Will Voice over IP Work for Your Home Office?
The
question of whether or not Voice
over IP (VoIP) will work for you in your home
office depends your situation and what you expect it to
do. The following guidelines may help you determine if
Voice over IP is for your
home office.
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Unless telephone
sound quality is not real important to your
home office work, you must have a high-speed
internet connection.
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Your high-speed
internet connection must be fast enough for
the broadband phone and your other internet based
work. It is tough to say how much this needs to
be. We would advise that you test your connection
under a real load, that is with your regular
internet apps running. Some of the
VoIP service providers
(such as Vonage) offer
speed tests.
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You must be willing
to accept for your VoIP
line a level of reliability no greater than that of
your internet connection. If your internet
connection goes down, the
Voice over IP phone service will not work.
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We recommend that
VoIP not be used as the
only telephone hook-up available in the house. It
is inherently less reliable than your landline, and
more likely than not your cell phone.
If
the above conditions are met Voice
over IP can work for you.

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