Hosted Business VoIP Phone System
VoIP for your business, usually called hosted VoIP, has the advantage of lower initial costs, easy installation and great features. Plus you'll get great calling plans that can save quite a bit of toll charges, an easy system to grow with and the flexibility to install a few phones in one location and a few at another and tie them all together. Typically, a good hosted business VoIP provider will have an array of built in features, including an attendant, voicemail to email, forwarding, hunt groups, etc. Some will have extension dialing and this option in our mind separates out a true business service.
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Bandwidth.com Phonebooth OnDemand is a web-based, business phone system that gives you the features, reliability and voice quality you want - without the management headache of traditional phone systems.
Lowering cost and complexity with a hosted VoIP Solution.
Hosted VoIP Providers offer support and guidance that many
small organizations lack. With an off premise solution there is no need for
server deployment, configuration or maintenance and the risk associated with a
new installation.
Although an Asterisk based solution may be the answer for the larger than 12
phone office, the ease of deployment of a hosted solution should make it the
first choice in small companies that lack the IT professionals for more complex
installations.
Business VoIP or an Internet Business Phone System (or a
hosted PBX system) is a phone system where the provider houses most of the
equipment and handles the technological needs and resources which the phone
system requires to operate. The provider usually
handles the support for the service eliminating the need for an in house phone
tech, further reducing overhead. Customers contract for their PBX phone services
and forgo most of the expenses for PBX equipment. IP phones, such as Polycom
SoundPoint phones, are usually the main hardware purchase for the customer and
they connect through an Internet connection (router) using VoIP technology to
the hosting company's servers, which then handle the phone calls, extension
dialing and other advanced calling features that a business requires.
The hosted VoIP provider's services will include features like an
auto-attendant, extension dialing, voicemail to email, and advanced call
forwarding features. With VoIP technology and an Internet business phone system,
the feature set can be even more robust that some traditional PBXs, giving the
customer control over their phone system through an online GUI control panel.
Some additional features that some providers may offer could include a way to
receive faxes, Music on Hold, SMS notification, call queues, and conference
bridges.
Seven reasons to consider a Hosted VoIP solution.
1) Features. A hosted VoIP phone system should have
lots of features, more than what you might get otherwise.
2) Initial Cost. With the only real outlay going for IP phones and possibly a
router, your initial cost is low.
3) Maintenance. The provider maintains the server reducing your overhead.
4) Support. With many providers the expense of support personnel is included in
the plan.
5) Expansion as needed. Adding another line of phone is easy. Keep your costs
low and grow into your system.
6) Lower calling costs. Pick a plan that suits your business model. With lower
toll charges heavy callers save quite a bit.
7) Remote extensions. With more remote employees working from home, a hosted
solution makes this as easy as plugging in a phone.
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