Why do I need VoIP?

That is the question I seem to be asked a lot lately.

The fact of the matter is that if you have a phone and phone services then you probably don’t need voice over IP.  As long as you can pick up the phone dial a desired number and connect to the desired person, talk to that person, hang up and call some one else the need has been met.

I have a cell phone, a home phone and an office phone.  The last thing I need in my life is another phone.  But what if I could do more with one phone than I could with all these different phones?  What if I could take all of the phones in my life and turn them in to one phone offering all of the benefits and none of the drawbacks?  What if I could equip my office with a phone system costing a tenth of what a TDM costs?  What if I could give every user the power to use a software application to configure every feature on their phone without having to sit all day listening to voice prompts and punching buttons?  What if I didn’t need to pay the phone company for every little service, such as: voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, music on hold etc?  Would that be worth something to us?

I say let the revolution begin.  I say let me pay for one or two phone lines to my home and that’s it.  I will in power myself to provide and control all other services. 

Here are some links to sights anyone who is considering VoIP should look at before deciding just how they want to proceed.  This should make some companies very nervous.

www.asterisk.org

www.digium.com

I should say that this won’t be the answer for everyone.

2:43:25 PM