Hi there,
I have two different VOIP things to take advantage of that I am looking for advice on:
1. Hardware
2. Best calling plan solution
My company is encouraging people to work from home a few days a week. We still need to do teleconference calls. Often this is with international people to a central dial in. I have just installed fibre at home.
1. As far as hardware goes, a hands-free speaker phone with mute is ideal for me. Nothing too fancy.
What options should I look at?
2. I notice that ISPs typically talk about VOIP handsets with a monthly rental line and charging by the minute or second.
To me this sounds like exactly the legacy copper billing that fibre is there to change. But if people are prepared to do it, it makes sense for ISPs to monetise in this way.
Is there another way for me to do these kinds of calls into a common number, without having to pay a line rental and being charged in time increments, instead of the data that is actually being used.
What is the most cost-effective for a single user doing these kinds of calls from South Africa?
I have two different VOIP things to take advantage of that I am looking for advice on:
1. Hardware
2. Best calling plan solution
My company is encouraging people to work from home a few days a week. We still need to do teleconference calls. Often this is with international people to a central dial in. I have just installed fibre at home.
1. As far as hardware goes, a hands-free speaker phone with mute is ideal for me. Nothing too fancy.
What options should I look at?
2. I notice that ISPs typically talk about VOIP handsets with a monthly rental line and charging by the minute or second.
To me this sounds like exactly the legacy copper billing that fibre is there to change. But if people are prepared to do it, it makes sense for ISPs to monetise in this way.
Is there another way for me to do these kinds of calls into a common number, without having to pay a line rental and being charged in time increments, instead of the data that is actually being used.
What is the most cost-effective for a single user doing these kinds of calls from South Africa?