1. Stop Leasing Lines

Prior to VOIP, you had to lease lines from your local exchange carrier. For
example, each line often has a small start- up fee, and there is a monthly access
cost to use each line. Furthermore, each month, there are usage charges for local
and long- distance calls.


The charge is relatively small, perhaps around 40 cents a minute.
That certaintly sounds small, but think about how many lines your company has,
and how often each line is used. It’s easy to see how small charges can quickly add
up to millions of dollars a month.


The good news is that with VoIP and Avaya Phone Systems, the leasing
fees can be greatly reduced or eliminated completely.



2. No More Extra Regulatory Fees

In addition to leasing fees, traditional telephony models also have other
regulatory fees. Unlike the leasing fees, which are collected by your Local Exchange
Carrier, these fees go to various governmental entities. They include things like a
911 fee, and the Federal Line Surcharge. The total cost of the which can range from
4 to 7 percent of your total phone bill.


When you make the switch to VoIP, these fees are paid in
conjunction with the data network, eliminating excess charges.



3. No More Charges for Calling Features

If you want more features than the ability to make calls, say voicemail,
call transfer, or call forwarding, you’re going to have to pay extra, when you use
traditional telephony.


Not so with VoIP and Avaya Phone Systems: you get all the standard
features and a plethora of advanced ones that help increase productivity and
efficiency.



4. Eliminate Charges for Changing the Network

Under the old model of circuit- switched telephony, if an employee
moved to a different office, or a new employee was hired and had to be added to the
network, expensive technicians had to be hired, to the tune of $150 an hour.
Networking addresses had to be changed or added, and port numbers had to be
reprogramed. Major changes and moves were expensive and time consuming.


But VoIP has an intuitive intelligence. Devices like phones or
computers know where they are: move them to your new office and it will
automatically connect to the network.

Cameron Elliott is an Telephony specialist at avaya voip phone systems where he extols the benefits of Avaya
Phone Systems