| As the owner or manager of a medium or small office, | | | | you do with a traditional PBX system. Instead, you use |
| you may find yourself looking at a myriad of options | | | | your existing computer network to transmit your calls |
| for your new or upgrade office phone system. | | | | over your Internet connection rather than over |
| You have almost certainly heard the debate about the | | | | telephone landlines. |
| advantages of VoIP vs. PBX systems, and you are | | | | - PBX vs. VoIP Equipment |
| tying to make the best decision to fit your business's | | | | Traditional PBX systems work by having "trunk lines" |
| current and future telephony needs. | | | | come into your office from the local phone company. |
| You don't have to be an expert to find the best office | | | | From there, the PBX system uses physical lines going |
| phone system these days. And, the even better news | | | | to each individual phone to be able to transfer calls |
| is that a good solution doesn't have to cost you a | | | | within the system. |
| fortune as it certainly would have in the not too distant | | | | VoIP doesn't require these expensive trunk lines, and |
| past! | | | | you no longer need to have separate phone and |
| Small to medium sized businesses have struggled for | | | | computer network cable installed into each office. VoIP |
| years with the limited options in office phone systems | | | | phone systems use your existing computer network to |
| on the market. Larger companies were able to buy | | | | transmit and receive all of your calls. |
| and service large PBX systems to handle their calls, | | | | Essentially, your calls arrive through the same wire as |
| while smaller offices struggled finding something that | | | | your e-mail messages. |
| was affordable and effective. | | | | - How does VoIP Save Your Business Money? |
| Usually, the solution of the past for these small offices | | | | VoIP saves your business money because you don't |
| was to gather together many physical phone lines | | | | need the multitude of expensive phone lines installed |
| coming into the office space and expensive phones | | | | into your building from your local phone company. |
| with multiple line capabilities. | | | | In addition, PBX equipment requires telephone cables to |
| Thanks to the advances in VoIP technology, small and | | | | each extension which VoIP does not need, saving you |
| medium sized businesses now have great options that | | | | money on cable installation within your building. |
| are easy to maintain and affordable. | | | | Lastly, VoIP calls are routed over the internet, not the |
| - What is VoIP? | | | | phone system, and your long distance and local calls |
| VoIP is an industry acronym which stands for "Voice | | | | are much cheaper to make because of it. |
| over Internet Protocol." All that means, is that you can | | | | VoIP is a great option for small to medium sized |
| transmit your voice digitally over the internet. | | | | businesses looking for the ability to have an advanced |
| The chief advantage of VoIP is that you do not need | | | | and efficient office phone system with a lower cost |
| a lot of specialized equipment inside your building as | | | | and ease of administration. |