All businesses need a phone system, but with so many choices, it’s hard to know which one is best for you.  –And if you’re a small or mid-sized business, you likely don’t have a designated person with ample time to take care of everything that goes into it; to include equipment options, and types of service and providers.  GTB provides this guide to help make the process easy for you.

Steps to take as a small or mid-sized business

To get started, follow these seven basic steps. 

Last month, GTB published an article with a comparison of traditional “on-premise” phones and hosted PBX or VoIP phones.  This month, we focus solely on the pros and cons of the hosted PBX.

VoIP (Voiceover IP) is the fastest growing phone service in the telecom industry today. The number of business VoIP users is expected to reach 2.6 Million before the year 2018.

As a small to mid-sized business, you are likely approached by numerous phone providers about a variety of phone technologies.  How do you cut through the clutter to select the service provider that is right for you? 

Where the audio industry is headed

Why care about VoIP?

Companies embrace VoIP or Voice-over-IP service providers because, frankly, it’s usually less expensive.  For business, telecommunications has historically been a significant expense – particularly with traditional calling plans, up-front equipment costs and ongoing maintenance.

For those in search of a business phone system that best meets their needs, it can be overwhelming when there is so much to choose from.  This blog should help if you are a small to mid-sized business looking for a quality new phone system with reduced line pricing, better calling rates and more features.

Voice over IP services are growing rapidly all over the world.

When it’s time to upgrade your phone system, the first thing you need to decide on is whether to buy another legacy (“premise”) box or convert to a cloud-based, “hosted” PBX solution.

You may not know when it is out there working for you, but I can guarantee that you will know when it’s not.  

Have you ever been on your cell phone and when speaking you hear an echo of yourself?   Or have you heard only part of a person’s conversation because every other syllable was dropped out?   That is poor QOS on the network.   And this can be due to a number of issues.