It’s understandable to get nostalgic when it comes to a classic car, whether it be your first ’57 Chevy, an historical Model T, or that antique Rolls Royce that never fails to turn heads. Getting all emotional over an old-fashioned phone system, however, is like weeping for the high long distance bills of the past.
Remember when you couldn’t call anybody long distance because the phone bill was so expensive? Phone companies needed to charge high fees to pay for the incredible infrastructure required to connect America. Over the years, those fees have come down some, but they are still incredibly high. Once the phone company gets used to charging you for a basic service, it’s hard for them to give up the habit.
But it’s easy to give up on your traditional phone company, especially when it makes so much economic sense. Why use literally billions of miles of phone lines when computers can do the job so much cheaper, making many of your phone calls no more expensive than checking the weather on Google or looking up the times for the movie you want to see?
That’s why many small companies are switching to a VoIP business phone system, taking their phone service to the same digital network that provides them the Internet. Since there’s less infrastructure to maintain, the provider passes those savings on to you.
High long distance bills go right out the window. With a VoIP business phone system, a company enjoys free local calling and free long distance calls placed within their own network. This means that calls between offices are completely free, even if the calls take place on the opposite ends of the country. Long distance calls outside the network cost as low as 2 cents a minute, which means you’ll probably spend more on copy paper than you’ll spend on long distance.
Plus, VoIP phone systems harness the power of 21st century technology, making them the most adaptable phone systems ever created. Imagine having an important call routed right to your cell phone, allowing you to take it even if you’re not in the office and the caller not knowing the difference.
Leave the past in the past. Get classic about antique cars, but get up to date with your phone technology. With VoIP technology, your high long distance bills become a distant memory of the past as you move into the capabilities of the future.
