SIP - Advantages of SIP

SIP is so clever. 

SIP Trunks have many advantages

Here is a list of them so you can understand.

SIP- Have any telephone number anywhere.

SIP has no geographical limits. In many ways it is like the internet. It does not matter where you are in the world.

In other words, you can be in London and publish a Madrid number. You can be in Kent, move to Sussex and keep your number. You can be in the Midlands and receive calls on 0207 numbers. You can be in Edinburgh, and receive calls on a French number.

So next time you move office, when you ask '' Can I keep my number?'' the answer is YES! YOU CAN KEEP YOUR NUMBER!!

Increase and reduce your line capacity almost instantly and without and engineer visits!

Services can be provisioned within 5-30 minutes via a web portal

Instant divert using SIP.

SIP is instant - next time you have a problem with your line provider and you call them in desperation to divert your calls, make a note of the time! It may take them hours or even days. With SIP, as long as you have an internet connection you can log on and divert calls on a number to any destination instantly! What you probably don't realise is that with a normal ISDN connection, when you divert calls the whole circuit is diverted including all the DDI numbers and the calls are diverted on mass without differentiation. With SIP, each DDI number can be diverted to a different number - THIS IS FANTASTIC AND HAS NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE!

Saving money on ISDN installations

If you need 10 ISDN lines installed, ISDN would normally cost you £ 1,250 installation (OR FREE ON A 3 YEAR DEAL). With SIP, as long as you have one normal telephone line, we can order 10 SIP trunks for.........................zero cost (you just need one analogue line and a broadband connection).

Saving money on ISDN rental

10 ISDN30 channels would normally cost as follows:

£ 135 per month rental

Caller ID - £ 4.30 per month

Level 3 cover (needed if rh.y on your phones!) - £ 18 per month

Direct Dial numbers - 10 numbers - £ 3.70 per month

Total ISDN COST - £ 161 per month. Total SIP trunk cost - £ 101.50 per month (including analogue line rental).

No need to have a fax line or fax machine

Port your fax number onto a SIP Trunk and all received faxes will be sent to an e-mail address of your choice. This means you will not need a fax machine or a fax line  - most people scan and e-mail these days. Also, you will save money on fax toner as you can print faxes out only if you need to.

Disaster Recovery

With SIP you can have your calls set up at any other site in readiness for a Disaster Recovery Plan with almost immediate DR deployment.

Free Calls between SIP Trunks

Install SIP trunks in two or more of your sites and get free calls between them.

Deploy SIP regardless of your existing telephone system

SIP trunks can be installed into your business whether you have an old or a new telephone system. If you do have an older telephone system that does not support SIP an extra piece of hardware will be required so it will make it more expensive than if you had an up-to-date system - it really comes down to BUSINESS CASE and whether the savings available or the extra functionality that SIP brings make it worthwhile.

Port any number onto a SIP trunk or get brand new numbers

Any telephone number can be ported onto a SIP trunk - if new numbers are required, these are also available - DONT FORGET, WITH SIP TRUNKS YOU CAN HAVE ANY NUMBER RINGING INTO ANY LOCATION!

Send out any number you own

Have you ever tried to send out a different number with each call? It can be a nightmare. With SIP you can send out any number you own. SIMPLE!

ISDN Failover

Inbound calls can be either manually or automatically diverted to another number of your choice

Call recording

All calls on SIP Trunks can be recorded without any additional equipment. Recordings can be accessed and retrieved using a web portal.