SIP trunks are a cost-effective way to save money. In terms of rental costs, IP connections are far cheaper than traditional copper lines.
A SIP trunk links your company to the public telephone network via a secure IP/broadband connection. SIP is used to bring VoIP telephony onto a telephone system, and it replaces your old obsolete copper lines. This is a really reliable way to improve your business communications while also saving you money.
The Benefits Of Business SIP Trunks
Businesses considering SIP are often unaware of the cost savings that can be gained. Especially compared to traditional phone services, if your business makes a lot of long-distance or international calls, you can save a great deal of money.
Flexibility and Scalability
If you’re thinking about moving to a new office, you can preserve your current phone number structure wherever you go in the world.
Disaster Recovery
Calls can be promptly routed or delivered to another site/system in the event of an unforeseen event.
No Physical Infrastructure
Expanding your business’s infrastructure with traditional phone lines can be difficult; you may have to wait for an engineer to install new lines, whereas establishing a new SIP Trunk can be done instantly.
Reliability
While traditional phone service can be disrupted by weather, unground cable faults, and long wait times for an engineer to arrive, SIP trunking is a dependable solution with complete failover to mobiles for redundancy.
Unified Communications
SIP can act as a gateway towards Unified Communications such as video conferencing, your business can unlock the benefits of an IP-based communications suite that includes mobility, instant messaging, collaboration apps for business productivity.
Who We Support
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Frequently Asked Questions…
WHAT IS SIP TRUNKING?
SIP trunking is a form of telephony that connects your business to the Public Telephone Network using a data circuit and Voice over IP, rather than traditional analogue ISDN lines. Businesses are moving away from ISDN making the transition to SIP trunking, taking advantage of the increased flexibility, resilience and cost savings on offer. This will continue as ISDN will be switched off in 2025.
HOW DO SIP TRUNKS WORK?
SIP is the method for controlling VoIP calls. SIP is the protocol used to control the call itself, including initiating and terminating the call. SIP trunking therefore allows business grade phone calls to be made over a broadband connection.
WHO WOULD USE IT AND WHY?
Business SIP Trunking is for any business needing voice calls. With costs being up to 70% lower than ISDN, eliminating the cost of telephone lines. Call charges are cheaper with SIP Trunks meaning you can save more money.
DO I NEED A SIP ENABLED PHONE SYSTEM?
No. If you are currently using ISDN then we can enable your system for connection to SIP by using a SIP gateway. This provides an inexpensive and also a quick and straightforward method of moving from ISDN to SIP without any change in phone system equipment.