subject: How To Choose A Voip Phone System [print this page] VoIP phone systems can offer your business a lot of flexibility and cost savings. However, before making a purchase, determine what type of system you need, how well they integrate into your current infrastructure and what types of changes will need to be executed efficiently.
A hosted PBX solution is usually adequate in situations where there are fewer than 20 users.
This is where the telephone system itself is maintained by a vendor. Moves, adds and changes in the system can be made by the company or included in the contract as part of the total hosted solution.
The second option is to have the telephone system and maintenance at the facility. In both cases, basic functions such as menu options, voicemail and call forwarding.
For larger companies that operate a call center or have multiple locations, we need a more complex solution and a solid
There are small telephone systems designed for small businesses but with existing wiring and other infrastructure in place is essential to be profitable.
IP telephony systems require a data connection to a data switch that routes calls to the phone system. Each phone system must have a physical connection to the data network to operate.
Installation considerations would be one of the cables and data switching capability. Could have enough wiring, but need to buy additional equipment to accommodate data connections.
The reverse is also true that may have sufficient capacity for the connections of data equipment, but you need to install the wiring.
One of the benefits of VoIP is that the phone can share a data connection to a computer so this should be taken into account in determining the changes required to existing infrastructure.
You may be sufficient for current demand of the network, but may be insufficient with the introduction of VoIP. The estimated call together with the use of data will help to aid VoIP service provider determines that the needs of bandwidth and the necessary updates.
Addressing these problems early on ensures that the system runs smoothly once installed.
