You have finally made a choice and VOIP is now your telephone system at work. So what exactly does all of this mean? How will it change the way you communicate and will it help you become more accessible to your clients and employees?
To begin, there is an Ethernet hard phone that contains an IP telephone that looks exactly like a regular telephone. However, instead of the conventional telephone’s jack, there is an Ethernet port through which it communicates directly with a VOIP service, gateway or other phone. There is a broadband hard phone that communicates directly with the service, gateway or other phone that does not require any personal computer or any software running on a personal computer to make or receive a VOIP phone call.
Are you confused yet? You probably are. If you are like most of us you really do not want to know what makes it work. We just want it to work and to always work. We are definitely a high-tech society that wants everything fast or even faster-and the VOIP phones are no exception.
You can actually have two separate telephone systems in your home or business. The old fashion phone that plugs into the wall and...