Believe it or not, some businesses still send faxes. While not too common, cloud based phone system providers are still required to support faxing. Fax transmission is an analog technology. A modem uses an analog telephone line to send a scanned image, or a facsimile...
Answering this question was much simpler just a few years ago. Before cloud hosted business phone systems, a business would purchase or lease a premise based phone system. Supported by a manufacturer, the phone system, or PBX, would work with a local authorized vendor...
A softphone is a simple concept. It’s a piece of software that runs on computers and mobile devices that is a nearly fully functioning phone, and it became popular as VoIP service came into the market. A softphone is a type of VoIP phone. The most fundamental impact...
What Are The Different Types of Phone Numbers? Among the first questions a new business owner will ask is: “how do I get a phone number for my business?” The same question will apply to a company who adds new employees and wants to assign them each a phone number....
Haven’t heard the term POTS line before? Don’t worry, not many people use the term or no what it means. POTS stands for “Plain Old Telephone Service”, and a POTS line is an analog telephone line, like a phone line, that you may or may not have at home. A...
Working in an all VoIP world means any type of internet connection can be a voice phone line. There are a few different ways to access the internet: Ethernet – a fixed low voltage connection that connects a device (computer, VoIP phone, printer, etc.) to a network...
