This article addresses VoIP phone systems -
equipment installed at your business that routes internal calls over your
computer network. With VoIP, you can link multiple offices on a single phone
system. It doesn't matter where your offices or locations are, a VoIP phone
system eliminate long-distance calling charges between locations.
Conversely, however, it doesn't replace your existing phone service.
VoIP phone systems works for offices and locations of all sizes, as well as
large enterprises. In the near future, IP PBXs will probably replace
traditional PBX phone systems as prices continue to fall and reliability
improves. This is supported by the fact that so many IP PBX manufacturers
are also telecoms providers.
How VoIP Phone Systems work
If you need to connect to multiple locations – branches, telecommuters,
remote sales offices – that are already connected to a company Local Area
Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), chances are, an office VoIP system
is for you. With an office VoIP system, you can share all of the features of
your regular phone system across each location. Even if you have offices in
Connecticut and California, VoIP enables calls between each location via
extension dialing, which makes the cost of calling free. For businesses with
huge monthly long distance charges between locations, this is a good reason
to upgrade.
An office VoIP phone system can also save money if you are setting up a new
office – you will not have to run separate cabling for your phone system.
However, if you are setting up a new data network anyway, adding a parallel
voice network at the same time is relatively cheap so the cost savings here
might not be as large as you expect.
In many cases, the best solution is a system that uses existing phone wires
within the main office and VoIP for calls between locations. This
combination works best if you have relatively new telecom hardware, as many
PBXs can be IP-enabled with software upgrades and minor hardware additions.
Using digital phones internally will also save money, as well as increase
the overall reliability of your phone system. Vendors can also set up
systems that use only traditional lines and extensions at first, but support
later expansion to VoIP.
Where To Get VoIP Phone Systems
Do a search on Google.com for "voip
phone systems".
There's plenty available.
Additional Information about VoIP
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