Friday, February 1st, 2008
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An IP phone looks very much like a regular phone except that rather then having a phone connection it has an Ethernet connection. This allows this phone to be plugged directly into a switch or a router. If you have a small business and you are using a regular (analog) phone once you use this you may wonder where it has been all of your life. |
| A PBX system provides digital functions like call hold with music and station to station transfer to the handsets. Once the call is ready to go to the main phone lines (PSTN) the PBX converts all of these things back to analog. On the other hand an IP phone sends and receives packets or digital information. This allow you to use a hosted system for any functions you want rather then need to spend the money to have these functions housed at your end of the call. Calls can come one and off of the internet and the functions can literally be located anywhere. The is no need for an ATA in this case a VoIP call goes directly from the phone to the internet.With a good hosted PBX set up your business VoIP phone can have all the functionality as a system that costs tens of thousands of dollars with nothing more then an internet connection and an IP phone.Functions like music on hold, extension dialing, auto attendant, after hour’s settings, and so much more can be yours even if your company is only just you.An IP phone starts for as low as $70 and go up from there, but perhaps the best part of all is that you don’t need to spend more to have all the functions you want. Unlike a PBX system which seems that every function or service you want to add is going to cost you thousands of dollars with an IP hosted PBX setup most all of the features you will ever need are right there waiting for you when you are ready to use them. |
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