Business VoIP
Phone Systems
VoIP phone system is the latest
phone system technology. Business VoIP phone systems usually require an
equipment to be installed at your business with the purpose of routing internal
calls over your computer network.
VoIP phone
systems can work
efficiently from the smallest offices to the biggest
enterprises. If your company happens to have
multiple locations which are all linked to a company Local Area
Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), then you should know
that a VoIP phone system is suitable for your company. No
matter where your other branches are located, this gives you an
opportunity to make a call by means of extension dialing,
therefore giving you a zero cost call. This will as well allow
you to save some cash if you're running new wiring because there
is no need to run different cabling.
What do
You Need for Business VoIP Phone System?
Several components
are needed to set up a business VoIP phone system.
How does
VoIP Phone System Works?
The way internal calls are routes
will depend on your phone system setup, either over existing
phone network or computer network. However, internal calls
will usually be conveyed over phone network while
outgoing calls to other company locations will be routed
over computer network.
On the other hand, outgoing
calls to external phone numbers will be sent through
the network to a gateway that connects to the public
telephone network. All of the VoIP calls connect seamlessly
to any phone user. Therefore, there are no compatibility issues
to worry about.
Potential
Drawback to VoIP Phone System
There are two main
drawbacks to VoIP Phone system, i.e. network requirement and
outages.
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Affected by
outages
Since VoIP phones require power source to work and are
network-dependent, power outage and server crash
will have great impact on the phone system. However, these
problems can be solved by having a mix of digital and VoIP.
During outages, backup power systems can keep the PBX
running and the digital phone system will operate.
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