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SIP Trunking Benefits

If you are using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), then you are already enjoying some cost advantages over using the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), not to mention some excellent feature sets. A VoIP network that is used to communicate only internally doesn't need anything else, but almost every company needs to make outside calls—and so there must be a mechanism to allow your VoIP network to connect with the PSTN. This is where SIP trunking comes in. It is a type of interface that allows you to leverage the advantages of VoIP, while still being able to make calls to any number, anywhere in the world, just as if you were on the PSTN.

If you are using a hosted PBX configuration, you won't need SIP trunking, since the interface function between VoIP and the PSTN takes place at the hosting provider's premises. Instead, the provider handles any SIP trunking needs on the back end. However, if you have your own IP PBX, you will derive many additional benefits from using SIP trunking as your interface to the PSTN.

SIP Means Cost Savings

The greatest benefit of course, is the cost advantage. Lower costs is probably why you went to VoIP in the first place, and SIP trunking extends this advantage even further, by allowing you to use only as many channels as you really need. You can purchase channels incrementally, one at a time, for next-day provisioning. Alternatives like PRI, on the other hand, require you to purchase channels in increments of 23 at a time.

This also adds an advantage of scalability. When you need to add lines, you can easily do so as needed, without having to over-provision more channels than you really need. For a growing business, this is an important aspect of SIP trunking, in that growth can occur easily and transparently, and that growth can be managed with very little additional overhead.

That next-day provisioning is another great advantage of SIP trunking. Since it is not necessary for your provider to make an on-premises call to provision the SIP trunk, it is cheaper for your provider to implement, and faster, as well—since it can be enabled remotely. You can operate on an as-needed basis, and enjoy almost immediate responsiveness to your need for growth.

A further advantage is manageability. With no installation requirements involved, the management overhead on your on-premises IP PBX is diminished, saving your company valuable labor costs.

Submit a SIP Trunking VoIP quote request today for your business and save up to 80% on your monthly phone bills.

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