subject: Which Phone System For My Office? [print this page] If you are not exactly a technological expert then you may be completely lost regarding which phone system to invest in for your company's office space. There are plenty out there on the market but it is important to splash the cash on one that is reliable, practical and above all, cost effective. Many businesses all around the world are choosing to make the switch to a VOIP phone system.
Why Choose a VOIP Phone System for my Office?
With the ability to save you vast amount of money and providing great quality phone calls, choosing VOIP for your office phone system is a no brainer. VOIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, refers to the process of transmitting voice and carrying out phone conversations over the space of the Internet. Because VOIP, unlike standard phone lines, bypasses the public switched telephone network (PSTN), it allows for much cheaper calls. Providers of VOIP technology will simply charge users a once-monthly fee for use of the service, regardless of whether International or local calls have been made. This allows users to save a great amount of money, especially if they are accustomed to making regular International calls abroad. International calls using a standard phone line can be incredibly expensive, adding substantially to a hefty phone bill for the user. Of course, the user will have to pay an initial fee for the VOIP phone system itself, and in some cases, for its installation. Although prices for VOIP phones are not cheap, they are gradually coming down in price, making the technology much more accessible to the masses.
As well as being incredibly cost-effective, VOIP phones provide a great quality of call. The technology has actually been round for a number of years, but after its conception it encountered a number of teething problems and inconsistencies including poor, patchy reception and dropped calls. There was also an air of unsurity surrounding it, many people confused about the costs and installation of such an innovative new technology. In recent years, VOIP has grown and developed to provide a great quality of call, and many users now agree that its quality is better than that of its mobile phone and landline competitors.
Purchasing a VOIP Phone Systems
VOIP phone systems can be purchased from a huge range of retailers and telecoms companies all over the UK and abroad. Many firms see the emergence of VOIP as a groundbreaking new communicative technology and are keen to get in on the act, and this has made the number of companies selling VOIP systems astonishing. A simple search on an online search engine will provide you with a massive choice of providers, but it is important that you choose the right VOIP phone system for you. You firstly need to consider your budget, and secondly, which features you require from your new system. In a general sense, the more features a system has, the more you are likely to pay for it. For example, can you do without features such as three-way calling? If you can, choose a system absent of this feature and you will save money.
