Help understanding VoIP systems
 

I have owned my business for a little over four years. I have managed to grow my business to include several employees, and I no longer have to go out in the field to do the job. I have been looking toward new plans of growth over the next few months and turning this year into a year of major growth. There are a number of things I intend to change in order to accomplish this goal.

One of the biggest problems I have is my ability to communicate constantly with everyone in my company. It gets extremely expensive purchasing a cell phone plan for 20 people, and internet access isn't always a feasible solution, or even affordable most of the time. I have decided that I need to improve our ability as a company to communicate things more quickly, and clearly. I need some method for us to stay in touch and communicate the progress of different job.

I started my search on the internet and Google as most of us often do. I found that the amount of technology available now days is astounding. It blows my mind to see all of the different types of services and programs that are available. It makes me wonder which services would serve me and my needs best, and what services I could probably go without.

I continued my search to learn more about telephones and different types of phone systems. I eventually landed on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone on Wikipedia. It had nothing that was very useful for me as a business owner, but I found a ton of great information about the history and development of the telephone. It blows my mind to think of how it was when the whole idea began, and how far we have come into the modern day.

I moved on and found a variety of other websites, as well. I have decided that some VoIP system would probably work best for me. There are programs that offer instant forwarding to cell phones. I also found programs that offer the ability to track and report things more easily. I even have the ability to view messages and calls from my computer. I found a website at http://www.phone.com/ and was wondering if anyone has used this program before.

What programs have you used that you would recommend? I need a program that is affordable, and will allow all of us to communicate easily with one another regardless of our locations. I also want something that will allow me to video chat with clients and potential suppliers when possible. I need to install a communication system that handles all of my communication needs from the client to the people in the field.

Re: Help understanding VoIP systems
 

Hi,

The whole VOIP thing is interesting, as many phone companies hate it. It's taken away a lot of their long-distance-call profits...

I know that both Skype www.skype.com and Viber www.viber.com can be used with smartphones, as well as with computers, tablet devices, etc.

To save money on the phone call if you're using a smartphone, the smartphone has to be within an internet wi-fi access area at the time you're using it...

Making Skype-to-Skype and Viber-to-Viber calls are free. I know you can pay a relatively small amount to use Skype to make phone calls to regular phones. (That might be the same with Viber - I'm not sure, as I haven't actually used Viber yet, but I know people who do.)

I use Skype regularly to make long-distance and international calls.

Best wishes,

Dien

Help understanding VoIP systems... [Awesome] company and Secret! ...
 

Definitely! A very interesting topic and subject...

I'll let SowPubber's know about an [Awesome] company and Secret! ... :)

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Although, you require an internet device, ATA box like OBI etc., to make it All work well together...

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How It Works...
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All the best,
Phil

It can be hard finding a good solution... Thanks!
 

Thanks, Phil!

It can be hard finding a good solution... Voip.ms does seem to get pretty good reviews. Thanks for the recommendation... :)

Best wishes,

Dien