Saving Money with Business VoIP

There are few things people like more than saving money. Therefore, it’s no surprise that Business VoIP is enjoying extreme popularity due to its ability to cut the cost of voice communication services for businesses. Professional organizations can expect to see savings of one third or even one half over what they are currently paying for phone service. This is accomplished by the convergence of voice and data traffic on a single circuit and improving the efficiency of existing data networks. This process can be done without any loss of quality, as voice packets are prioritized to ensure that they get network priority. This eliminates any delays or quality loss caused by data hogging bandwidth. With dynamic bandwidth allocation, bandwidth is actually moved around as needed so that it is always where it is needed most and never going unused because it has been assigned to a non-active process.

In the year of 2013, with 2014 rapidly approaching, VoIP is not rare or unusual. In fact, it is rapidly becoming the new standard for communications. While residential services are proliferating, it is in the professional sphere that adoption is most active. For professional organizations, Business VoIP provides many advantages over older phone solutions. The commercial versions of VoIP offer additional features and functions over the bare-bones residential versions. Such features take a variety of forms and the flexibility of the solution makes it hard to offer a definitive list. However, a brief and incomplete list includes such things a simultaneous call support with bandwidth availability, PBX compatibility, conference calling, custom hold settings, and support for tools such as automated attendant services.

As should be clear, there is a sharp difference between residential and business services. Residential services advertise themselves as free, but only offer basic service or hide advanced features behind paywalls. This means that directory assistance and emergency response, both basic features, may not be included and thus a separate older line must be retained. Businesses do not have to worry about this and can completely switch to VoIP knowing that all necessary services are included.

Regardless of the specific features, the transition to packet-switching and convergence of voice and data are strong arguments for moving communications to Business VoIP all by themselves. The flexibility and savings that are achieved through these practices give the solution a huge advantage over older analog options. This explains why this solution is so popular with professional organizations.