Features
Compare Hosted Phone to Traditional Service
Traditional
- Uses a phone line
- Voicemail
- Voicemail to email capabilities
- Voicemail to fax capabilities
- Must buy the phone system
- Responsible for phone system maintenance and upgrades
- Pay for phone line and phone system separately
- Must call provider to set up new voicemail boxes, extension changes
Hosted
- Uses your Internet connection (Cable, T1, etc.)
- Voicemail
- Voicemail to email capabilities
- Voicemail to fax capabilities
- Lease phone system on a month to month basis
- Upgrades and maintenance handled by hosted phone company
- Bundled payment for service and system
- Uses an Internet portal that puts you in control