What do I need to work from home?

What do I need to work from home?
Published Date: 2009-06-29 15:18:27 WorkOnInternet.com

Setting up a new business is a big step to take. Everything you need has to be in place with every penny accounted for, whether you work in the corner of a room, or a dedicated office, all your IT and telecom needs have to be at hand in good working order and reliable.

Lets start at the beginning; You will have no doubt a single home phone line and probably an ADSL Broadband connection. Make sure that you get the best rates for your line rental and call charges (see previous posts) This is an easy and secure process and considerable savings can be made here, particularly if you are paying standard BT rates.

It is usually best to separate your business number from your home line and the best way to do this is to use a Hosted IP telephony service. You can utilise your existing broadband with just 1 phone or up to 2-3 phone lines with all the usual benefits of a multi functional modern telephone system, all controlled from a call managment application on your PC. Fantastic benefits like divert to mobile, hunt group, simultaneous ringing, dedicated voice mail, fax to email plus lots more.

While some well known free VoIP services appear to offer the same benefits, a hosted IP service is a business grade, secure and reliable service operated over a private network, not simply routed through the public Internet. It also carries with it a more professional corporate image for your business. Your communication set up is your life line and the right choice at this point will reap dividends.

Not only will you have a dedicated new business phone line, you can choose what regional location you wish to have. For example if it would benefit your business to have the apearance of a London location you can have an 0207 or 0208 as you chosen number or have any other regional code. You can also assign an 0845 local rate number or 0800 to your IP phone number. Your new IP number goes with you wherever you are located.

Scalability and portability is also vitally important your new IP system allows you to easily grow and add users. If and when you add more staff and need to move to dedicared business premises, you simply unplug and move in and plug back into your new Broadband connection and away you go! The ultimate in flexible working!

Author Allan Goldsmith
Operations Manager PumaIP
http://www.pumaip.com

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