VoIP Systems Save Offices Money

The Internet has been perhaps the greatest technological invention in the last 20 years.

 It enables companies to conduct their businesses like never before. Today’s biggest technology news is the VoIP system, which is an offshoot of Internet technology. It’s practically the biggest technological breakthrough for the office environment.

What is VoIP technology?
VoIP technology stands for voice over Internet protocol. That basically means that this type of phone system utilizes the Internet to place phone calls instead of using the traditional phone cables. It doesn’t use the same cable that connects your Internet on your computer, but is wired alongside of it.

What are the benefits of a VoIP system?
The VoIP system has many benefits for today’s 21st century office. This voice over system can save hundreds of dollars on a business’s monthly phone bill. Since this phone system does not use traditional phone lines to make calls, you will not be charged the same rates for making those short and long distance calls. In fact, within in your own network system (if you have several branches), you will not be charged at all, as long as all of the offices are hooked up to the same network system. Imagine not having to pay a phone bill for calls made to the corporate office that’s 50 miles away or even if its located a cross the country. You don’t even have to dial the traditional seven-digit phone number each time you call another branch. Simply dial the two or three number extension number and you’ll reach that person in no time at all. You can then transfer that call to other people in your office, at absolutely no cost.

With the VoIP system, telecommuters can easily hook up to the office’s phone system, and not have to pay a dime for any phone calls. All that’s needed is a high-speed wire Internet connection and one of the office’s VoIP system phones. These home-based employees can also have the option of using a soft phone, which is basically a “software” phone that’s connected to a laptop computer. What’s great about these soft phones is that they can be used anywhere your laptop goes as long as a there’s a wireless connection.