Do I Hope for To Go With VOIP?

There's been a quota of chatter of late about Voice over IP. Advocates of VOIP hail it as the latest and greatest in technological advances, and recommend it for any contemporary business phone system. On the contrary while Voice over IP has some advantages over traditional digital telephone systems, LANstar, one of the valley's leading providers of IT services, VOIP phone systems and IT support, reminds you that it has some disadvantages as well. Here is a list of frequently asked questions LANstar uses to ease you decide if VOIP is prerrogative for your business. VOIP PhoenixQ: If I purchase a system that isn't compatible with Voice over IP (VOIP), will it become obsolete quickly? A: No it won't. A VOIP phone system simply income that the phones communicate with your main phone system box using VOIP. However, when a call is made outside the office, the call is converted to conventional analog or digital technology for operate on the phone lines
from the phone company. The phone collection has just immediately started offering VOIP lines, and Non-VOIP systems will be viable for at least another 20 years, probably longer. Q: Does VOIP eliminate lingering distance? A: Usually no. Multi-location business can eliminate toll costs between offices using VOIP. However, any call made to someone not in another office of the same convention will still incur toll charges regardless of whether their phone system is VOIP or not. If you have only one office, the answer is always no. Q: Is VOIP easier to deploy? A: Possibly. If your office was cabled over 10 years ago, there is a acceptable chance that it has Cat 3, in which condition VOIP (which uses Cat 5) won't work. If your office was cabled recently (or you know it has Cat 5), then yes, VOIP can plug directly into the network and does not require a technician to do a bunch of exotic wiring in your phone room. Q: Can VOIP be run on my existing data network, so
I don't necessitate another jack Cat 5 or otherwise? A: Yes, with a caveat. While VOIP can be run on an existing network, you will entail to have routers that can perform what is called QoS (Quality of Service). This money that voice traffic is given priority over data packets. Without QoS, the quality of the voice calls will drop to a potentially unintelligible level during times of heavy data traffic on your network. Q: Is VOIP less expensive to deploy? A: It can be. Only one cable is required to run both the phone and computer, so cabling costs an be reduced. However, QoS routers that are required to have both on the same network are more expensive than non QoS routers. Moreover, VOIP phones are typically more expensive than digital phones by the same manufacturer. Q: Is VOIP easier to maintain? A: Probably. Moving a conventional phone requires a technician to move wires in the back room. VOIP phones will retain their programming when moved, so typically no
technician is required assuming there is a working network jack at the fresh location. Full text: http://computerandtechnologies.com/technology/news_2008-10-24-17-30-03-506.html