If you don’t yet have a Voice over IP (VoIP) system for your business, then you’ll definitely want to read this article. A common reason that people are hesitant about migrating over to VoIP is because the process can seem confusing. Let’s go through the six easy steps to having your business migrate to VoIP.
VoIP has changed the way that we conduct business. We’re more connected than ever before. A favorite VoIP feature among customers is the ability to work remotely from home, but maintain the same phone functionality as they would have at their office.
You may have the best VoIP provider in the world, but the actual call quality of your service is ultimately dependent on your internet connection; the internet connection of the recipient. A poor internet connection is often the reason for experiencing issues with your VoIP service (like poor call quality). Read on and I’ll tell you about a simple and FREE way to test your connection and what you can do to fix any problems.
Call quality is important. We’ve all been on phone calls where we’ve had to ask the other person to repeat themselves because we couldn’t hear them. It’s frustrating when you pay for a service and don’t get what you expect. Sometimes, this just happens due to internet traffic, but other times, your quality is intentionally compromised and someone makes money off of doing so! That’s just infuriating! What I’m talking about are calls sent over “grey routes”
I want to start by validating a common fear that people and businesses have about switching over to VoIP. If your power fails, so does your VoIP service. This occurs since VoIP phones rely on your own electrical supply. Power failures do happen and your best defense is being prepared ahead of time. Here’s the good news: there are some relatively simple and cost effective ways to keep your service running during a power failure.
On January 30th, 2014, the FCC approved a measure which will permit telephone carriers to conduct VoIP trials in certain localities. The ultimate goal of the VoIP trials is to assess the impact, viability and implications of providing large-scale service via IP –rather than via traditional copper telephone lines.
For the last few days, Justin Bieber’s name has been conspicuously plastered on just about every news source you can imagine. Given how eager I’ve been to write a blog article on him, I realized that this would be a good time to do so. Just one problem… I haven’t been able to find many parallels between Justin Bieber and VoIP. So far, I have: both of them can be recorded for listening to later and they are both subject to laws and regulations.
While you’re curious about VoIP, perhaps you’re a bit hesitant about adopting the technology into your business.
Researching business-grade VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone systems doesn’t need to be overwhelming, or confusing. In this article I’ll give you the information that you’ll need to determine which of these systems is best for your business. If you’ve been reading about VoIP for businesses, you have probably heard of: “Premise-Based VoIP (Managed)” and “Hosted VoIP (Hosted PBX).” They’re both VoIP telephone systems, but the overarching distinction between hosted or premise VoIP is where the equipment is physically located.
Did you know that some hackers and scammers target telephone systems? Phone hackers are very good at what they do, and in just a few hours, you could be held liable for thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent charges. In 2009, a Boston business owner was given a bill for nearly $900,000; just this past May, a St. Louis based real estate agent received a bill for around $600,000. As a result of all of the the recent system hackings (like Snapchat, last week; Target, last month) people have security on their minds. Read on to learn about hacked telephone systems and what you can do to protect yourself and your business from phone hackers.