What VoIP Phone System Configuration is the Best Fit for Your Business?
Its not an easy question to answer right off the bat, there is much to consider before investing in a new or upgraded VoIP business phone system.
Most business owners/decision makers don't have a lot of spare time on their hands to research all of the VoIP business phone system options on the market today. There is also the big question of which option is truly the best fit for your business. Not all brands, models and system configurations are equal, it can be a daunting task just to understand the differences let alone determine which phone system is going to provide your business with the best call quality, features and value over time.
ServiceMark has helped to take the guess work out of things with easy to understand definitions of the most common VoIP business phone system configuration options. We provide you with unbiased information that will help guide you towards the phone system that is the best fit for your business, employees and clients.
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OPTION ONE: FULL CLOUD VOIP PHONE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
With the Cloud (hosted) VoIP Phone System Solution there is no traditional phone company that is a part of the phone system and service solution. The public internet provides the connectivity to a cloud telephone system solution (ServiceMark Telecom offers Univerge Blue Cloud Services by NEC). The features and programming of the telephone system applications also reside in the “cloud”. There is no on-premise business telephone system that resides in the customer’s building. In this scenario, hardware on the customer’s premises is limited to a Router/Firewall, data switch(es), and VoIP phones.
For a successful deployment, it’s important to address points of failure that can cause poor phone quality and internet security breaches.
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OPTION TWO: HYBRID On-premise traditional VOIP (cloud hosted) PHONE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Due to the reliability of some internet connections, it is now commonplace to install an On-Premise VoIP Phone System that is connected to VoIP “SIP Trunks”. With this configuration there is no traditional phone company that is a part of the phone system and service solution. The public internet provides the connectivity to “SIP Trunks” (in our case, ServiceMark provides "SIP Trunks" through it's NEC Cloud Services). The phone system features and programming reside in the VoIP Business Telephone System that is located on the customer’s premises (commonly referred to as an on-premise VoIP phone system).
For a successful deployment, it’s important to address points of failure that can cause poor phone quality and internet security breaches.
OPTION THREE: ON-PREMISE TRADITIONAL VOIP PHONE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
In this configuration, the solution involves a Voice/Data Provider. The names associated with Voice/Data providers include big traditional phone companies like AT&T, Consolidated Communications, Windstream, Spectrum, and CenturyLink. These well-known phone companies provide telephone service utilizing VoIP technology via “SIP Trunks”, which interface with a VoIP telephone system with features and functionality that reside “on-premise” on the company’s data network. A VoIP phone that is connected to a data jack, flows through a data switch, through the Voice/Data Provider’s Hardware, through the Voice/Data Provider’s Network, and out to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to complete the phone call.
For a successful deployment, it’s important to address points of failure that can cause poor phone quality and internet security breaches.
SIMPLE, STRAIGHT FORWARD FINANCING FOR YOUR NEW OR UPGRADED VOIP BUSINESS TELEPHONE SYSTEM
ServiceMark Telecom make it easy for business owners to stay equipped with the latest business telephone system technology with easy and flexible financing options through Mid Continent Capital, a local company in the Kansas City area that has provided convenient financing for our customers for well over 20 years.
Whether the phone system is a VoIP Cloud Phone System Solution, or is a VoIP On-Premise Phone System Solution, both solutions will involve some hardware such as VoIP phones, and if needed, updating the firewall and data switches that need to be installed on the customer’s premises, all of these costs can be financed.
