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Better Communication with Business Phone Systems
Invention of telephone is considered to be one of the greatest achievements of the modern age. The invention completely changed the way the people communicated with each other. Further, developments in the field oftelecommunications led to more advanced and hi-tech communication devices and equipments. Now, telephones have become an indispensable part in the life of people, whether personal or professional.
Business phone systems have become a major means of communication in most of the companies and organization. These systems play a vital role in theeffective communication of businesses because of their high performance, security and more number of features than any other ordinary communication devices. Almost all the advanced phone systems have the basic features of call transferring and call holding. However, some additional features can be listed as:
Auto attendant: This feature provides automatic answering of calls and can provide routing to the desired department, so that, the caller can be routed to the correct person as quickly as possible. Since, this feature is completely automatic, answering of incoming calls and routing the calls to the desired department can be done even if the operator has gone for lunch break or is outside the office premises.
Conferencing: Conferencing facility allows communication with multiple people simultaneously at one time. A number of callers can be added to a single conference call by transferring the incoming calls to the specific extensions.
How to Move From a Traditional Phone System to VoIP
If you are tired of the high rates you are paying your phone company for both local and long distance calls, you may want to switch over to a VoIP service. This service allows you to directly call individuals using your high speed Internet connection, without paying a long distance rate, but instead one flat, monthly (or yearly) connection fee. Without the high speed Internet connection you are unable to use a VoIP service, so before you cancel your land line, make sure this is in place.
1. Contact your land-line company and notify them that you want to cancel your current phone service. If your phone company provides your high speed Internet access, let them know that you wish to keep this service.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable into one of the “Out” ports on your Internet modem. Insert the opposite end of the cable into the VoIP adapters “In” port.
3. Plug the phone line cable into one of the phone line “Out” ports on the VoIP adapter, then insert the opposite end of the cable into the “In” port on the telephone.
4. Open up your Internet browser and navigate to the VoIP service web page. Select the “Activate” option, then fill out your payment information and select the telephone number you want. Submit your order and your VoIP service goes live. You must have the high speed Internet modem and VoIP adapter powered on at all times for the VoIP connection to function. Source