Hosted VoIP service gives you the confidence to conduct your business knowing that your communications solution is reliable, cost efficient and will transition seamlessly as your company expands. Hosted PBX for business provide remarkable savings, privacy, convenience, mobility and reliability. A flawless communication system that delivers in real time is essential to increased productivity. The hosted VoIP technology is capable of handling functions that free you and your employees to accomplish other necessary tasks, reducing your overhead costs. Using hosted VoIP solutions allows your business to:

• Remain current with leading edge technology
• Avoid the burden of expensive, obsolete equipment
• Work optimally with lower cost Business Grade DSL internet service
• Benefit from the high quality of service for voice and data delivery
• Have the support customer care technicians available to you 24/7

Most businesses function using public Internet and can struggle with low levels of bandwidth and data transfer speeds. You may also be dealing with rogue computers and viruses that affect the quality of VoIP service you are receiving. A hosted PBX VoIP solution has all the right advantages because:

• The potential for weak or interrupted service due to equipment failure is removed
• You are no longer at the mercy of unknown factors beyond your control
• You have more cost effective bandwidth options
• You have the option to choose the number of lines, extensions and features that will best support your business requirements.

You can easily transfer satellite and remote office systems to come together in a unified hosted VoIP solution without high capital expenditures and replacing expensive equipment. All of your voice and digital communications data can be consolidated into a simple, intuitive, user-friendly format, saving you money and giving you the time to focus on the growth of your business.

For your own VoIP solutin you need a minimum of SDSL or T1 internet connection, Handsets – IP Telephones or Adapters, Local Area Network, Broadband Modem/Router that supports VoIP Sessions.

When should you choose a hosted VOIP solution? Now this is a classic build it in-house or have someone host it for you. Is this strategic for my business or not? Is there a cost savings or not? Do I have the staff and competence in-house? All rights, let’s take a look at a few issues. Do you have a thin IT staff? Well, then you’re not going to want to manage a VOIP rollout. Also, do you need to contact costs? There’s going to be an initial explosion of cost right at the beginning. You don’t want to deal with the overhead. Then the biggest one is do you have a distributed office environment? That will be very costly to manage if people are in many different locations and also, if they work at very odd hours. If you want to have a more professional presence, having someone manage your VOIP solution would be great. What’s also great by a managed VOIP solution is business continuity and by the way, I should mention manage and hosting are pretty much the same thing. Business continuity and they also can look for possible intrusions which is also great but any solution, hosted or not, if ever it can work from home, you don’t have to be in the office. You can easily follow employees wherever they have a phone or you can have a phone ring in multiple locations. Hosting is great for small to medium businesses. Not necessarily enterprise businesses mostly because there’s many integration. Whichever solution you choose whether it’s hosted or you build it yourself, get a decent phone. Do not buy a cheap one that will run off your PC and you have to upgrade your PC. Cisco and Polycom have really good phones in about the $400 range and ideally look for one that can self-configure.