VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. With today's technology you can make calls over the internet instead of over standard telephone lines. There are 3 main advantages to consider.
1. Calls over the internet are much less expensive than calls over traditional phone lines. We have seen $300/month phone bills be reduced to under $50/month for a small office.
2. VoIP phone systems are much less expensive than traditional phone systems. VoIP phone systems typically cost half as much as comparable traditional PBX systems
3. VoIP phones have much more functionality than traditional phone systems. Here are just a few examples:
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Receive your voicemail messages as an email attachment.
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The Microsoft Response Point phone system GizmoFish recommends has built-in voice recognition. So rather than remembering a series of codes to transfer a call, check voicemail, do a conference call, etc. you simply tell the phone what to do.
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The system can also read in your Outlook contacts and voice-enable them so you can call any of your Outlook contacts by just saying their name.
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The system has an automated attendant with voice-recognition. So callers just have to say the name of the person they want to reach and will be transferred immediately to that extension.
When properly installed and configured by a VoIP expert like GizmoFish the sound quality and reliability for business-oriented VoIP phone systems is excellent. If you have had bad experiences with Skype or other consumer-oriented VoIP systems do not let that scare you away from a business VoIP system. Business VoIP technology is completely mainstream now. Millions of business you interact with every day are succesfully using VoIP phone systems.
Contact GizmoFish for a FREE phone bill analysis. We'll tell you exactly how a VoIP system will compare to your current phone system in dollars and cents.