I have worked in about half a dozen offices over the past ten years. I'm not proud of my job hopping ways but I am proud of my ability to learn new things. When you work in as many offices as I have you learn business phone systems pretty quickly. I've picked up phones at friend's offices and gotten the hang of them pretty quickly. That is because a modern business phone system is pretty easy to learn. For a long time these hosted phone systems could be a little tricky and service was not always as good as traditional land lines. These days telephone service providers have gone out of their way to make their systems easily understood by everyone. Which is good because a company's phone system can really hold business together.
Long distance telephone service is important for businesses in the current global economy. As a result most good business phone systems offer great plans and clear excellent service internationally. When choosing your service provider and business phone system company it is important to really understand the kind of service you will be offered. Most companies opt for a VoIP telephone system. It is far cheaper than a PSTN system and easier to trouble shoot if something goes wrong. It used to be a phone technician might have to come to your office and rattle the entire work flow for a few hours when there was a telephone issue. Now though, it is pretty easy to fix most problems over the phone with a helpful customer service person.
The benefits of a great telephone system go beyond just being able to do your basic business making calls from here to there and so forth. They function as an intercom for the whole office! They also allow you to conference with clients and coworkers anywhere. It is truly integral to the success of your business to pick the VoIP telephone service that best suits what you're doing. When you choose a hosted phone system you are putting your company in the hands of another entity. It can be scary to put that kind of trust in a company not to mention in technology. But when you find the right one you will be shocked by how easy it is and how much more streamlined your whole enterprise will become.
Some people might tell you that with cell phones there really isn't a reason to invest in a business phone system. These people are dead wrong. A business phone system shows how professional and cohesive your business is. It is a great first step to bigger things.