In my first blog posting I outlined where I am today, and where I am going in the future migrating my old proprietary phone system to an advanced PBX with VOIP handsets. In the next couple posts I will bring up to date with what I have done so far.
My first dabble with VOIP was signing up for a Vonage account about a year ago. I signed up for a plan that costs about $25/month. For this I get an ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) and a phone service that allows me unlimited incoming calls, and unlimited long distance calls in the US and canada. I had to provide a regular analog phone and an internet connection. My first experience with this was very positive, and I still use it today.
The reason I set this up: I have a payphone in my manufacturing plant for the employees to use, so that they don't tie up my regular lines for personal calls. The payphone costs us $50/month and we don't get to keep the quarters from it!! The phone company comes and empties it!! I thought this was terrible, so I decided to get a VOIP (Vonage) phone for the employees to use. I provide it for them free of charge, and it only costs me $25/month! They have been very happy with it and use it daily. I added a regular cordless phone to which I leave in my office. The cordless phone tells me on the screen if the line is in use or not. If the phone is not in use, then I periodically use the cordless phone to place long distance calls on to my vendors that don't have 1-800 numbers. Just to save a little on my long distance costs. This has worked very well, and I am very happy with the service!!
My first dabble with VOIP was signing up for a Vonage account about a year ago. I signed up for a plan that costs about $25/month. For this I get an ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) and a phone service that allows me unlimited incoming calls, and unlimited long distance calls in the US and canada. I had to provide a regular analog phone and an internet connection. My first experience with this was very positive, and I still use it today.
The reason I set this up: I have a payphone in my manufacturing plant for the employees to use, so that they don't tie up my regular lines for personal calls. The payphone costs us $50/month and we don't get to keep the quarters from it!! The phone company comes and empties it!! I thought this was terrible, so I decided to get a VOIP (Vonage) phone for the employees to use. I provide it for them free of charge, and it only costs me $25/month! They have been very happy with it and use it daily. I added a regular cordless phone to which I leave in my office. The cordless phone tells me on the screen if the line is in use or not. If the phone is not in use, then I periodically use the cordless phone to place long distance calls on to my vendors that don't have 1-800 numbers. Just to save a little on my long distance costs. This has worked very well, and I am very happy with the service!!
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