For enterprise, digital phone systems reduce cost
for requirement, lines, manpower, and maintenance. All of an organization’s
voice and data traffic is integrated into one physical network, bypassing the
need for separate phone lines. Although there is a significant initial setup
cost, significant net savings can result from managing only one network and not
needing to sustain an analog telephone system in an increasingly digital phone
system.
Analog and Digital Phone Systems: The
Difference
Analog phones, they are reliable, boast good voice
quality, and have the basic features you might find in a typical home phone
such as hold, mute, redial, and speed dial. They may also be able to transfer
calls between extensions. But their features end there. Digital phone systems
are more modern. Digital phone systems are designed with a proprietary bus
structure for adding features and capabilities. Boards are added to the
cabinets for analog, digital, or IP phones. Features such as music on hold,
VoIP integration, and alarm systems can be supported with modular add-on
boards.
Advantages of Using Digital Phone Systems
When you use a traditional phone system, you pay
for every second that you’re on the phone, which can add up, especially if your
business makes regular outside phone calls. With a digital phone system you are
making calls over the internet so you are only paying for the internet, which
you would most likely already be connected to.
Disadvantages of Using Digital Phone Systems
Because digital phone system uses an Internet
connection, it's susceptible to all the hiccups normally associated with broadband
services. All of these factors affect call quality, latency, jitter, and packet
loss. Phone conversations can become distorted, garbled or lost because of
transmission errors. Some kind of stability in Internet data transfer needs to
be guaranteed before digital phone systems could truly replace traditional
phones
The Final Verdict
The lower cost of digital phone systems allows
small businesses to enjoy the features that once only large businesses could
afford. Pricing between the two has become competitive over the past decade,
and with the growing number of hosted VoIP service providers, the price of digital
phone systems becomes even more affordable.
Digital South Communications
503 E Jackson St #121 Tampa, FL 33602
(813) 877-7733
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