12-01-2009, 04:16 PM
The other downside to switching to VOIP for a business is the loss of a listing in the Phone Book. That is a pretty big downside for businesses that rely on phone book for new business leads. Our business doesn't get a ton of call-in leads that way, but they do occasionally come, and losing that might be a bad move.
I wonder if there's a hybrid of the two--keep the main number as a POTS line from Verizon, then add some VOIP as secondary numbers. That may not save us much in the long run.
Not trying to make a move for the sake of changing, but not wanting to keep throwing gobs of money at Verizon every month for what is becoming a commodity service with plenty of less expensive options out there.
I wonder if there's a hybrid of the two--keep the main number as a POTS line from Verizon, then add some VOIP as secondary numbers. That may not save us much in the long run.
Not trying to make a move for the sake of changing, but not wanting to keep throwing gobs of money at Verizon every month for what is becoming a commodity service with plenty of less expensive options out there.