherein:
• the call processor subsystem, the file server, and the operations support subsystem are adapted to communicate with one another via the local area network;
• the call processor subsystem is adapted to receive a plurality of concurrent inbound calls from a plurality of users and to provide a plurality of telecommunications services to the plurality of users in response to the plurality of inbound calls;
• the call processor subsystem is adapted to receive a first inbound call of the plurality of inbound calls from a first user of the plurality of users and to provide a first telecommunications service of the plurality of telecommunications services to the first user in response to the first inbound call;
• the file server is adapted to provide storage and retrieval of data and software used by the call processor subsystem in providing the plurality of telecommunications services to the plurality of users;
• the operations support subsystem is adapted to provide communications between the telecommunications system and a remote node to support the provision of the plurality of telecommunications services to the plurality of users, wherein the file server and the operations support subsystem operate concurrently with the call processor subsystem and in cooperation with the call processor subsystem during the first inbound call to support the provision of the first telecommunications service to the first user.