| If you are faced with trimming your operating budget | | | | about maintaining telephone networks unlike traditional |
| for your business, consider switching to wholesale | | | | phone companies. In addition, VoIP service providers |
| VoIP for all your calling needs. There are a number of | | | | are not held by normal costs like extra government |
| advantages to voice over internet protocol and all you | | | | taxes. They use a network that is already set up - the |
| need is a high speed internet connection in order to | | | | internet. The cost savings are passed on to you |
| reap the benefits. | | | | through your cheap rates. |
| Cost Savings is Number One | | | | Portability |
| One of the major advantages of VoIP is the cost | | | | The great news about VoIP is its portability. Anywhere |
| savings your business will reap. It is a low cost calling | | | | there is a broadband connection, you can make your |
| solution and all you need is a computer and an | | | | calls via your computer. That means if you are |
| investment in some VoIP equipment. With a broadband | | | | travelling and carry your laptop that has the right |
| connection such as DSL, cable or wireless (WiFi), you | | | | software and equipment, you can access your VoIP |
| can make computer to computer phone calls for | | | | account to place calls. You could be sitting in an airport, |
| virtually nothing. However, as with any business, you | | | | public library or even a restaurant that offers WiFi and |
| cannot count on your call's destination party to have | | | | use VoIP. And should you decide to move, your VoIP |
| this advantage so you can also call from your | | | | service can move with you. |
| computer to regular telephone land lines and even | | | | The only drawback to this cheaper way of calling is if |
| mobile phones. | | | | you lose your internet connection. Without it, you |
| The call rates for wholesale VoIP are quite cheap, | | | | cannot make calls. However, thanks to the latest |
| especially when you compare to traditional phone | | | | technologies and redundant back-up systems, you are |
| calling. Can you imagine the cost for calling Asia on a | | | | less likely to lose internet service so this scenario is |
| traditional land line or even mobile phone? Telephone | | | | typically not a problem. Do yourself a favour and look |
| and mobile phone companies charge by the minute, not | | | | into wholesale VoIP, especially for your business. You |
| by the second, so you end up paying big. | | | | will end up saving a lot of money and likely, thanks to |
| Another reason why you get cheaper rates through | | | | the cheap international rates, you could end up actually |
| VoIP is that service providers do not have to worry | | | | gaining new business. |