Cut Costs By Choosing the Best VOIP Service Provider

This article aims to guide you in choosing the best VOIP service provider for your needs.

The latest in communications technology, VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), uses the internet instead of the traditional telephone for voice communications. Businesses that use this technology are seeing an increase in productivity and lower costs through the improvement in communications that this technology affords them. The bottom line is an increase in profits.

Residential users are finding that they can cut their phone bills both nationally and internationally by using their existing internet connection and taking advantage of offers by VOIP service providers of free software downloads, which enable connection to their network, and then they can talk to their friends and family with similarly enabled computers for free.

Levels of Service You need to decide if you want:

• Residential VOIP
• A VOIP Business Phone System
• Business to Business VOIP Service

Available Services A VOIP service provider will provide your business with includes any or all of the following services:

• Wired Service
• Wireless Service called a mobility service
• Multimedia
• Voice Application
• Messaging

Of utmost importance is finding a VOIP service provider that will provide you with an excellent service, combining reliability, high quality equipment and connection, good customer service, multiple user features e.g. caller-ID, voice mail and 3-way calling, and reduced cost phone bills.

You should also be aware that your VOIP service provider has to adhere to certain regulations both national and international and conform to customer protection laws.

VOIP service providers are keen to get your business and some of the major players such as Earthlink and Skype are offering free VOIP services, allowing users to talk to their friends and family using the internet at no cost, plus other benefits so it is worth shopping around and getting the best value deal.

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Downloading Ringtones To A Cell Phone

You may not be aware of it, but there is a certain skill involved in downloading ringtones to a cell phone. Here are some of the basics that you need to understand and master if you are serious about building up a nice collection of ringtones that will be available to you whenever you like.

One of the first things to remember is that there is no value in downloading ringtones to a cell phone that are not compatible with your make and model of cell phone. It should come as no surprise that there are different types of files that work on different types of phones. After all, look at the many different types of electronic documents that most of us work with each day. All are not created alike. So even if you come across a ringtone that really is a great one, don't waste time and energy saving it on the off chance that someday you will have a phone that will accept the ringtone. There is plenty of time later on to find compatible file types when that day comes along.

Make sure that the ringtones you pick are right for you. What is the point of loading the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony if you don't care for classical music? Go with something that is more in line with your personality, while still remaining within the perimeters of good taste, of course. You want your choice of cell phone downloads to say something positive about you, not be a point of evidence that your relatives can use to have you committed.

One misconception a lot of people have is that you have to download the ringtone directly to your phone. While you can, that is not necessarily the case. A number of cell phones are manufactured so that you can connect them to your computer hard drive via a USB cable and upload ringtones directly from your hard drive. This is actually a much better system, for two reasons.

First, chances are you can save quite a few more ringtones in a folder on your hard drive than you ever could on your cell phone. Second, the ringtones can be archived on a CDR, if you want to keep your collection safe and free from any type of hardware failure. After all, both computers and cell phones have been known to stop functioning. If you really want to be a serious collector of ringtones, then you want to keep your collection in a safe place. Download to your hard drive, then archive on disk.

While the mechanics of downloading ringtones to a cell phone are very simplistic, the sense of finesse behind what you choose and where you store it make ringtone downloading an art form in and of itself. By keeping a couple of simple ideas in mind, you can become a true artist of the ringtone download genre.

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