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Now is the time to consider cloud based telephone service for your business.

    Posted on March 21, 2012   By Paul

Is your business finally starting to grow? After all you managed to survive the economic turndown and now you are faced with adding employees and infrastructure. Before you spend money on a traditional phone system, you should consider vendor hosted Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Hosted simply means the telephone service provider houses and maintains the hardware (server) on the internet and then sells the services to customers with internet protocol phones (IP phones). These IP phones are connected to the internet through the customer’s Local Area Network (LAN) and operate as independent devices.

Some of the advantages of going with a cloud based solution are as follows;

  1. Portable phone service. You can now have phone service anywhere you have an internet connection and you can also have your calls follow you on your mobile phone or device.
  2. It’s flexible. Now the customer can direct where the calls flow to from a web page.
  3. No Upgrade Headaches. Software upgrades and system maintenance are handled by the service provider.
  4. You have Big Business Features without the big costs. Hosted VoIP offers a full package of features that match the features of a big box phone system.
  5. It’s Greener. A hosted VOIP system uses less power, and there is less high tech waste.
  6. It just Cost Less. Monthly costs are 50% to 80% less than traditional systems and there’s no expensive system to buy.

 

A so called investment in a phone system is a waste of time and money. These systems depreciate rapidly because technology changes so fast. Getting telephone service on the internet is the smart way to save time and money.

The telephone network is becoming obsolete as large companies and individual consumers switch over to the internet. According to an IBISWorld study reported in the Wall Street Journal last year, wired telecommunications carriers topped the list of declining industries while Voice over Internet (VoIP) service providers topped the list of fastest growing industries.

The question then becomes which VoIP service provider to go with. There are hundreds to choose from and they are not all the same. I recommend the ones with the best customer service and that narrows it down to just a few. I can help with that, just call me and we’ll figure it out.