Benefits
Benefits of VoIP
- Lower line rental charges over rival providers such as BT. Line rental can be as low as £4 per month!
- Greatly expandable as you grow without high costs of installing new lines.
- No lengthy contracts like those associated with ISDN PBX systems.
- Make and transfer calls at zero cost between other phones on your system.
- Reduced call charges with the option to route different calls through different providers to cut costs.
- Option for custom voicemail and voicemail to email support.
- Option to set up a menu system to route calls to correct department.
- Option to set time based rules to route calls.
- Option to have remote extensions such as home wrokers as part of the same system.
- Can be managed by you.
- Set up unlimited extension numbers, rules and greetings.
- Set up call queuing systems.
- Fax to e-Mail option.
The benefits of a voice over IP system are huge.
Negatives
Negatives of VoIP
- Call quality can suffer if you're downloading large files at the time of a call.
- Call quality is limited to the connection speed and reliability of your internet connection.
- If your internet goes down, so do your phones.
These negative points can be overcome by installing a dedicated internet connection for your phone calls. If a particular connection fails, traffic can be routed through your other internet connection.
Examples of Cost
Examples of Cost (ISDN 30 PBX from BT)

| 10x Telephone and ISDN 30 including Installation |
£3384.00 |
| Line Rentals and System Maintenance |
£240.00 |
| Contract Duration |
5 Years |
| TOTAL COST OVER 5 YEARS |
£17784 |
Examples of Cost (VoIP)

| 10x VoIP Telephone |
£1350.00 |
| 1x VoIP Trunk (Monthly) |
£6.00 |
| 1x Telephone Number (Monthly) |
£6.00 |
| 1x VoIP Server |
£499 |
| 1x VoIP Server Monthly Maintenance |
£90.00 |
| Estimated Labour and Setup Costs |
£500.00 |
| Contract Duration |
Monthly |
| TOTAL COST OVER 5 YEARS |
£8469 |
In this example, an office with 10 phones would make a saving Of Over £9300! when switching to voice over IP.
SysFix Voice Over IP Systems can be paid for on a monthly rental basis should you not wish to own the equipment outright.