Whether you’ve got one sip phone, a hosted or in office PBX system, a SIP trunk can save you money on your phone calls. They provide greater flexibility, improved connectivity and usually lower costs for communications.
What are SIP Trunks?
If you’ve got a telephone or a PBX on the wall in your office, both of these are likely connected to some kind of phone line, whether it’s an ISDN line or traditional copper phone line. Your PBX may be connected to multiple lines, one for each phone or number you have.
You can think of SIP trunks and Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies as synonymous. A SIP trunk lets you connect your SIP phone or internet connected PBX to an internet based ‘VoIP’ phone line. This runs over your internet connection, so you shed many of the limitations of traditional phone lines. For example, you can run multiple calls simultaneously over a single internet connection. The only real limit is the amount of bandwidth you have. Bandwidth refers to the amount of data you can send across your internet connection at any given moment in time. A good metaphor is to imagine cars in a tunnel. The tunnel is your internet connection. The cars represent data you’d like to send and receive over the internet. The bigger the tunnel, the more cars, or data you can pass through it.
Is a SIP Trunk right for you?
If you answer yes to any of the below questions, then a SIP trunk or Hosted PBX account may be right for you.
Do you want:
- one or more phone numbers to ring all my offices or remote workers at the same time?
- lower cost local and international calls to landlines and mobiles?
- the ability to increase or decrease the number of phone lines I have?
- secure, encrypted calls?
- the ability to route calls to another office in the event of a loss of premises?
- phone numbers from different countries to give you an international presence?
- high definition call quality?
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