Internet Telephony

How Can VoIP Support Small Business Growth

Here’s the question. . . . How to convince your management that the VoIP solution to support your small business? The best argument for VOIP is to reduce communication costs. . . but this is not the only reason. I suggest using hybrid solutions. Where the bulk of communication, voice and video are done through VOIP. . . . and emergency services “fall” in the case of the Internet does is done with minimal solutions classical PSTN. When I say VoIP from now, I mean 90% of VoIP and some minimal PSTN add-ons. Why VoIP? 1 – Reducing communication costs. . . . Although it is mostly clear, it remains to be demonstrated. Suppose you have a company that most of its calls are from “outside” the United States and vice versa. You need to get the cost of all calls of this type currently on one side. . . . and then calculate what it would cost if all calls Intercontinental passed through a VoIP system. Now you have the number of calls * much * local call cost of a local call. You can compare the costs in both situations. a. I would take the worst case where none of the calls in both side ends in a position to end as Packet8 VoIP. To make the comparison complete, you must add all the costs and static: cost of equipment, support costs, etc. b. Just compare the price of adding a line to 2Mbps PRI increased Internet connection of your company BW of 2 MBPS. This will show much support VoIP. c. Long distance calls are seriously affected by the duration of the call. While local calls and Voice over IP is in the PSTN, are much less affected by the duration. In some places in the state calls are not charged individually, but a monthly payment is made. d. Equipment costs to the end station is lower. Although this result is almost always the case, you must prove that too much talking to a provider of VoIP equipment, such as Avaya, Cisco, Nortel. And to compare prices in both cases. 2. Adding new features to an existing PBX is a mess most of the time. . . . while adding new features, capabilities and capacity is easy in VOIP. 3. A unified communications VoIP and IP operating on the same infrastructure is now easier to manage. . . . but of course need more expertise. 4. You can have “numbers” wherever a local VoIP provider is located. Want to establish a presence in another state or country – starting with a number of VoIP in the new location that is answered by an existing office. 5. It allows you to virtualize your office. For example, a company provides after hours customer support by employing people to work from home in four time zones. VoIP PBX allows the company to be extended cheaply and easily in their home. . . even if they are in different countries and maintained by different telcos / ISPs. 6. In addition to lower costs in contrast to PSTN, provide better services VoIP roaming, the possibility to accelerate relocation of offices and the Total Independence of local telephone companies (meaning that, theoretically, you can purchase services any VoIP service provider on the planet). With VoIP, you can build a PBX which uses the same voice services to all employees worldwide to build and virtual offices. You can also easily integrate voice, email and presence services with VoIP. 7. More benefits include. . . . Ubiquity through unified messaging, mobility telephone, geographic growth across MPLS networks using centralized services, wiring 50% less in the LAN, using a mobile VoIP client with helmets and more digital / VoIP phones ceases to be necessary, the voice of business can go through an MPLS data network, you can receive calls over the Internet on your contact center. Keep in mind that, while trying to convince your company to support a VoIP solution. . . It is also important to be open and explain the advantages and disadvantages, everything. * Voice quality is similar to ordinary PSTN solutions, but not exactly the same as the pots. It may be indistinguishable, but still some difference exists. How to close the quality of VoIP depends on how the infrastructure of your company is ready for VoIP, whether it’s good (SLA Service Level Agreement) you have with your Internet Service Provider. * When the Internet is attacked intentionally or not, all equipment VOIP, end points, VoIP phones will be affected. It is very rare for a PSTN system is reduced except when a disaster happens and everyone tries to call everyone. * Voip acquired a bad reputation in recent years, as everyone still keeps talking about low-cost calls and free calls. VoIP is an installation cost is reasonable but not expensive at least if you use decent kit. If you try to do everything on the cheap then you get bad calls, etc. and tons of hate mail from management. There you go. . . almost everything you need to develop a strong argument for implementing a VoIP solution in your business. For additional assistance to work through all the details. . . . and finding the most profitable suppliers (equipment and services). . . . I suggest using Business-VoIP-Solution. com. Their assistance is no cost to you. . . . another advantage.