VOIP providers for business?

Can your Internet provider offer VOIP?

That can be a good deal.

As a VOIP provider there we offer many options as to how we provide the service to you. These options range from premise based VOIP systems to Cloud offerings coming over your current Internet provider or dedicated circuits. And as said above backup plans for if you loose your Internet.

Keep in mind business continuity aspects in case of failure. I'd assume cell phones would be used instead, but something to consider.

VOIP for business can get expensive because they usually charge you by the minute, for any extra extensions, voicemail, etc if you want something like an actual office phone system. If you want just want one line then Google Voice and one of these is the way to go.

I have a "virtual office" with a few assistants that also work from home like me so I use Talkroute and it allows extensions, voicemail, greetings menu, unlimited minutes, etc for a flat fee. The only PITA is dialing out can be cumbersome because I have to dial my number first then the number I am calling or else it won't show up on caller ID correctly. They are fairly new though and are adding features. I can't complain at all for $24 per month. I even went to Fiverr and got a professional voice over person to do my greeting and menu for $20.

I HATE Comcast for personal service, but their business service is actually not too bad.

for small businesses (5 extensions or less), something like Ooma office is cheap and effective


For larger businesses I see a lot of Cisco and Polycom IP phones more than anything