10/13/2012
Save Money, Use VoIP
Over the past several years Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has become an accepted medium of terminating telephone calls. Using your already existent high-speed broadband Internet connection, voice packets are broken up into pieces and sent over the Internet; similar to an e-mail. At the end point, the voice packets are reassembled and either sent to another VoIP phone, or translated into an analog signal.
VoIP phones provide high quality connections identical to an analog phone. Often times, depending on your previous analog provider a VoIP phone may have a higher quality voice connection. In addition almost all VoIP plans nowadays include free nationwide calling. Saving you money on domestic long distance.
Over 50 million consumers have already made the switch, here’s why:
Save money
High quality connections
Portability
Great office solutions
Save Money
VoIP phones are significantly less expensive then traditional analog phone lines. Often plans start at just 9.95 a month and include free domestic long distance, including calling to Canada and Puerto Rico. Select VoIP Phone carriers also provide free international calling to pre-specified countries. International rates in general are significantly lower then any international dialing plan on an analog phone. This occurs because VoIP phones are terminating calls through the internet, at a much cheaper cost.
Interestingly, many international long distance phone carriers actually terminate their calls over the Internet as well. When you place a call from your analog phone the call is sent to your provider’s switch. It is transformed into a digital signal and broken up into voice packets. The packets are sent over the Internet on a data network to the local carrier in the country you are calling. Here the voice packets are reassembled and sent to the destination you are calling. Whether you currently use a VoIP system or not, your calls are still being routed over the Internet.
Why do long distance carriers use the Internet as a way of connecting your phone calls? Because it is more cost affective. Long distance carriers save hundreds of thousands of dollars every year by doing this. So if they see the cost saving advantage, so should you.
High Quality Connections
VoIP phones provide high quality connections. Unlike using a prepaid calling card, or a mobile phone, you will always send and receive clear, static free phone calls. Connection rates for international calls are extremely high and calls are rarely ever dropped or fail to connect.
Portability
Using a VoIP phone will allow you the mobility of a cell phone, worldwide. Travel, to Antarctica, Europe, Asia, or anywhere else on the planet, plug your phone into an existing broadband Internet connection, and be able to send and receive calls as if you were at home. Calls placed from international locations are considered the same as placing a call from your home. So, if you travel, bring your phone with you, and call your friends and family while away at no additional cost.
This feature is ideal for business use. Salesman and other frequently traveling positions can bring their phones with them. Plug it in while you’re away and talk as if you were sitting in your office. Always be able to get a hold of your employees and co-workers without the hassle of waiting for them to reply to your e-mail.
Great Office Solutions
Using VoIP phones is an easy way to make your business phone system more efficient. Using a VoIP phone PBX, you can purchase a designated amount of external lines to be shared amongst a group of employees. Employees will have their own extensions and be able to access external lines on demand.
A VoIP plan will lower your long distance costs because domestic long distance is included in the plan fee. Plus receive much lower rates then available with analog phones. Corporate VoIP phones offer great versatility. Routing your phone calls over the Internet is an easy way to merge your communication devices into one. Be able to check your voicemail over the phone, or through your e-mail. Many VoIP providers are now offering online interfaces. Making features like find me, follow me, a call forwarding device used to find you where ever you are, an easy way to ensure you receive your calls.
Using a VoIP phone system will make your business sound more professional. An automated messaging service will allow callers to reach anyone in the system without requiring a live person to route the call.
Conclusion
VoIP phones are the wave of the future. As technology improves, VoIP phone systems will continue to thrive as a more efficient, cost affective way to terminate phone calls. Already, more then 50 million people and businesses have begun to subscribe to a VoIP phone provider. Stop paying high prices for your telephone services, when a cheaper, more efficient alternative is already here.
Garrett Friedman is a well-known and respected published author of numerous telecom articles.
