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What Type Of Phone System Works Best For Your Business?

When choosing a business phone system, you must weigh your options. Ultimately, it comes down to what fits within your budget and will reliably do the most for your business. It comes down to a traditional landline, an Internet based phone system, or a mobile phone system. While these can all work together to create a great telecommunication system within your business, it can become quite costly. Think about your needs and see which type of system will best fit your business.

Landline phone systems offer the best reliability, but costs can be higher. If you have a small to medium sized business working within an office, a landline system may make more sense. Your calls have a much smaller chance of being dropped and clarity of the call is better and more reliable.

VoIP phone systems are Internet-based and can be cheaper than a landline. With advancing technology, VoIP phone systems can work almost as reliable and fully as a landline system. However, internet service can be sketchy at times, depending on your provider. If you are confident with your provider, you may want to choose a VoIP system to save a decent amount of money. If you have any doubts or qualms, you may want to skip this system.

The benefit and problem with mobile phones only is that you can take it with you. This makes you easily accessible, but also keeps you plugged into work all the time. If you maintain two separate phones, a personal cell and business cell, that doubles your phone bills. If you consolidate your business and work phone, it may be hard to track which calls, emails or texts were worked related or not. While this poses some difficulty, the significant price difference and convenience of always having your work with you can prove noticeably beneficial. This option works best if you own a small company and you are the sole contact person.

The phone system that best suits you depends on the industry you are in and the size of your company. For very small or start-up companies, mobile phone systems can be easy, especially if there are a limited number of contact people. For small to medium businesses based within an office or store, a landline or VoIP system could be beneficial. VoIP systems with be dependent upon the reliability of the local internet service provider. For larger businesses, budgets are noticeably higher, so a combination of these phone systems could work best, to yield greater productivity rates.

Let us help you decide what works best and track down the appropriate equipment for you. Give us a call at 1-800-564-8045 to speak directly with a salesperson, or browse online at Startechtel.com. If you come across any questions while browsing, feel free to start a live chat with us – you will find the live chat option in the upper left hand corner.

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