Posts Tagged ‘VoIP’

The Benefits of VoIP

Monday, November 9th, 2009

If you are considering investing in a new phone system for your small to medium-sized business, a VoIP system (such as the Avaya IP Office) may just be the system for you. A VoIP system can provide a myriad of benefits that can meet all your voice and data needs.

Reduced Call Costs – VoIP systems are often much cheaper than traditional telephone lines since it eliminates long distance charges and remote offices and employees are connected through the same phone network. In fact, most employees can be reached through a three- or four-digit extension from the main phone number no matter where they are located.

Reduced Maintenance – Combining data and voice into one network allows you to simplify your communications management and do it all from one location. You can also easily perform tasks such as adding or changing extensions without any hefty maintenance costs or technical know-how.

Enhanced Customer Service – A VoIP system allows you to answer calls and respond to customer inquiries quickly, keeping customers happy and encouraging patron loyalty. It also enables you to efficiently route calls and offers customer service-rich features such as auto attendant, call forwarding, and conferencing capabilities.

Enhance Existing Equipment – One of the most convenient and cost-efficient things about a VoIP system is there are a handful of different ways to get the system up and running, apt for business and budgets of all sizes. Many VoIP providers can provide phones (both IP and digital) and hardware that can be integrated with your existing technology which means you don’t have to invest in entirely new equipment.

Yoomba VoIP Goes Out Of Business

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

According to Venturebeat.com, Yoomba has gone out of business, shut it’s doors and ran away. Just like Yoomba, there are lot’s of other VoIP companies currently on their way out of business, so if you’re interested in switching to VoIP from your land line system, or you are a Yoomba customer looking for a new way to make phone calls, make sure you do your reseach first.

Companies that have been around a long time, and have enough money and customers to stay afloat, are companies like Lingo, Packet8 and even Vonage; though they still make me nervous. Like I said, do your research, see who has enough operating capital for the next year, and only sign up for a month to month plan. (You don’t want to end up paying $199.00 for a year’s worth of service, only to have the company go bankrupt the next week)

Verizon VoIP

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

PRNewswire ran a PR news release for Verizon today that says that Verizon is in the process of installing voice over internet phone services to 12 schools in the Sherman School District in Texas. The reason that I find this article, and others like it, interesting is that it shows a snapshot of what is happening all across the country; landlines are being replaced by VoIP in a wholesale fashion.

If you think about this small school district in Texas, bringing in the technology to replace the phone service to 12 schools, serving 6,100 students,  think of what’s happening around the country in larger metropolitian areas. I remember seeing a small piece in the Oregonian a few years back that said that Oregon has lost 3% of their land lines in 2002 alone. Those kinds of numbers really make you sit up and pay attention.

Check out Verizon’s Internet Phone Service if you live in one of the areas they service and would like to get rid of your land line and start saving money too.

New VoIP Blog

Monday, January 12th, 2009

This is my new VoIP blog, where I’ll be posting information on companies offering VoIP products and services, information on how VoIP works, and how to get the most out of the products you have.

I’ll also be posting videos on how to wire your new VoIP adapter into your existing home telephone or office system. This will make it so that your VoIP system works just like a hard-wired phone system. Once you get the router wired in to your current phone system, and find out just how good VoIP can be, you’ll wonder why you didn’t switch to VoIP 2 years ago and put that extra $2,000.00 in your retirement account instead of sending it to Ma Bell. LOL

Stay tuned, and thanks for dropping by.