Business Voip - The End Of The Dedicated Office Telephone Network
Business VoIP services allow companies to integrate the existing equipment of their data and voice networks. VoIP takes the high-speed Internet connection that a company uses for its Internet accessibility and uses it to run the phone system. This combination of hardware offers businesses a unique set of features that cannot be found from a traditional telephone provider.
The Elimination of “Phone Jacks” and IT People
VoIP leverages the office computer network and high speed Internet connection . IP phones, needed for a VoIP system, get connected directly to the LAN or even daisy chained to a computer, not to a phone jack. This connection of telephone hardware to an IP network allows the business to run more efficiently, while offering major cost savings at the same time. The reduction of hardware saves money in and of itself, while also eliminating the need for a dedicated ‘IT Guy’.
Further, a single high speed Internet connection to the outside world can support both data needs (web surfing, email, IM, etc.) and business VoIP. With a business voip service, there is no need for a local loop or POTS lines (traditional telephone lines) from the telephone company.
Listening to Messages via Email
Combining the voice and data network infrastructure, business VoIP offers valuable features that can dramatically improve productivity and communication. One of these is Voicemail to Email. Instead of logging into a voice mailbox throughout the day, voicemails can be sent to an email address. This will let the employee hear their messages from any computer that has access to email. Employees will be able to access daily email and voicemail messages in real time via their selected email address.
Using a Wi-Fi Connection to Make Calls
VoIP even allows employees to use their Smartphones in eye-opening new ways. VoIP systems create a virtual office environment, perfectly supplementing Smartphones’ ability to access work email. VoIP users can download applications to their Smartphones that will allow them to use their mobile phones as if they were their desk phones. Any calls made and received this way will use the employee’s office phone number as the caller ID, and keep hidden the private cell phone number.
Even more importantly, calls made in this fashion do not use the cellular plan’s minutes! The office phone network is accessed via the Smartphone’s Wi-Fi (data) connection, bypassing the cellular phone network used when making a normal call from a cell phone. VoIP transforms a cell phone into a portable desk phone, allowing employees to make and receive work calls on the go.
Business VoIP services, like OnSIP by Junction Networks, are developing new and useful features that are especially critical in today’s fast-paced work environment.
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