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A difficult business climate requires bold business decision-making. But wouldn’t it be great if you could improve business without having to make game-changing strategic decisions? Thanks to the internet revolution it is now cheaper and easier than ever to boost your bottom line by converting from conventional phone service to VOIP. VOIP, or voice over internet protocol (IP), is the transmission of voice over the already established internet infrastructure. Essentially, employing VOIP enables the user to make phone calls over the internet – basically free – instead of requiring a phone line. This enables the user to eliminate the need for a phone company who charges exorbitant fees for line maintenance, transmission, and the myriad call features that are the norm for phone service these days. Small businesses can therefore benefit immensely from a small business voip system because it will reduce one of the largest overhead expenses of a small business: the phone bill. In order to set up a voip system, all that is really required is an internet connection and a series of internet-compatible phones. A small fee is paid for each unique phone number, though extensions or branches from that number are generally free. The user then needs to buy internet phones made especially for VOIP, which usually hookup to the existing network by way of Ethernet. Then a business can either buy PBX hardware to host their own VOIP phone network, though most instead choose to outsource the hosting to a company that specializes in small business VOIP. In this way, businesses are often able to save 70% or more (long-term) on phone bills and renew their own companies’ telecommunications infrastructure in the process. While this tough economic climate surely requires creativity from business owners on the strategic side, it’s nice to know that cutting bills and laying the foundation for future business growth are not mutually exclusive.