Buying a calling card to make a call overseas is something some of us still do every now and then. But this makes one wonder – why haven’t phone companies offered more reasonable international calling rates to customers, keeping the phone card industry thriving even today, when so many other telephony options are available? Many [...]
A household with one or more teenagers is often the one where parents are at a disadvantage. Teens like to talk to their friends, text their classmates, and keep in touch with their peers in every way imaginable. If you are a parent of a sociable teen, you probably rarely have your home phone [...]
The average conference call usually lasts about an hour. In that hour, business deals are made, meetings are conducted, goals are accomplished and companies expand. Every company in the world relies on conference calls to conduct everyday business tasks, which is why the phone service company you choose is extremely important. If you can’t hear [...]
Nowadays, business VoIP systems are becoming very popular. This is because, when using internet protocol to communicate, operational costs can be much lower.
For business, in particular, things can be much cheaper. Features such as long distance and conference calls as well as auto redial and on-screen caller ID are a must [...]
One of the key factors in any business is cutting down on costs. Of course, some costs are necessary to do business and some aren’t. If you can get rid of the ones that aren’t, you will greatly increase how successful you are. Additionally, if you can find a cheaper way to [...]
Small businesses have to work much harder than large corporations in order to establish their brand and attract new customers. One sure way to make your business stand out is to use a few simple marketing tools that catch the eye of consumers. For example, if you create a toll-free vanity number for your business, [...]
By Jeb Brilliant
I decided to do a comparison of Phone.com Home Phone Plus service against my local provider after reading that “Nearly 2/3 of US consumers switched to a cheaper household products” in the Wall Street Journal. I don’t want to name the local provider so for the sake of this post we’ll call [...]
One of the most important parts of your small business is its phone system. If you don’t have an effective way for customers to reach your employees and get the information they need, you aren’t going to be in business for long.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) harnesses the power of the Internet to provide your [...]
I stopped by my best friends parents house today because his dad Mr. H, had some minor surgery yesterday and I wanted to visit him. We chatted about all kinds of things and he asked me what I’m doing these days. Once he found out what Phone.com does he was instantly interested in [...]
By: Alon Cohen
While companies like Google and Phone.com have a feature that enables you to have one phone number that rings in many places, I find that the real value is actually with another feature that only Phone.com has, which is the ability to manage multiple numbers from one user interface.
When I started using Phone.com, [...]
I have asked the question a few times now to different small and medium size business owners, “What does it mean to only have 1 number for your office?”. Each and every one of them said that it’s important and they’d like it if they didn’t already have it. One in particular already [...]
Faxing with a Fax Machine over VoIP
Faxing from a fax machine with VoIP works as if operating from a standard telephone line as far as the end-user can tell, but behind the scenes, information is digitized and sent via an internet protocol line, reassembled and arrives at the fax machine of another company or individual. [...]
Many individuals are saying goodbye to their standard phone lines and opting to use the cell phones alone. However, does that mean that it would be wise for a small business to do the same?
Cell Phone Alone – There are many things that cell phones can offer that standard lines cannot. The first is [...]
I learned something new today about the iPhone Mobile VoIP app from Phone.com. I learned that it will work over 3G as well as wifi. A friend, let’s call him Andy, is a chip reseller and spends a lot of time in Japan and he has an iPhone, but can’t afford to spend [...]
There is no question that VoIP providers are making moves to make their services friendlier for companies of all sizes, but what about the non-profit companies? While the same cannot be said of all VoIP providers, Phone.com is making large strides for this niche as well.
Recently, a partnership was formed between Phone.com and a [...]
Based on Bandwidth The most important element that can affect the voice quality of your VoIP phone service is bandwidth. For instance, if your VoIP phone service is being run over a dial up connection, you should not expect voice quality, because that type of bandwidth cannot handle large bundles of information. However, virtually all [...]
Summer is almost halfway over, and if you’re anything like me, you’re tired of spending the nice weather at your desk. However, not many work environments allow you to be away from your ringing phone and other demands of the office. I personally would like to spend a work day here and there at the [...]
When you have a small business, particularly a virtual one from your home office, there are a lot of things that you have to take into consideration. Unfortunately, the phone system falls off the radar for many. A typical system doesn’t work for most, and in fact, the wrong phone system can be a real [...]
Your business is unique, so why should you have to use a standardized business phone system?
When you sign up for a Virtual Office business phone system from Phone.com, you can customize the plan to meet your company’s needs. You start off by choosing the number of minutes you need each month; however, from there [...]
Fifteen or twenty years ago, few could have imagined the strides mobile telephones might have made into today’s world. Do you remember the days when a cell phone was as big as your forearm and just as heavy? These days, though, phones are so small that they’re easily lost, and they’re fairly affordable too. What’s [...]
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