Monday, June 24, 2013

Let Hosted PABX Restore Company Competitiveness

By Clack Kenneth


PABX is a system which has been very popular with businesses in the past. It has helped control and distribute calls internally and has improved the usefulness of telephone systems, becoming very familiar in the market because of its wide popularity. This technology has now been overtaken by hosted PABX systems, which are taking the World by storm, because they can do everything that was previously possible, and more.

The disadvantage with the older system was that it was expensive. The replacement is extremely cheap, as it does not require any specialized hardware, so that even ordinary households can afford it. Not only that, but your service provider does all the setting up free of charge.

Coupled with the fact that no specialized equipment is needed, the cost of calls has been sharply reduced compared to the old land line rates. This makes use of VoIP technology, which was always demonized by the existing telephone companies. By cutting costs in this area without reducing usage, there is more money available for improvements in other areas, improving competitiveness for alert businesses.

With this system, you connect to the site of the service provider, which in turn connects the call to its destination, whether locally or internationally. International calls have become incredibly cheap with the advent of this technology. The telephone is now more than living up to its promise.

With the need for capital being reduced because providing PABX equipment is unnecessary, accounting and taxation issues are much simpler. Telephony is now purely a monthly expense, and varies with usage. There is no longer any need to provide for services and maintenance, as these are the now the responsibility of the service provider.

This new technology had to wait for the provision of fast Internet lines capable of supporting the extra traffic volumes. With the upgrading of the fiber link with Europe it has become a live possibility. Many people with family overseas are already using some form of VoIP technology, so the underlying concept is already largely familiar.

If you have not yet moved to hosted PABX, you owe it to yourself to investigate all the possibilities. A comparison of the costs involved is bound to be a real eye-opener, and this comes with better service levels. With the economy becoming increasingly recalcitrant, these really worthwhile savings which can be achieved must be very welcome to both companies and individuals alike.




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