"VoIP" stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol and means the use of the internet for telephony.
It's the basis of many modern phone systems and allows voice calls through well known apps and services.
A hosted VoIP solution is a phone system in which calls are made over the internet. The phone service is housed in a location which is not at the businesses’ premises, therefore it being ‘hosted’.A hosted VoIP solution is also known as a Hosted PBX.
If you’re a startup, we’d recommend a voip service. A voip system, such as ours, offers its users the flexibility and ease to grow or change to the requirements of their business. Better yet, our phone system, you’ll find that your overall costs on communication will decrease since you certainly won’t be spending much on upkeep, maintenance and best of all, international call rates.
As a small business, costs are very important and so is your communication. With Packnet, you’ll find that call costs will be considerably reduced.VoIP allows users to make international calls without the high rates you’d normally find with traditional phone systems. Better yet, a business using Packnet benefits from free calls between employees in different countries.In addition to that, you’ll find that with us as your provider, your company will spend less on upkeep and infrastructure.
Whilst the two terms are used interchangeably, they are not the same thing. However, there are similarities between them, the most obvious being that both technologies use the internet for communication.VoIP (Voice over internet protocol) refers to making and receiving calls over the internet. IP Telephony on the other hand, refers to the overall use of the internet to communicate via methods that are usually made with a traditional telephone network.
An enterprise VoIP solution is a phone service that provides a company with a large number of employee’s to make calls via the internet. The phone service is specifically designed for big companies.
1. One of the great things about having a Hosted Telephony system in your business is that they are less vulnerable to power and internet outages during harsh weather. Usually your service provider, which would be Packnet, will have a network redundancy in place to ensure that in the case anything happens, there will be backup so your business won’t suffer.
2. A Hosted telephone system does not usually require any installation. The provider will send phones out preconfigured and access to phone system features, for example call pickup is automatic.
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