Some additional VoIP communication equipment

 VoIP has a lot of advantage over the traditional phone system. The main reason for which people are so massively turning to VoIP technology is the cost. VoIP is said to be cheap, but most people use it for free.  Your VoIP phone system consists of two key pieces of hardware:

The phone system that manages communication between your office phones and between your phones and the outside world The phones themselves

1. Phone System Equipment
1. PBX or phone systems that handle processes like call handling, routing, automated responses etc. It’s like a private phone exchange located within your office.

2. Businesses with existing ‘traditional’ PBX systems who don’t want to replace them due to the expense, can retain their PBX and connect to VoIP with the help of some additional VoIP communication equipment.

2. VoIP Phones
1. PC based ‘soft phone’ – This allows you to use a headset plugged into your PC USB port with an application to make or receive calls. You can also install a soft phone application on your mobile phone.

2. Standalone VoIP phone - A VoIP phone looks similar to a regular office phone but doesn’t need any adapters. It plugs straight into the Ethernet port on your network and this is completely separate from your PC. A VoIP phone offers the best call quality

3. ATA (analogue telephone adapter) - A telephone adapter plugs into your network and your regular phone. This is completely separate from your PC and it doesn’t need to be switched on to make calls.