What is VoIP?
You’ve probably seen this strange acronym mentioned in the paper, trade
magazines, adverts or just floating around the internet. You may have heard it
referred to as IP telephony or Voice over Broadband. To whatever effect – all
of these terms are referring to a revolutionary new technology that is rapidly
changing the face of telecommunications, and therefore how business is
conducted.
VoIP stands for “Voice over Internet Protocol” and means that voice, or
sounds are translated into data and transmitted across an internet connection or
network - just like any other file or email you might send. Once the data
reaches the other end (be it a landline, mobile or IP phone) it is transformed
back into its original form and emerges like a regular phone call.
This process, of course, is so fast that you won’t even notice it happening.
Arguably, the most important fact about VoIP is that it uses broadband or a
DSL to carry digital signals and that the carrying capacity of this connection
is much higher than that of a traditional telephone line.
Whereas in the past – connecting one phone line would give you ONE phone, a
VoIP set-up will give you as many lines as your bandwidth can facilitate. For
this reason it is important to make clear how many extensions you will need and
to clarify whether or not you need to increase your bandwidth to facilitate them
(see broadband scaling chart attached). You will however, be paying less in
line rentals and PBX maintenance costs with VoIP.
entrust VoIP adds to all this by offering a selection of work-enhancing
features, a reliable support network and the experience and knowledge of a
successful multi-national telecommunications provider.
Our scheme
essentially provides a professional phone system to businesses that wouldn’t
normally invest in such a system.
What exactly is a professional phone system? It’s a corporate-calibre tool
that will allow your company to appear as proficient as an FTSE 100 firm but
without the technology investment. This feature-rich solution requires no
complex installation and will increase mobility by easily allowing staff to work
from the office, home or abroad.
Your business will not only benefit from multiple features previously
unavailable to small and medium sized companies, but also save up to 50% on
calls as compared with a traditional telephone system.
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Our premier service, this product is for those customers who want to wash their hands of the maintenance and delivery of all their IT systems. We provide a Windows operating environment with access to core software applications and you simply connect up and use them as if they were installed locally. Simple!
We can provide a chargeable consultancy service to larger customers who need specialised advice. Basic consultancy is provided at no charge to our subscribers (subject to a fair usage policy).