Why host your own headache?

Let’s face it. Hosting your own phone system can not only be expensive, it can also be a frustrating, hair wrenching process if it goes down. Phone systems not only require expensive infrastructure that’s difficult to maintain, but they require on-hand trained personnel in case there’s a problem. If you’re using your own personnel, that means keeping a trained team online just in case problems develop, which can be considerably expensive. If something goes down, you are left holding the keys, scrambling to get your system back online.

Aside from the Internet, your phone system is your primary connection to the outside world. You depend on it. You need it consistently working because a malfunctioning phone system is not only lost productive time, but lost customers as well. It reflects poorly on the professionalism of your company when no one can even get you on the phone.

However, with a hosted phone system, you utilize the expensive infrastructure of an outside company who has the experienced personnel to maintain it. They pay to house it, back it up, and maintain it, charging you only a small monthly fee that’s more economical than housing it yourself.

You don’t lose control in exchange for the headache. Really, you have the power to customize and design your phone system to meet your needs. You can even change it on a whim, easily controlling all the functions through online resources that are readily manipulated and adaptable. You can add phone lines, change recorded music - even create new voice mail accounts as easily as checking your email or changing your desktop.

Planning a move? A hosted phone system is completely portable. You can contact your provider and have the entire system transferred to a new location with one simple phone call. There’s no complicated network of wires involved, no electrician needed. Digital phone systems can be transferred as easy as putting a phone call on hold.

To add new phones, simply buy the phone and contact your provider. There are no connection fees. You can scale your phone system to meet your individual needs, even scale back if you need fewer phones.

Save the headache for that report that’s due next month. Your phone system should be hassle free. By choosing an outside hosting company, you not only save money, but needless worry, frustration, and hair pulling.