Subject: Cut Your Phone Bills with Home and Business VoIP Phone-Services

From: "VoIP Business Phones" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:14:29 -0700

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3. Weigh Upfront Costs vs Long-term Savings Honestly, moving to VoIP will probably entail some upfront effort and potentially some initial upfront cost. You can expect a possible need for upgraded network bandwidth, new SIP phones, and time to familiarize your team with the core features. But these initial investments are well worth it given the unbelievable gains over the long haul ??? typically monthly savings of at least 50% off of a phone bill from a traditional provider! When you select a provider with no annual contract service, you???ll never have to worry about penalties or fees, which means you???ll also never have to pay any surprise costs to add or subtract services to your account. 4. Check Your Existing Bandwidth Keep in mind that VoIP relies on your Internet connection to transport all of your calls, which means you will be increasing the traffic that???s generated. You also need to make sure that your office???s network supports VoIP traffic. Setting up the proper
network infrastructure is inexpensive ??? yet critical for a business quality phone solution ??? so make sure you evaluate your IP compatibility before making the switch. 5. Evaluate if Your Phones are Compatible Phone-on-Trans You will need to purchase SIP phones with your hosted VoIP service, or if you have existing SIP phones, you must ensure that they???re compatible with your new service. There may come a time when you will want to switch providers, so it???s important to have phones that can move with you. Be sure to confirm that your VoIP provider offers standard, compatible IP phones (such as Cisco, Panasonic, and Polycom), so you don???t get stuck buying new phones unnecessarily. 6. Don???t Confuse ???Cost??? and ???Value??? Businesses are looking to cut costs wherever they can. It???s tempting to jump at the lowest monthly fee. But cost and value are not the same thing. Make sure you are doing an ???apples to apples??? comparison if you???re basing a large part of your de
cision on price. Use the same approach you would use when buying a new TV, car or household service. Remember ??? your phone service is the lifeline to your business. Be sure the vendor you choose has the services you need and the flexibility to expand or contract as necessary. And be sure that you uncover any hidden costs before you sign on the dotted line. 7. Seek Assistance from a VoIP Provider While it???s relatively easy to move to hosted VoIP service, you may need help with your transition. Your VoIP provider should be a partner to assist you in assessing your network???s compatibility with VoIP, as well as customizing the service to meet your needs. For example, you may want help setting up your Auto Attendant or creating a ???Sales Department??? to route calls the way that works for your business. Make sure to work with a provider that will be there for you when you need them. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems are becoming increasingly popular in the business
community. By connecting phone calls through the Internet instead of through telephone wires, business VoIP plans are able to offer a cheap and reliable phone service with more features and higher call quality than traditional phones provide. Before switching to a brand new phone system and throwing out all the old telephones however, there are a couple of things to consider beforehand. Without the right knowledge, users can end up paying for services they don???t need, or signing up with too many extension lines. These following tips should help businesses figure out how to find the best VoIP plan to maximize satisfaction and savings. 1. Know What You Need This one may seem pretty obvious, but it gets forgotten so often that it deserves to be #1. Research, research, research! Picking the right VoIP plan involves knowing how many employees will be making phone calls at any given time, including during peak hours. It also involves knowing what telephony software and hardware already
exists in the office. Most companies will probably just want an unlimited plan, but small companies that only make a few phone calls a month might only need 1000 monthly minutes or less. The needs of a small and a large business are very different. Knowing the business before getting an appropriate phone solution is absolutely critical. 2. Make Sure the Company Internet Connection is Up to the Task Most businesses already have their own Internet connections. For business VoIP to function, a high-speed broadband Internet connection is absolutely necessary. When businesses choose to run VoIP over a slower Internet service that is already strained with employee???s devices, they wind up with choppy connections. They end up blaming this on the VoIP provider, when the real culprit is a burdened Internet connection. With a proper Internet connection, calls made over VoIP come in with crystal-clear quality. VoIP calls will not slow down Internet by an appreciable amount, but they do need
access to an unclogged network. 3. Hosted or On-Site PBX? A Private Branch Exchange (PBX) connects and manages multiple phone lines with multiple extensions. When an incoming call comes in, the PBX provides the automated attendant that asks which department the caller would like to reach, and