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I recently had an opportunity to review the very old phone system and phone bill for a local church. They’re growing and moving into a new space and wanted a new phone system for the new location. What they didn’t expect was a new system would cost them less than keeping the old one!
Their old phone system didn’t have voicemail, so they bought the 16 voicemail boxes they needed from Qwest - at nearly $250 each month. Aside from that they were spending $75/month on unlimited long distance when only using about 300 minutes a month. Basically we could turn their $420/month phone charges (plus tax) into $86/month (plus tax) when used in conjunction with a new phone system.
The new phone system installed with tax was about $6000, but the client saves $12000 over the next three years in line charges. Who wouldn’t love a new, feature rich phone system and $6000 to spare?
Obviously not every small business will see such savings, but a professional assessment of a small business’s entire telecom system can yield some tremendous results.
The Author: Kevin Selkowitz
About: Kevin Selkowitz is the founder and lead consultant for Selkowitz Technology, a Seattle-area small business systems consulting company. We focus on the four major technology needs of small businesses - phone systems, phone and internet service, servers/network infrastructure, and business applications.
This entry was posted by Kevin Selkowitz, on Monday, May 12th, 2008 at 8:45 am and is filed under Phone Systems, Phone and Internet Services. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response on the right, or trackback from your own site.
