| Integrating existing equipment with the end result | | | | communication. One of these is Voicemail to Email. |
| of increasing efficiency and productivity has been | | | | Voicemail can be sent to an email address of |
| a trend in business for hundreds of years. Getting | | | | one's choosing. Rather than having to log into a |
| rid of excess and using existing hardware to | | | | voice mailbox every so often to check |
| handle more tasks is always good for a business | | | | messages, these can be sent to a work email |
| and promotes its growth. A VoIP service allows | | | | address, where they can be played from any |
| companies to combine two critical aspects of their | | | | computer that has access to email. VoIP allows all |
| daily operation by integrating voice and data | | | | different types of messages- voice, email, etc.-to |
| services on the same network. Leveraging | | | | be gathered into one central location, reducing the |
| high-speed Internet connections for this, VoIP | | | | time needed to review them and allowing |
| creates a hybrid network, and offers innovative | | | | employees' access to their voicemail from |
| and practical features to the end user. | | | | anywhere they can check email. |
| Gone, are the days when the telephone gets | | | | Using a Cell Phone without Using a Cell's Minutes |
| plugged into the "phone jack" and the computer, | | | | Smartphones like the Blackberry have |
| into the "data jack" | | | | revolutionized the way business is conducted. |
| VoIP uses an the data network (LAN) and | | | | Accessing email via these phones has created a |
| Internet connection to operate the telephone | | | | virtual office that extends anywhere a cell phone |
| system. In fact, IP phones get connected directly | | | | is taken. VoIP broadens this revolution in dramatic |
| to the LAN or even daisy chained to a computer, | | | | new ways. Being conducted over the Internet, |
| not to a phone jack. This connection of telephone | | | | VoIP systems can extend the office phone |
| hardware to a computer system naturally allows | | | | network to Smartphones just like email. VoIP |
| the opportunity for a mixture of the two. This | | | | users can download an application to their mobile |
| can lead to dramatic cost savings by eliminating | | | | phones that allows them to access their office |
| cabling, contractor expenditures and even office | | | | phone network as if it was their desk phone. |
| space previously dedicated to supporting a | | | | Users can place and receive phone calls from their |
| separate phone network. | | | | cell phones, and appear as if they are in the |
| Further, a single high speed Internet connection to | | | | office- the caller ID will show the employee's |
| the outside world can support both data needs | | | | office phone number, rather than their private |
| (web surfing, email, IM, etc.) and business VoIP. | | | | mobile phone number. And the deal breaker is |
| With a business voip service, there is no need for | | | | that through VoIP, the office phone network is |
| a local loop or POTS lines (traditional telephone | | | | accessed via the Smartphone's Wi-Fi connection. |
| lines) from the telephone company. | | | | So, calls made this way from a cell phone are |
| Voicemail to Email- Listening to Messages on the | | | | NOT using the cellular plan's minutes! VoIP has |
| Computer | | | | transformed cell phones into portable desk |
| The IP foundation of business VoIP also allows for | | | | phones, allowing employees to make calls and |
| a new bread of hybrid feature which can | | | | receive voicemail just as if they were at their |
| dramatically improve productivity and | | | | desk. |