VoIP As An Affordable Telecommunications Solution | Telecom Blog

May 27 2011

Category: Technology

This is a guest blog by Colm B. For more information on guest posting opportunities on this blog, please contact Specialty Answering Service.

Being in the telecommunications industry for a decade, I can look back and see incredible changes over the years, from the clumsy mobiles of yesteryear to the sleek communications devices of today. As electronics become increasingly miniaturized and communications networks expand to encompass the globe, the average consumer has displayed an increasing tendency to become ever more demanding, both in terms of the sort of services he or she demands from a provider, and in terms of the cost of those services. The key, ultimately, to all the incredible changes we?ve been seeing, is competition. Competition leads to companies needing to offer more and cheaper services than their competitors, and that need fuels the development of technologies that can support that need.

But no technology has brought as great a change to the telecommunications sector than the internet, and perhaps the latest and greatest of these changes is VoIP, the voice over internet protocol.

So, need you ?Go VoIP?. That depends on your situation, really. Because if you?re representing a business, then whether or not you adopt the VoIP approach to communications depends on a lot of factors. Depending on those factors, it could be a financial burden to your company, or a god-send.

Now, the average bill a VoIP company sends it?s customers comes to between twenty dollars a month to around twice that amount. This amount can usually cover a great many features, including your long distance phone calls. And of course, there?s the cost of the handset, which can vary depending on the type and sophistication of the one you purchase. Generally speaking a reasonable handset with an acceptable set of features should set you back no more than two hundred and fifty dollars, but this is an adaptable figure, with the most expensive handsets in the range of seven hundred dollars and the cheapest being available for as little as eighty. However, bear in mind that added to this relatively nominal cost is the cost of your internet connection, without which your VoIP will not function. As you can see, the costs add up. Nevertheless there are many situations where using VoIP can give you a distinct advantage in terms of communications and maneuverability.

One such situation is if your organization is scattered over different locations, especially locations that are wide apart ? in such a case VoIP allows you the ability to closely link all these diverse locations into a single network. The advantage is obvious. Instead of paying massively for the long calls that businesses sometimes need (remember what charges can be like for long distance phone calls) all the personnel in all the offices that are part of your corporate networks can function on extensions alone, just as if they were working out of a single office in a single physical location! You can imagine the convenience, but more than that you can imagine how much better an organization that is large and diversified can function with a VoIP system in place.

This is the sort of situation where VoIP works best ? generally speaking, VoIP is great for bridging distances, and if this is something you need in your line of work or daily life, then a VoIP system is the thing for you.

This guest post is written by Colm Byrne. He is a writer and online marketing professional, and has written this post courtesy of press1.co.uk, who offer Virtual Phone Numbers, and leaves most of the marketing to professionals.

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