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Sunday, June 3, 2012

How To Choose A Business Phone Provider

By Jason D Pearlington


Setting up a business is tough. You have many things to consider and when you decide to take the plunge it can be scary. One of the major points that should never be looked over is effective communication. It is important to ensure you can communicate with your customers and clients at all times.

Effective communication is only possible when you have a phone provider that knows what they are doing, charges the right amount and can provide a reliable service. Below are the most important points to consider when choosing a new phone provider for your business.

1. Look at several cost options. Many companies will move prices if you are not what they want so shop around and compare.

2. Choose a company with a good service level agreement. Not all companies promise to deliver the same level of service.

3. Check to see how reliable the company is and if they have recently experiences any problems or downtime.

4. Try to speak with their current clients. Make sure you don't use the ones from their websites and try to locate your own references.

5. Location is key, if at all possible try to keep it in your country, going to another country for this type of service can be problematic.

6. You need to establish if you will be providing your own equipment or will the company be giving you the phone equipment.

7. Contract length is important, if you are just starting out you may want to sue a pay as you go service where you are not tied into many months of uncertain times.

If you don't have a good provider for you phone then change and make that change now! If you are unable to speak with your clients your are going to suffer!




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