Advantages And Disadvantages Of VoIP Office Phone Service

Nowadays, many businesses are shifting to VoIP phone system from the traditional phone system as they find VoIP more cost effective. currently, it offers unlimited long and local distance calling at the rate of $24.99 per month to $199 per year.

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So, as compared to the traditional telephone service, the VoIP phone service represents a saving of $500 a year or more. Businesses can therefore save money by switching to VoIP office phone service. However, it all depends upon the long distance calling habits of the company. Using this service, one can spend more time communicating with long-distance friends, clients and business associates.

With a high speed Internet connection one can use the VoIP service as the main office phone. However, as the calling over Internet does not require a local phone wire, there are 2 main drawbacks associated with the VoIP service.

 1. As the VoIP system requires an Internet connection, therefore if the speed of the Internet connection is low, the VOIP system will not work properly.

2. The Internet router or modem needs power to work and if there is no power, the VoIP phone service will also not function.

That's why it is always advisable not to use just VOIP phone service if one is in an area, which is more prone to power cuts or where the reliability of the Internet service is a major concern.

In order to overcome the loss of the VoIP phone service because of the power cuts, many service packages are now available with some free calling features. The best VoIP providers offer free forwarding feature, which allows having the calls routed to different networks, if the main VOIP phone fails to do so. Having set up this system in advance, one will never miss any phone calls even when the Internet telephone service is low. AT&T, Packet 8 and Callvantage offer such features that are especially designed to deal with the issue of the power cuts and Internet outages.

In order to save money, many organizations have disconnected their traditional landline telephone systems after getting their VOIP phone service installed. One can also do the same if the broadband service provider is other than a local phone service company. However, most of the phone companies do not offer to install a DSL Internet without having a local telephone service.

So, if your company wants to get rid of the monthly phone bills and replace it with a VOIP office phone service, then you should opt for the cable Internet service. Initially, it might cost a bit more, but the savings will outweigh the bills of the traditional phone system.